Killing two birds with one stone
a negative emissions strategy for a soft landing of the US coal sector
Document identifier: oai:DiVA.org:ltu-76040
Access full text here:
10.1016/B978-0-12-816229-3.00011-9Keyword: Engineering and Technology,
Mechanical Engineering,
Energy Engineering,
Teknik och teknologier,
Maskinteknik,
Energiteknik,
Climate mitigation,
Employment creation,
US coal sector,
BECCSPublication year: 2019Relevant Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs):
The SDG label(s) above have been assigned by OSDG.aiAbstract: In a modeling study, optimizing the transformation of the US coal sector to achieve emissions reductions consistent with the 2°C target, we include all current coal-fired power plants of the US fleet, a large part of which will need to be replaced due to their high age. Coal-fired power plants can either be (1) replaced by higher efficiency coal plants or (2) natural gas plants while units are not yet at the end of their lifetime and can be (3) retrofitted with carbon capture and storage (CCS) or (4) retrofitted to cofire coal and biomass coupled with CCS (BECCS) thereby achieving negative emissions. Our results show that if the 2°C emissions mitigation target should be achieved, the cost-optimal way of doing so is through an early implementation of BECCS. This strategy also helps to address the US Administrations’ concern for coal workers: there is a more gradual phaseout of coal, which allows to retain 40,000 jobs that would be loss due to the fleet retirement for aging. In addition, 22,000 new workers would be permanently employed in the coal sector by the end of midcentury, especially in areas where the deployments of BECCS would start already by 2030. Our modeling results indicate the Great Lakes area and the southeast United States as the greatest winners of this negative emissions strategy. If planned in an integrated and forward-looking way, climate change mitigation can boost employment and competitiveness.
Authors
Piera Patrizio
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
Other publications
>>
Sylvain Leduc
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria
Other publications
>>
Florian Kraxner
Other publications
>>
Sabine Fuss
Other publications
>>
Georg Kindermann
Other publications
>>
Kasparas Spokas
Other publications
>>
Elisabeth Wetterlund
Luleå tekniska universitet; Energivetenskap; Energy Engineering
Other publications
>>
Joakim Lundgren
Luleå tekniska universitet; Energivetenskap; Energy Engineering
Other publications
>>
Ping Yowargana
Other publications
>>
Michael Obersteiner
Other publications
>>
Record metadata
Click to view metadata
header:
identifier: oai:DiVA.org:ltu-76040
datestamp: 2021-04-19T12:48:41Z
setSpec: SwePub-ltu
metadata:
mods:
@attributes:
version: 3.7
recordInfo:
recordContentSource: ltu
recordCreationDate: 2019-09-17
identifier:
http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-76040
10.1016/B978-0-12-816229-3.00011-9
2-s2.0-85084523164
titleInfo:
@attributes:
lang: eng
title: Killing two birds with one stone
subTitle: a negative emissions strategy for a soft landing of the US coal sector
abstract: In a modeling study optimizing the transformation of the US coal sector to achieve emissions reductions consistent with the 2°C target we include all current coal-fired power plants of the US fleet a large part of which will need to be replaced due to their high age. Coal-fired power plants can either be (1) replaced by higher efficiency coal plants or (2) natural gas plants while units are not yet at the end of their lifetime and can be (3) retrofitted with carbon capture and storage (CCS) or (4) retrofitted to cofire coal and biomass coupled with CCS (BECCS) thereby achieving negative emissions. Our results show that if the 2°C emissions mitigation target should be achieved the cost-optimal way of doing so is through an early implementation of BECCS. This strategy also helps to address the US Administrations’ concern for coal workers: there is a more gradual phaseout of coal which allows to retain 40000 jobs that would be loss due to the fleet retirement for aging. In addition 22000 new workers would be permanently employed in the coal sector by the end of midcentury especially in areas where the deployments of BECCS would start already by 2030. Our modeling results indicate the Great Lakes area and the southeast United States as the greatest winners of this negative emissions strategy. If planned in an integrated and forward-looking way climate change mitigation can boost employment and competitiveness.
subject:
@attributes:
lang: eng
authority: uka.se
topic:
Engineering and Technology
Mechanical Engineering
Energy Engineering
@attributes:
lang: swe
authority: uka.se
topic:
Teknik och teknologier
Maskinteknik
Energiteknik
@attributes:
lang: eng
topic: Climate mitigation
@attributes:
lang: eng
topic: employment creation
@attributes:
lang: eng
topic: US coal sector
@attributes:
lang: eng
topic: BECCS
@attributes:
lang: swe
authority: ltu
topic: Energiteknik
genre: Research subject
@attributes:
lang: eng
authority: ltu
topic: Energy Engineering
genre: Research subject
language:
languageTerm: eng
genre:
publication/book-chapter
ref
note:
Published
10
ISBN för värdpublikation: 978-0-12-816229-3
name:
@attributes:
type: personal
namePart:
Patrizio
Piera
role:
roleTerm: aut
affiliation: International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
@attributes:
type: personal
namePart:
Leduc
Sylvain
role:
roleTerm: aut
affiliation: International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) Laxenburg Austria
@attributes:
type: personal
namePart:
Kraxner
Florian
role:
roleTerm: aut
@attributes:
type: personal
namePart:
Fuss
Sabine
role:
roleTerm: aut
@attributes:
type: personal
namePart:
Kindermann
Georg
role:
roleTerm: aut
@attributes:
type: personal
namePart:
Spokas
Kasparas
role:
roleTerm: aut
@attributes:
type: personal
authority: ltu
namePart:
Wetterlund
Elisabeth
1978-
role:
roleTerm: aut
affiliation:
Luleå tekniska universitet
Energivetenskap
Energy Engineering
nameIdentifier:
eliwet
0000-0002-4597-4082
@attributes:
type: personal
authority: ltu
namePart:
Lundgren
Joakim
role:
roleTerm: aut
affiliation:
Luleå tekniska universitet
Energivetenskap
Energy Engineering
nameIdentifier:
joakim
0000-0002-2314-8097
@attributes:
type: personal
namePart:
Yowargana
Ping
role:
roleTerm: aut
@attributes:
type: personal
namePart:
Obersteiner
Michael
role:
roleTerm: aut
relatedItem:
@attributes:
type: host
genre: grantAgreement
name:
@attributes:
type: corporate
namePart: Bio4Energy
role:
roleTerm: fnd
@attributes:
type: host
titleInfo:
title: Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage
subTitle: Using Natural Resources for Sustainable Development
part:
extent:
start: 219
end: 236
originInfo:
dateIssued: 2019
publisher: Elsevier
physicalDescription:
form: print
typeOfResource: text