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Targeting electricity’s extreme polluters to reduce energy-related CO 2 emissions

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  • Don Grant
  • Andrew Jorgenson
  • Wesley Longhofer

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In recent years, several scholars have recommended that countries reduce their energy-related CO 2 emissions by setting carbon intensity targets for their electricity sectors. Other research by Freudenberg suggests that countries could substantially cut their emissions simply by focusing on lowering the intensities of electricity’s most extreme polluters. Using a unique international data source on power plants, we inform this issue by analyzing the distribution of CO 2 emissions and intensities within countries’ electricity sectors. We find that the dirtiest 5 % of power plants are responsible for huge shares of their sectors’ total emissions. If these plants continued generating the same amount of electricity but met particular intensity targets, the world’s total electricity-based CO 2 emissions could be reduced by as much as 44 %. Copyright AESS 2013

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  • Don Grant & Andrew Jorgenson & Wesley Longhofer, 2013. "Targeting electricity’s extreme polluters to reduce energy-related CO 2 emissions," Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, Springer;Association of Environmental Studies and Sciences, vol. 3(4), pages 376-380, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:jenvss:v:3:y:2013:i:4:p:376-380
    DOI: 10.1007/s13412-013-0142-z
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    1. Amanda T. Charette & Dustin T. Hill & Mary B. Collins & Jaime E. Mirowsky, 2022. "Assessing the quantity and toxicity of chemical releases from TRI facilities in Upstate New York," Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, Springer;Association of Environmental Studies and Sciences, vol. 12(3), pages 417-429, September.
    2. Grant, Don & Jorgenson, Andrew & Longhofer, Wesley, 2018. "Pathways to Carbon Pollution: The Interactive Effects of Global, Political, and Organizational Factors on Power Plants’ CO2 Emissions," SocArXiv r2fyt, Center for Open Science.
    3. Grant, Don & Jorgenson, Andrew K. & Longhofer, Wesley, 2016. "How organizational and global factors condition the effects of energy efficiency on CO2 emission rebounds among the world's power plants," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 94(C), pages 89-93.

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