TY - JOUR
T1 - U.S. sulfur dioxide emission reductions
T2 - Shifting factors and a carbon dioxide penalty
AU - Brown, Marilyn A.
AU - Li, Yufei
AU - Massetti, Emanuele
AU - Lapsa, Melissa
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2017/1/1
Y1 - 2017/1/1
N2 - For more than 20 years, the large-scale application of flue gas desulfurization technology has been a dominant cause of SO2 emission reductions. From 1994–2004, electricity generation from coal increased, but the shift to low-sulfur coal eclipsed this. From 2004–2014, electricity generation from coal decreased, but a shift to higher-sulfur subbituminous and lignite coal overshadowed this. The shift in coal quality has also created a CO2 emissions penalty, representing 2% of the sector's total emissions in 2014.
AB - For more than 20 years, the large-scale application of flue gas desulfurization technology has been a dominant cause of SO2 emission reductions. From 1994–2004, electricity generation from coal increased, but the shift to low-sulfur coal eclipsed this. From 2004–2014, electricity generation from coal decreased, but a shift to higher-sulfur subbituminous and lignite coal overshadowed this. The shift in coal quality has also created a CO2 emissions penalty, representing 2% of the sector's total emissions in 2014.
KW - Carbon dioxide penalty
KW - Decomposition analysis
KW - Electricity generation
KW - Sulfur dioxide emission reductions
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85009784588&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.tej.2016.12.007
DO - 10.1016/j.tej.2016.12.007
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85009784588
SN - 1040-6190
VL - 30
SP - 17
EP - 24
JO - Electricity Journal
JF - Electricity Journal
IS - 1
ER -