Each week, I review the papers, studies, reports, and briefings posted over at the RFF Library Blog.
A Carbon Price Will Reduce Emissions More than Computer Models Predict
…In our new issue brief, Putting a Price on Carbon: Reducing Emissions, we outline the specific ways a carbon price (meaning either a carbon tax or cap-and-trade program) would encourage emissions reductions by changing the behavior of producers, consumers and investors throughout the economy. We compare these incentives to the corresponding forecasts in EIA’s model, and we find that the model is likely underestimating emissions reductions in important ways… - via World Resources Institute
Western States Clean Power Plan Evaluation Model
Energy Strategies and Fovea, LLC, in partnership with the Center for the New Energy Economy (CNEE) at Colorado State University, have built and maintain a Clean Power Plan evaluation model for five Western States – Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah and New Mexico. This five state model represents the first phase of what will become a 12 Western States model that will include seven additional states – Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, Arizona, North Dakota and South Dakota. - via Colorado State University
A New Relationship – People and Cars: How Consumers Around the World Want Cars to Fit their Lives
[Green Car Congress] Consumers expect to use cars differently—showing particular interest in self-enabling vehicles—though they don’t necessarily want to own one in the traditional sense, according to the results of IBM’s automotive consumer study, presented at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit… - via IBM Institute for Business Values
EPA’s Clean Power Plan: Summary of IPM Modeling Results
[E&E News PM article by Amanda Reilly, sub., req’d] A new study analyzing different compliance scenarios for U.S. EPA’s Clean Power Plan calls the new rule “very achievable…” - via M.J. Bradley & Associates
Renewable Energy Benefits: Measuring the Economics
[From Press Release] Achieving a 36 per cent share of renewable energy in the global energy mix by 2030 would increase global gross domestic product (GDP) by up to 1.1 per cent, roughly USD 1.3 trillion, according to new analysis by IRENA. Renewable Energy Benefits: Measuring the Economics, released today at IRENA’s sixth Assembly, provides the first global estimate of the macroeconomic impacts of renewable energy deployment. Specifically, it outlines the benefits that would be achieved under the scenario of doubling the global share of renewable energy by 2030 from 2010 levels… - via International Renewable Energy Agency
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