Implications of changing natural gas prices in the United States electricity sector for SO2, NOX and life cycle GHG emissions

Projections of increased domestic natural gas supply and low prices have encouraged increased natural gas utilization in the United States electricity sector. Natural gas can offset coal, likely decreasing overall greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and other air emissions such as SO _2 and NO _X . Previ...

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Main Authors: Aranya Venkatesh, Paulina Jaramillo, W Michael Griffin, H Scott Matthews
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2012-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/7/3/034018