The Effects of Renewable Portfolio Standards on Carbon Intensity in the United States

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samantha Sekar ◽  
Brent Sohngen
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Carbon Intensity ◽  
Renewable Portfolio Standards

The United States and Alternative Energies since 1980: Technological Fix or Regime Change?

2014 ◽  
Vol 31 (5) ◽  
pp. 103-125 ◽  
Author(s):  
David E Nye
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
International Perspective ◽  
Carbon Intensity ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Actual Performance ◽  
Policy Failure ◽  
Technological Momentum ◽  
Alternative Energies ◽  
Kaya Identity

Awareness of global warming has been widespread for two decades, yet the American political system has been slow to respond. This essay examines, first, political explanations for policy failure, focusing at the federal level and outlining both short-term partisan and structural explanations for the stalemate. The second section surveys previous energy regimes and the transitions between them, and policy failure is explained by the logic of Thomas Hughes’s ‘technological momentum’. The third section moves to an international perspective, using the Kaya Identity and its distinction between energy intensity and carbon intensity to understand in policy terms ‘technological fixes’ vs. low-carbon alternatives. The final section reframes US energy policy failure and asks: (1) Why, between 1980 and 1999, was America’s actual performance in slowing CO2emissions better than its politics would seem capable of delivering? (2) How and why has the United States since c. 2007 managed to reduce per capita CO2emissions?

scholarly journals Assessing the evolution of power sector carbon intensity in the United States

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 064018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Greg Schivley ◽  
Inês Azevedo ◽  
Constantine Samaras
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Carbon Intensity ◽  
Power Sector

scholarly journals Carbon intensity of corn ethanol in the United States: state of the science

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melissa J. Scully ◽  
Gregory A. Norris ◽  
Tania M. Alarcon Falconi ◽  
David L. MacIntosh
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Carbon Intensity ◽  
Corn Ethanol ◽  
State Of The Science

scholarly journals Renewable Portfolio Standards in the United States - A Status Report with Data Through 2007

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryan Wiser ◽  
Ryan Wiser ◽  
Galen Barbose ◽  
Lori Bird ◽  
Susannah Churchill ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
Status Report ◽  
Renewable Portfolio Standards
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