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Marginal abatement cost curve for nitrogen oxides incorporating controls, renewable electricity, energy efficiency, and fuel switching.

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Loughlin, DH; Macpherson, AJ; Kaufman, KR; Keaveny, BN
Published in: Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association (1995)
October 2017

A marginal abatement cost curve (MACC) traces out the relationship between the quantity of pollution abated and the marginal cost of abating each additional unit. In the context of air quality management, MACCs are typically developed by sorting control technologies by their relative cost-effectiveness. Other potentially important abatement measures such as renewable electricity, energy efficiency, and fuel switching (RE/EE/FS) are often not incorporated into MACCs, as it is difficult to quantify their costs and abatement potential. In this paper, a U.S. energy system model is used to develop a MACC for nitrogen oxides (NOx) that incorporates both traditional controls and these additional measures. The MACC is decomposed by sector, and the relative cost-effectiveness of RE/EE/FS and traditional controls are compared. RE/EE/FS are shown to have the potential to increase emission reductions beyond what is possible when applying traditional controls alone. Furthermore, a portion of RE/EE/FS appear to be cost-competitive with traditional controls.Renewable electricity, energy efficiency, and fuel switching can be cost-competitive with traditional air pollutant controls for abating air pollutant emissions. The application of renewable electricity, energy efficiency, and fuel switching is also shown to have the potential to increase emission reductions beyond what is possible when applying traditional controls alone.

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Published In

Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association (1995)

DOI

EISSN

2162-2906

ISSN

1096-2247

Publication Date

October 2017

Volume

67

Issue

10

Start / End Page

1115 / 1125

Related Subject Headings

  • Nitrogen Oxides
  • Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
  • Environmental Restoration and Remediation
  • Electricity
  • Conservation of Natural Resources
  • Air Pollution
  • Air Pollutants
  • 41 Environmental sciences
  • 40 Engineering
  • 09 Engineering
 

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Loughlin, D. H., Macpherson, A. J., Kaufman, K. R., & Keaveny, B. N. (2017). Marginal abatement cost curve for nitrogen oxides incorporating controls, renewable electricity, energy efficiency, and fuel switching. Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association (1995), 67(10), 1115–1125. https://doi.org/10.1080/10962247.2017.1342715
Loughlin, Daniel H., Alexander J. Macpherson, Katherine R. Kaufman, and Brian N. Keaveny. “Marginal abatement cost curve for nitrogen oxides incorporating controls, renewable electricity, energy efficiency, and fuel switching.Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association (1995) 67, no. 10 (October 2017): 1115–25. https://doi.org/10.1080/10962247.2017.1342715.
Loughlin DH, Macpherson AJ, Kaufman KR, Keaveny BN. Marginal abatement cost curve for nitrogen oxides incorporating controls, renewable electricity, energy efficiency, and fuel switching. Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association (1995). 2017 Oct;67(10):1115–25.
Loughlin, Daniel H., et al. “Marginal abatement cost curve for nitrogen oxides incorporating controls, renewable electricity, energy efficiency, and fuel switching.Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association (1995), vol. 67, no. 10, Oct. 2017, pp. 1115–25. Epmc, doi:10.1080/10962247.2017.1342715.
Loughlin DH, Macpherson AJ, Kaufman KR, Keaveny BN. Marginal abatement cost curve for nitrogen oxides incorporating controls, renewable electricity, energy efficiency, and fuel switching. Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association (1995). 2017 Oct;67(10):1115–1125.

Published In

Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association (1995)

DOI

EISSN

2162-2906

ISSN

1096-2247

Publication Date

October 2017

Volume

67

Issue

10

Start / End Page

1115 / 1125

Related Subject Headings

  • Nitrogen Oxides
  • Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
  • Environmental Restoration and Remediation
  • Electricity
  • Conservation of Natural Resources
  • Air Pollution
  • Air Pollutants
  • 41 Environmental sciences
  • 40 Engineering
  • 09 Engineering