Assessing carbon pollution standards: Electric power generation pathways and their water impacts

• Main Authors: LIM-WAVDE, Kustini, ZHAI, Haibo, KAUFFMAN, Robert John, RUBIN, Edward S.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2018
• Subjects: Capacity expansion; Carbon pollution standards; Low-carbon electric power generation; Water consumption; Water withdrawal; Environmental sustainability; Policy analytics; Databases and Information Systems
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/4271; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/5274/viewcontent/1_s20_S0301421518303847_main.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Highlights•Without carbon regulations, CO2 emissions and water use are highly affected by fuel prices.•Carbon regulations reduce both CO2 emissions and water use.•Without incentives, carbon capture is not competitive with cheap natural gas and renewables.•A stringent constraint on water withdrawal l...