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China's wind electricity and cost of carbon mitigation are more expensive than anticipated

dc.contributor.authorLam, Long T.
dc.contributor.authorBranstetter, Lee
dc.contributor.authorAzevedo, Inês M. L.
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-28T10:30:28Z
dc.date.available2021-05-28T10:30:28Z
dc.date.issued2016-08-18
dc.description.abstractThe success of China's transition to a low-carbon energy system will be key to achieve the global level of emissions reductions needed to avoid large negative consequences from climate change. China is undergoing an impressive build up of renewable capacity, in particular wind. Using data from the Clean Mechanism Development project database between 2004 and 2012, this study shows that while China made progress in bringing down the levelized cost of wind electricity and cost of carbon mitigation (CCM), serious grid-connection issues and high wind curtailment rates resulted in a levelized cost of wind electricity that is one-half to two times higher than expected, and a CCM that is four to six times higher. Sharp drop in electricity demand, utilization rate, and coal prices in recent years may lead to even higher results.pt_PT
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionpt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.1088/1748-9326/11/8/084015pt_PT
dc.identifier.eid84985961707
dc.identifier.issn1748-9318
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/33363
dc.identifier.wos000381828300016
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectChinapt_PT
dc.subjectCost of carbon mitigationpt_PT
dc.subjectLevelized cost of electricitypt_PT
dc.subjectRenewable energypt_PT
dc.subjectWind electricitypt_PT
dc.titleChina's wind electricity and cost of carbon mitigation are more expensive than anticipatedpt_PT
dc.typejournal article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.issue8pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleEnvironmental Research Letterspt_PT
oaire.citation.volume11pt_PT
rcaap.rightsopenAccesspt_PT
rcaap.typearticlept_PT

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