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Optimal Integration of Offshore Wind Power for a Steadier, Environmentally Friendlier, Supply of Electricity in China
(Elsevier, 2013)
Demand for electricity in China is concentrated to a significant extent in its coastal provinces. Opportunities for production of electricity by on-shore wind facilities are greatest however in the north and west of the ...
Contributions of the Hadley and Ferrel Circulations to the Energetics of the Atmosphere over the past 32-years
(American Meteorological Society, 2014)
The Hadley system provides an example of a thermally direct circulation, the Ferrel system in contrast an example of a thermally indirect circulation. In this study, we develop an approach to investigate the key thermodynamic ...
Meteorologically Defined Limits to Reduction in the Variability of Outputs from a Coupled Wind Farm System in the Central US
(Elsevier, 2013-08-26)
Studies suggest that onshore wind resources in the contiguous US could readily accommodate present and anticipated future US demand for electricity. The problem with the output from a single wind farm located in any ...
The Contemporary and Historical Budget of Atmospheric \(CO_2\)
(NRC Research Press, 2012)
Observations of \(CO_2\) and \(O_2\) are interpreted to develop an understanding of the changes in the abundance of atmospheric \(CO_2\) that have arisen over the period 1995–2007. Fossil fuels accounted for an addition ...
Costs for Integrating Wind into the Future ERCOT System with Related Costs for Savings in \(CO_2\) Emissions
(American Chemical Society, 2011)
Wind power can make an important contribution to the goal of reducing emissions of \(CO_2\). The major problem relates to the intrinsic variability of the source and the difficulty of reconciling the supply of electricity ...
Accelerated Reduction in \(SO_2\) Emissions from the U.S. Power Sector Triggered by Changing Prices of Natural Gas
(American Chemical Society, 2012)
Emissions of sulfur dioxide (\(SO_2\)) from the U.S. power sector decreased by 24% in 2009 relative to 2008. The Logarithmic Mean Divisia Index (LMDI) approach was applied to isolate the factors responsible for this decrease. ...
Quantifying the Uncertainties of a Bottom-Up Emission Inventory of Anthropogenic Atmospheric Pollutants in China
(European Geosciences Union, 2011)
The uncertainties of a national, bottom-up inventory of Chinese emissions of anthropogenic \(SO_2\), \(NO_x\), and particulate matter (PM) of different size classes and carbonaceous species are comprehensively quantified, ...
Implications of the Recent Reductions in Natural Gas Prices for Emissions of \(CO_2\) from the US Power Sector
(American Chemical Society, 2012)
\(CO_2\) emissions from the US power sector decreased by 8.76% in 2009 relative to 2008 contributing to a decrease over this period of 6.59% in overall US emissions of greenhouse gases. An econometric model, tuned to data ...
Advantages of a city-scale emission inventory for urban air quality research and policy: the case of Nanjing, a typical industrial city in the Yangtze River Delta, China
(Copernicus GmbH, 2015)
With most eastern Chinese cities facing major air quality challenges, there is a strong need for city-scale emission inventories for use in both chemical transport modeling and the development of pollution control policies. ...
Evaluating the effects of China's pollution controls on inter-annual trends and uncertainties of atmospheric mercury emissions
(Copernicus GmbH, 2015)
China’s anthropogenic emissions of atmospheric mercury (Hg) are effectively constrained by national air pollution control and energy efficiency policies. In this study, improved methods, based on available data from domestic ...