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Social costs of electricity from coal make it uneconomical, researchers assert
Posted by ClimateWire: Daniel Cusick on September 19th, 2013
ClimateWire: New research from a national environmental group finds that the cost of producing electricity from renewable resources like wind and solar is lower than that of conventional coal-fired generation when factoring for the adverse costs of climate change and human health impacts.
That conclusion, derived from analysis on the "social cost of carbon," is at the heart of a study published in the Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences by Laurie Johnson, chief economist of the Natural Resources...
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Switch from Coal to Gas Poses Some Risks for Utilities, Says Study
Posted by ClimateWire: Daniel Cusick on September 13th, 2013
ClimateWire: The unprecedented boom in natural gas production from places like Pennsylvania, New York and Ohio should make those densely populated regions self-sufficient in gas production by 2020, which in turn could encourage more electric utility fuel switching, according to two top energy sector analysts with Navigant Research.
But utilities will still face a difficult set of questions when charting the future of power generation, including whether to invest billions of dollars in environmental controls...