Developing Countries & Global Climate Change
Electric Power Options for Growth
ResearchPublished 1999
This report, prepared for the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, investigates policy and technology choices in the electric power sector that can lower carbon dioxide and other air emissions, while maintaining or improving economic growth. Policy options presented are (1) including the costs of electricity delivery in new capacity investment decisions, (2) increasing privatization of the electricity sector, (3) using low-emissions technologies (such as natural gas and renewables), (4) participating in international mechanisms or markets to find financing for capital-intensive, lower-CO2-emitting technologies; and (5) creating incentives to improve the efficiency of the existing electricity system. The findings were based on an aggregated analysis; case studies examining power generation in Argentina, Brazil, China, India, and the Republic of Korea are forthcoming.
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Bernstein, Mark A., Pamela Bromley, Jeff Hagen, Scott Hassell, Robert J. Lempert, Jorge A. Munoz, and David Robalino, Developing Countries & Global Climate Change: Electric Power Options for Growth, RAND Corporation, MR-1102-PCT, 1999. As of October 12, 2024: https://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR1102.html
Bernstein, Mark A., Pamela Bromley, Jeff Hagen, Scott Hassell, Robert J. Lempert, Jorge A. Munoz, and David Robalino, Developing Countries & Global Climate Change: Electric Power Options for Growth. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1999. https://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR1102.html. Also available in print form.
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