Transcript Overview of CEDM work on mitigation

Overview of CEDM work on
mitigation
Mitigation
Because reducing emissions
of GHGs is the single most
important thing we can do to limit climate change
R1: Integration of variable and intermittent renewables
R2: Economic, lifecycle and behavioral assessments of PHEVs and EVs
R3: Public choice and decision support for low-carbon of electric generation mix (also P2)
R4: Behavioral and engineering-economic assessment of energy efficiency
R4.1: Behavioral field studies of smart meters (Pepco)
R4.2: Preference studies of high efficiency lighting (also P4)
R4.3: Economic and behavioral studies of rebound
R4.4: Energy poverty: definition and implications for rebound effect
R4.5: Community energy plans and DM for collaboration between municipal
governments & developers
R5: Energy Policy evaluation (including feed-in tariffs)
R6: Carbon accounting including foot printing
R6.1: Carbon Neutral Government mandate in BC and implications
for DM, learning and spillovers
R6.2: Carbon intensity of primary energy sources – sorting out the
implication of highly integrated energy systems.
R7: Adaptive management in CCS regulation
R8: Engineering, economic and policy analysis of SMRs
R9: CO2 emissions from commercial air operations
R10: Economic, regulatory, and policy issues related to hydrofracking for shale gas
R11: PUCs in adoption of low carbon generaton technology
R12: Marginal emissions factors for the U.S. electricy system
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Mitigation
Because reducing emissions
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already
toldmost
of GHGs
is the
single
you about
these
important
thing
we can do to limit climate change
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Mitigation
Because reducing emissions
Inês has
already
toldmost
of GHGs
is the
single
you about
these
important
thing
we can do to limit climate change
Scott will tell you
about this
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Mitigation
Because reducing emissions
Inês has
already
toldmost
of GHGs
is the
single
you about
these
important
thing
we can do to limit climate change
R1: Integration of variable and intermittent renewables
R2: Economic, lifecycle and behavioral assessments of PHEVs and EVs
R3: Public choice and decision support for low-carbon of electric generation mix (also P2)
R4: Behavioral and engineering-economic assessment of energy efficiency
R4.1: Behavioral field studies of smart meters (Pepco)
R4.2: Preference studies of high efficiency lighting (also P4)
R4.3: Economic and behavioral studies of rebound
R4.4: Energy poverty: definition and implications for rebound effect
R4.5: Community energy plans and DM for collaboration between municipal
governments & developers
R5: Energy Policy evaluation (including feed-in tariffs)
R6: Carbon accounting including foot printing
R6.1: Carbon Neutral Government mandate in BC and implications
for DM, learning and spillovers
R6.2: Carbon intensity of primary energy sources – sorting out the
implication of highly integrated energy systems.
R7: Adaptive management in CCS regulation
R8: Engineering, economic and policy analysis of SMRs
R9: CO2 emissions from commercial air operations
R10: Economic, regulatory, and policy issues related to hydrofracking for shale gas
R11: PUCs in adoption of low carbon generaton technology
Scott will tell you
about this
I’ll take a moment
now to say a bit
about these
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R7: Adaptive management of CCS
This work grew out of the CCSReg project (www.CCSReg.org)
We have a book in press now with RFF press.
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R7…(Cont.)
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R9: CO2 emissions from
commercial air operations
The EU is very focused on this topic, despite the fact that it is
a relatively modest part of overall CO2 emissions.
Parth Vaishnav has a poster on this work, so I will not steal
his thunder. In the first phase of his work he has focused on
ground operations, and has explored:
• Minimizing use of main engines in taxis.
• Possible use of various tugs including electric.
• Possible changed roles for the use of APUs.
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R10: Economic, regulatory, and policy
issues related to hydrofracking for shale gas
This afternoon Austin Mitchell will present recent work he
has completed on bonding for site close-out and
remediation. Austin has also worked on several other issues
such as water use from PA streams and a set of issues
related to radiation risks.
However, we also believe that there is an urgent need to
undertake a more general assessment of all issues
associated with shale gas development.
My final few slides summarize many of the impacts
that we think should be includes in such an effort.
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I’ll go fast since I have a handout.
Environmental Impacts
• Existing uses, availability, and surface water quality
- Wastewater handling, recycling, and treatment methods
and technology
- Water consumptions and source selection (e.g.,
freshwater versus acid mine drainage)
• Protection of underground drinking water sources
• Exposure to naturally occurring radioactive material (NORM)
- From the handling and disposal of solid waste with
concentrated uranium and radium
- From residential combustion of natural gas with radon
• Emissions and air quality
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Ecological Impacts
• Habitat destruction and fragmentation
- From well sites and access roads
- From new pipelines and other production related
facilities
• Impacts on sensitive or high-value (e.g., sports fishing)
watersheds
• Increased topsoil erosion and siltation of surface waters
• Reduction of ecosystem sustaining water flows and
downstream effects
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Aesthetic impacts
• Views and vistas
• Recreational use of wild regions
• Noise effects/pollution
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Human Health and Safety
• Health risks from air and water exposures
• Risks from induced seismicity
• Risks from truck traffic and infrastructure
deterioration
• Risks from fire and other accidents
• Risks from handling and disposal of hazardous and
radioactive materials
• Risks from gas transmission and delivery explosions
• Risks from methane migration and accumulation in
buildings
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Social and Economic Impacts
• Community character and stresses of development (e.g., rising
prices, population growth)
• Value of investment in workforce education and training
• Future prices and the economics of gas and liquids production
• Resource development/exploitation strategies and conservation
• Property values, mineral ownership, and real estate dynamics
• Condition of and investment in infrastructure and transportation
• Development of supportive (e.g., steel) and consumptive (e.g.,
chemical) industries
• Effects on competitive industries (e.g., coal)
• Impacts to secondary resource exploitation (e.g., timber, land for
agriculture)
• Degradation of sequestration (e.g., Carbon Capture) capacity
• Impacts to tourism and recreation-based industries
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Policy environment and its impacts
• Public perception of shale gas
and awareness of key issues and
tradeoffs
• Research support and advocacy
of interest groups (e.g., industry,
environmental)
• Industry makeup, self-regulation,
and voluntary protections (e.g.,
pre-drilling water well testing)
• Regulation, enforcement, and
funding
• Use of preemptive power at
Federal and State levels;
efficiency gains and
consequences
• Conflict resolution (e.g., financial
and legal remedies)
• Management of shared resources
and space (e.g. logging, coal,
agriculture)
• Policies (e.g., incentives, taxes,
energy portfolios) that promote
domestic utilization or support
export of natural gas and liquids
• Benefits sharing and distribution
within and across communities
• Competitive influences and
cooperative strategies
• Expected future price and demand
trajectories
• Adequacy and use of decisionmaking tools
- Life-cycle assessment
- Economic input-output
models
- Production curves and
projections
• Resource and reserve estimation
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