A review of learning rates for electricity supply technologies

ES Rubin, IML Azevedo, P Jaramillo, S Yeh - Energy Policy, 2015 - Elsevier
A variety of mathematical models have been proposed to characterize and quantify the
dependency of electricity supply technology costs on various drivers of technological …

The economics of solar electricity

E Baker, M Fowlie, D Lemoine… - Annu. Rev. Resour …, 2013 - annualreviews.org
The benefits and costs of increasing solar electricity generation depend on the scale of the
increase and on the time frame over which it occurs. Short-run analyses focus on the cost …

[HTML][HTML] Empirically grounded technology forecasts and the energy transition

R Way, MC Ives, P Mealy, JD Farmer - Joule, 2022 - cell.com
Rapidly decarbonizing the global energy system is critical for addressing climate change,
but concerns about costs have been a barrier to implementation. Most energy-economy …

An inter-model assessment of the role of direct air capture in deep mitigation pathways

G Realmonte, L Drouet, A Gambhir, J Glynn… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
The feasibility of large-scale biological CO2 removal to achieve stringent climate targets
remains unclear. Direct Air Carbon Capture and Storage (DACCS) offers an alternative …

The role of the discount rate for emission pathways and negative emissions

J Emmerling, L Drouet, KI van der Wijst… - Environmental …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
The importance of the discount rate in cost-benefit analysis of long term problems, such as
climate change, has been widely acknowledged. However, the choice of the discount rate is …

Direct air capture of CO2 and climate stabilization: A model based assessment

C Chen, M Tavoni - Climatic Change, 2013 - Springer
This paper provides a novel assessment of the role of direct air capture of CO 2 from
ambient air (DAC) on the feasibility of achieving stringent climate stabilization. We use the …

Climate policy and the optimal balance between mitigation, adaptation and unavoided damage

F Bosello, C Carraro, E De Cian - Climate Change Economics, 2010 - World Scientific
It has become commonly accepted that a successful climate strategy should compound
mitigation and adaptation. The accurate combination between adaptation and mitigation that …

[HTML][HTML] Integrated assessment of climate impacts and adaptation in the energy sector

JC Ciscar, P Dowling - Energy Economics, 2014 - Elsevier
From an engineering perspective, climate change can affect the energy sector in a number
of ways, such as changes in the efficiency of power plants and increases in peak demand …

Economic assessment of forest ecosystem services losses: cost of policy inaction

A Chiabai, CM Travisi, A Markandya, H Ding… - Environmental and …, 2011 - Springer
This paper presents a bottom-up methodological framework for estimating some of the key
ecosystem services provided by forests biomes worldwide. We consider the provision of …

Using forests for climate mitigation: sequester carbon or produce woody biomass?

A Favero, R Mendelsohn, B Sohngen - Climatic Change, 2017 - Springer
Forests can mitigate greenhouse gases by storing carbon (SEQU) and supplying woody
biomass for burning in power plants with CCS (WBCCS). The paper uses GTM to …