Author : Charles Ebinger
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (899 download)
Book Synopsis Transforming the Electricity Portfolio by : Charles Ebinger
Download or read book Transforming the Electricity Portfolio written by Charles Ebinger and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amid an ongoing international debate on the reduction of carbon emissions, Germany and Japan are undertaking a dramatic shift in their electricity portfolios. The 2011 Japanese earthquake and the subsequent Fukushima Daiichi nuclear facility accident have sparked both Japanese and German energy policy to shift away from carbon-free nuclear energy and towards renewables. However, despite large gains in market share by renewables, these two countries have seen increases in both fossil fuel usage and carbon emissions as the market share of nuclear energy has declined. This shift raises fundamental energy policy questions: how can countries simultaneously decarbonize their electricity mix while phasing out nuclear energy? What are the costs and challenges of large-scale renewable integration? Who will bear these costs? In this policy brief the authors seek to answer these questions while identifying potential relevant lessons for large-scale deployment of renewables in the United States.