The Clean Air Act and Renewable Energy: Opportunities, Barriers, and Options

Conference · Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 2001

OSTI ID:776943

Wooley, D R ^[1]; Morss, E M ^[1]; Fang, J M ^[2]

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1. Young, Sommer, Ward, Ritzenberg, Wooley, Baker and Moore, LLC
2. National Renewable Energy Laboratory

This paper examines the opportunities, obstacles, and potential options to promote renewable energy under the CAA and related programs. It deals, in sequence, with the regulation of SO2, NOx, regional haze/particulate matter, and CO2. For each pollutant, the paper discusses the opportunities, barriers, and options for boosting renewables under the CAA. It concludes by comparing the options discussed. The paper is based on a project on environmental regulation and renewable energy in electricity generation conducted by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory for the Office of Power Technologies, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, US Department of Energy.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: US Department of Energy (US)
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-99GO10337
• OSTI ID: 776943
• Report Number(s): NREL/CP-620-29654; TRN: AH200115%%473
• Resource Relation: Conference: Association of Energy Services Professionals International 11th National Energy Services Conference and Exposition, New Orleans, LA (US), 12/04/2000--12/06/2000; Other Information: PBD: 1 Mar 2001
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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14 SOLAR ENERGY
29 ENERGY PLANNING
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32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
CLEAN AIR ACTS
ELECTRICITY
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY
REGULATIONS
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
CLEAN AIR ACT
RENEWABLE ENERGY
POLLUTION REGULATION
SO2
NOX
CO2