Chapter 3: Energy Systems
- Hunter College
- NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory
- University of California, Irvine
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Colorado State University
- Boston University
- Northern Arizona University
- University of California, Berkeley
- University of California, Davis
- Better Climate Research and Policy Analysis
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Environmental Defense Fund
- Canadian Energy Systems Analysis and Research Initiative
The focus of SOCCR-2 is on the scientific understanding of U.S. and North American carbon cycle stocks and fluxes, in the context of and interactions with global scale budgets and climate change impacts in managed and unmanaged systems. Carbon stocks and fluxes in soils, water (including oceans), vegetation, aquatic-terrestrial interfaces (coastal/ estuaries/ wetlands), human settlements, agriculture, forestry etc. are included. This chapter assesses the contribution of the North American energy system to the global carbon cycle, including the identification of pathways to greater energy efficiency with lower emissions. The system - defined by energy-related activities in Canada, Mexico, and the United States - includes primary energy sources; the infrastructure to extract, transport, convert, transmit, distribute, and use these resources; and the socioeconomic and political structures and dynamics associated with these processes (Romero-Lankao et al., 2014).
- Research Organization:
- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- U.S. Global Change Research Program
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC36-08GO28308
- OSTI ID:
- 1545978
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/CH-6A50-72475
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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