Combustion efficiency: Greenhouse gas emission reductions from the power generation sector

Conference · Fri Dec 31 04:00:00 EST 1993

OSTI ID:249758

Kane, R; South, D W; Fish, A L ^[1]

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1. Argonne National Laboratory, Upton, IL (United States)

Concern for the possibility of an enhanced greenhouse effect and global climate change (GCC) has often been associated with energy use in general, and fossil fuel combustion in particular, because of associated emissions of CO{sub 2} and other greenhouse gases (GHG). Therefore, energy policies play a significant role in determining greenhouse gas emissions. The generation of electricity and power from more efficient fossil energy technologies provides an opportunity to significantly lower GHG emissions, together with other pollutants. The U.S. government oversees a broad-based program to facilitate the development, demonstration, and deployment of these technologies. Advanced fossil technologies offer other benefits as well, in that they permit continued use of widely available fuels such as coal. An international perspective is critical for assessing the role of these fuels, since countries differ in terms of their ability to maximize these benefits. Often, new technologies are considered the domain of industrialized countries. Yet more efficient technologies may have their greatest potential - to concurrently permit the utilization of indigenous fuels and to lower global GHG emissions in developing countries, especially those in the Asia-Pacific region.

• Research Organization: National Science Foundation, Washington, DC (United States). Committee on Earth and Environmental Sciences
• OSTI ID: 249758
• Report Number(s): CONF-930285--; ON: DE96008736
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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