IEA's Webster injects note of realism into CO[sub 2] control debate

Journal Article · Mon Apr 12 04:00:00 EDT 1993 · Energy Daily; (United States)

OSTI ID:7106064

Wamsted, D

Energy efficiency programs should top the list of actions taken to slow potential warming. At the same time, policymakers must realize that energy efficiency, by itself, simply will not solve the problem. The rate of deployment of energy efficient technologies will be much slower than needed to curb CO[sub 2] emissions, largely as a result of a scarcity of capital and risk avoidance by potential users. Nonetheless, the studies funded by the IEA greenhouse group should help pinpoint the best energy efficiency technologies. In turn, this information can be used to select technologies for particular applications, such as curbing energy demand growth in the developing countries. The overall goal of the greenhouse program is to conduct a comparative assessment of technologies used for abatement of greenhouse gases, specifically the CO[sub 2] emitted from fossil fuel power generation. Ultimately, the group plans to complete a full fuel cycle assessment for these various technologies. To date, a series of studies on power generation technologies and promising CO[sub 2] capture technologies has been completed, and the group is now in the process of looking at CO[sub 2] disposal technologies.

• OSTI ID: 7106064
• Journal Information: Energy Daily; (United States), Journal Name: Energy Daily; (United States) Vol. 21:68; ISSN 0364-5274; ISSN ENDADJ
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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Atmospheric-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
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CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBON DIOXIDE
CARBON OXIDES
CHALCOGENIDES
CLIMATIC CHANGE
COMBINED CYCLES
CONTROL
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GREENHOUSE EFFECT
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION CONTROL
THERMODYNAMIC CYCLES