Contribution of Anaerobic Digesters to Emissions Mitigation and Electricity Generation Under U.S. Climate Policy

Zaks, David P. M.; Winchester, Niven; Kucharik, Christopher J.; Barford, Carol C.; Paltsev, Sergey; Reilly, John M.

doi:10.1021/es104227y

Title: Contribution of Anaerobic Digesters to Emissions Mitigation and Electricity Generation Under U.S. Climate Policy

Authors:

Zaks, David P. M. ^[1]; Winchester, Niven ^[2]; Kucharik, Christopher J. ^[3]; Barford, Carol C. ^[1]; Paltsev, Sergey ^[4]; Reilly, John M. ^[4]

Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin—Madison, 1710 University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53726, United States
Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), 77 Massachusetts Avenue, MIT E19- 411, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139-4307, United States, Department of Economics, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand,
Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin—Madison, 1710 University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin 53726, United States, Department of Agronomy, University of Wisconsin—Madison, 1575 Linden Drive, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), 77 Massachusetts Avenue, MIT E19- 411, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139-4307, United States

Publication Date:: Tue Jul 26 00:00:00 EDT 2011

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1123319

Resource Type:: Published Article

Journal Name:: Environmental Science and Technology

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Name: Environmental Science and Technology Journal Volume: 45 Journal Issue: 16; Journal ID: ISSN 0013-936X

Publisher:: American Chemical Society

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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                    Zaks, David P. M., Winchester, Niven, Kucharik, Christopher J., Barford, Carol C., Paltsev, Sergey, and Reilly, John M. Contribution of Anaerobic Digesters to Emissions Mitigation and Electricity Generation Under U.S. Climate Policy.  United States: N. p., 2011. 
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                    Zaks, David P. M., Winchester, Niven, Kucharik, Christopher J., Barford, Carol C., Paltsev, Sergey, & Reilly, John M. Contribution of Anaerobic Digesters to Emissions Mitigation and Electricity Generation Under U.S. Climate Policy.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1021/es104227y

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                    Zaks, David P. M., Winchester, Niven, Kucharik, Christopher J., Barford, Carol C., Paltsev, Sergey, and Reilly, John M. Tue .  
"Contribution of Anaerobic Digesters to Emissions Mitigation and Electricity Generation Under U.S. Climate Policy".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1021/es104227y.

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@article{osti_1123319,

  title        = {Contribution of Anaerobic Digesters to Emissions Mitigation and Electricity Generation Under U.S. Climate Policy},

  author       = {Zaks, David P. M. and Winchester, Niven and Kucharik, Christopher J. and Barford, Carol C. and Paltsev, Sergey and Reilly, John M.},

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  doi          = {10.1021/es104227y},

  journal      = {Environmental Science and Technology},

  number       = 16,

  volume       = 45,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Tue Jul 26 00:00:00 EDT 2011},

  month        = {Tue Jul 26 00:00:00 EDT 2011}

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