New Source Review and coal plant efficiency gains: How new and forthcoming air regulations affect outcomes

Sustainable energy development in Nigeria: Current status and policy options

“…Advance emission control technologies should include; NO x control, particulate control, SO 2 control, SO 3 /H 2 SO 4 control, sorbent injection, wet ESP and mercury control. 15 These emissions are common with coalfired power plants and they pose an environmental health risk [64]. Hence, the Nigerian government should ensure that this standards are in-place before coal fired power plants become operational in Nigeria.…”

A sustainable “building block”?: The paradoxical effects of thermal efficiency on U.S. power plants’ CO2 emissions

“…According to its Clean Power Plan, states not only would have the right to convert their rate-based goals to level-based ones if they prefer to do so, but the EPA can strengthen targets and switch to a level-based standard. In the past, the EPA has used such a standard to assess the environmental consequences of plants modifying their electrical output, setting limits on the volume of nitrogen oxides and sulfur dioxide emitted by plants (Adair et al, 2014). The EPA has hesitated to do the same with carbon pollutants in light of recent court cases (e.g., United States vs. Duke Energy Corp., 4th Circuit 2005) that have raised questions about whether the term "modification" in section 111 (b) of the Clean Air Act refers to annual emissions or rate of emissions.…”

The European Union Emissions Trading Scheme and Fuel Efficiency of Fossil Fuel Power Plants in Germany

“…in the EU Green Paper published in March 2000). Within a cap-and-trade system, an overall cap on 4 Windfall profits may be one reason for different results compared to Adair et al (2014). They find that compliance costs for air regulation crowds out investment in heat rates improvements.…”