Climate and health benefits of increasing renewable energy deployment in the United States
The type, size, and location of renewable energy (RE) deployment dramatically affects benefits to climate and health. Here, we develop a ten-region model to assess the magnitude of health and climate benefits across the US We then use this model to assess the benefits of deploying varying capacities...
| 出版年: | Environmental Research Letters |
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2019-01-01
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| オンライン･アクセス: | https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab49bc |
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| author | Jonathan J Buonocore Ethan J Hughes Drew R Michanowicz Jinhyok Heo Joseph G Allen Augusta Williams |
| author_facet | Jonathan J Buonocore Ethan J Hughes Drew R Michanowicz Jinhyok Heo Joseph G Allen Augusta Williams |
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| description | The type, size, and location of renewable energy (RE) deployment dramatically affects benefits to climate and health. Here, we develop a ten-region model to assess the magnitude of health and climate benefits across the US We then use this model to assess the benefits of deploying varying capacities of wind, utility-scale solar photovoltaics (PV), and rooftop solar PV in different regions in the US—a total of 284 different scenarios. Total benefits ranged from $2.2 trillion for 3000 MW of wind in the Upper Midwest to $4.2 million for 100 MW of wind in California. Total benefits and highest cost effectiveness for CO _2 reduction were generally highest for RE deployment in the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes and Mid-Atlantic US and lowest in California. Health was a substantial portion of total benefits in nearly all regions of the US Benefits were sensitive to methane leakage throughout the gas supply chain. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-a37a2c688af449d8b2bb00a5b358b0892025-08-19T23:32:30ZengIOP PublishingEnvironmental Research Letters1748-93262019-01-01141111401010.1088/1748-9326/ab49bcClimate and health benefits of increasing renewable energy deployment in the United StatesJonathan J Buonocore0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7270-892XEthan J Hughes1Drew R Michanowicz2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2538-4819Jinhyok Heo3https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0348-4111Joseph G Allen4Augusta Williams5https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1496-8931Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, United States of AmericaDepartment of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, United States of AmericaCenter for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, United States of AmericaCenter for Atmospheric Particle Studies, Carnegie Mellon University , United States of AmericaDepartment of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, United States of AmericaDepartment of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, United States of AmericaThe type, size, and location of renewable energy (RE) deployment dramatically affects benefits to climate and health. Here, we develop a ten-region model to assess the magnitude of health and climate benefits across the US We then use this model to assess the benefits of deploying varying capacities of wind, utility-scale solar photovoltaics (PV), and rooftop solar PV in different regions in the US—a total of 284 different scenarios. Total benefits ranged from $2.2 trillion for 3000 MW of wind in the Upper Midwest to $4.2 million for 100 MW of wind in California. Total benefits and highest cost effectiveness for CO _2 reduction were generally highest for RE deployment in the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes and Mid-Atlantic US and lowest in California. Health was a substantial portion of total benefits in nearly all regions of the US Benefits were sensitive to methane leakage throughout the gas supply chain.https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab49bcrenewable energyair pollutiongreenhouse gas mitigationclimate policyhealth impact assessment |
| spellingShingle | Jonathan J Buonocore Ethan J Hughes Drew R Michanowicz Jinhyok Heo Joseph G Allen Augusta Williams Climate and health benefits of increasing renewable energy deployment in the United States renewable energy air pollution greenhouse gas mitigation climate policy health impact assessment |
| title | Climate and health benefits of increasing renewable energy deployment in the United States |
| title_full | Climate and health benefits of increasing renewable energy deployment in the United States |
| title_fullStr | Climate and health benefits of increasing renewable energy deployment in the United States |
| title_full_unstemmed | Climate and health benefits of increasing renewable energy deployment in the United States |
| title_short | Climate and health benefits of increasing renewable energy deployment in the United States |
| title_sort | climate and health benefits of increasing renewable energy deployment in the united states |
| topic | renewable energy air pollution greenhouse gas mitigation climate policy health impact assessment |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab49bc |
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