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排放、输电与可再生能源的环境价值

Emissions, Transmission, and the Environmental Value of Renewable Energy
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy · 2021 · Harrison Fell、Daniel T. Kaffine、Kevin Novan

中文摘要

我们考察输电阻塞如何改变可再生能源发电所带来的环境收益。利用得克萨斯州与美国中大陆电力市场的小时级数据,我们发现,放松各市场中风能资源丰富地区与需求中心之间的输电约束,可使风能的非市场价值保守估计提高30%(得克萨斯市场)和17%(中大陆市场)。非市场价值的这一增长很大程度上源于空气质量改善发生地点的再分布——当输电不受约束时,风电能够抵消多得多的来自化石燃料机组的污染,而这些机组大多位于人口密集的需求中心附近。

Abstract

We examine how transmission congestion alters the environmental benefits provided by renewable generation. Using hourly data from the Texas and midcontinent electricity markets, we find that relaxing transmission constraints between the wind-rich areas and the demand centers of the respective markets conservatively increases the nonmarket value of wind by 30 percent for Texas and 17 percent for midcontinent markets. Much of this increase in the nonmarket value arises from a redistribution in where air quality improvements occur—when transmission is not constrained, wind offsets much more pollution from fossil fuel units located near highly populated demand centers.
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