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1 online resource (xi, 34 pages) : color illustrations. |
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NREL/TP ; 6A50-62818 |
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NREL/TP ; 6A50-62818.
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| Note |
Published through SciTech Connect. |
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"August 2015." |
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"The Joint Institute for Strategic Energy Analysis is operated by the Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC, on behalf of the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory, the University of Colorado-Boulder, the Colorado School of Mines, the Colorado State University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Stanford University." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 24-27). |
| Summary |
The energy sector was responsible for approximately 84% of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the U.S. in 2012 (EPA 2014a). Methane is the second most important GHG, contributing 9% of total U.S. CO2e emissions. A large portion of those methane emissions result from energy production and use; the natural gas, coal, and oil industries produce approximately 39% of anthropogenic methane emissions in the U.S. As a result, fossil-fuel systems have been consistently identified as high priority sectors to contribute to U.S. GHG reduction goals (White House 2015). Only two studies have recently attempted to quantify the abatement potential and cost associated with the breadth of opportunities to reduce GHG emissions within natural gas, oil, and coal supply chains in the United States, namely the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (2013a) and ICF (2014). EPA, in its 2013 analysis, estimated the marginal cost of abatement for non-CO2 GHG emissions from the natural gas, oil, and coal supply chains for multiple regions globally, including the United States. Building on this work, ICF International (ICF) (2014) provided an update and re-analysis of the potential opportunities in U.S. natural gas and oil systems. In this report we synthesize these previously published estimates as well as incorporate additional data provided by ICF to provide a comprehensive national analysis of methane abatement opportunities and their associated costs across the natural gas, oil, and coal supply chains. Results are presented as a suite of marginal abatement cost curves (MACCs), which depict the total potential and cost of reducing emissions through different abatement measures. We report results by sector (natural gas, oil, and coal) and by supply chain segment - production, gathering and boosting, processing, transmission and storage, or distribution - to facilitate identification of which sectors and supply chain segments provide the greatest opportunities for low cost abatement. |
| Funding |
Prepared under task EPSA.Z410 DE-AC36-08GO28308 |
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Methane -- Economic aspects -- United States.
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Atmospheric methane -- Economic aspects -- United States.
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Greenhouse gas mitigation -- Economic aspects -- United States.
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Greenhouse gas mitigation -- Government policy -- United States.
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Energy Planning, Policy, And Economy.
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National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S.)
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Joint Institute for Strategic Energy Analysis, issuing body.
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United States. Department of Energy. Office of Energy Policy and Systems Analysis, sponsor.
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| Gpo Item No. |
0430-P-03 (online) |
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E 9.16:NREL/TP-6 A 50-62818 |
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