کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
997116 936333 2008 14 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Policy drivers and barriers for coal-to-liquids (CtL) technologies in the United States
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه مهندسی انرژی مهندسی انرژی و فناوری های برق
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Policy drivers and barriers for coal-to-liquids (CtL) technologies in the United States
چکیده انگلیسی

Because of a growing dependence on oil imports, powerful industrial, political and societal stakeholders in the United States are trying to enhance national energy security through the conversion of domestic coal into synthetic hydrocarbon liquid fuels—so-called coal-to-liquids (CtL) processes. However, because of the technology's high costs and carbon intensity, its market deployment is strongly affected by the US energy, technology and climate policy setting. This paper analyses and discusses policy drivers and barriers for CtL technologies in the United States and reaches the conclusion that an increasing awareness of global warming among US policy-makers raises the requirements for the technology's environmental performance and, thus, limits its potential to regional niche markets in coal-producing states or strategic markets, such as the military, with specific security and fuel requirements.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Energy Policy - Volume 36, Issue 8, August 2008, Pages 3198–3211
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