Reducing fossil-fuel emissions: Dynamic paths for alternative energy-producing technologies

Alex Coram and Donald W. Katzner

Energy Economics, 2018, vol. 70, issue C, 179-189

Abstract: This paper builds a dynamic model that describes the optimal trajectory for zero-emissions alternative energy-producing technologies produced and installed as replacements for energy-producing technologies whose byproduct is fossil-fuel emissions. In the model, society or its policy makers choose an emission reduction goal, the time when that goal is to be achieved, and the pattern of alternative energy-producing technologies to be employed to reach the goal. The feasibility of these choices and the impact of them on the optimal trajectory are explored both in general and in a special case.

Keywords: Emissions reduction; Alternative energy-producing technologies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2017.12.028

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