Quantifying operational lifetimes for coal power plants under the Paris goals
oleh: Ryna Yiyun Cui, Nathan Hultman, Morgan R. Edwards, Linlang He, Arijit Sen, Kavita Surana, Haewon McJeon, Gokul Iyer, Pralit Patel, Sha Yu, Ted Nace, Christine Shearer
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| Diterbitkan: | Nature Portfolio 2019-10-01 |
Deskripsi
The plant-by-plant retirement needs are not well-understood yet to achieve the rapid transition away from coal use. Here the authors found that operational lifetimes of existing units must be reduced to approximately 35 years to keep warming well below 2 °C or 20 years for 1.5 °C, even if no new capacity comes online.