Renewable energy and its impact on thermal generation

GRAF, Christoph; MARCANTONINI, Claudio

doi:10.1016/j.eneco.2017.07.009

Renewable energy and its impact on thermal generation

dc.contributor.author	GRAF, Christoph
dc.contributor.author	MARCANTONINI, Claudio
dc.date.accessioned	2022-11-07T13:53:39Z
dc.date.available	2022-11-07T13:53:39Z
dc.date.issued	2017
dc.description	Available online: 24 July 2017
dc.description.abstract	Electricity production from renewable sources generally displaces thermal generation, which leads to lower CO2 emissions in the power sector. However, the intermittent nature of many renewable technologies in combination with less residual demand leads to greater inefficiencies in the operation of existing fossil power plants. This inefficiency translates into a higher rate of emissions relative to output. In this paper we focus on Italian power installations between 2005 and 2014. Using panel econometrics, we show that a 10% increase in photovoltaics and wind infeed has reduced yearly CO2 emissions of the average thermal installation by about 2% while the average plants emissions relative to its output have increased by about 0.3%.	en
dc.description.version	Published version of EUI RSCAS Working Paper 2016/16	en
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dc.identifier.citation	Energy economics, 2017, Vol. 66, pp. 421-430	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1016/j.eneco.2017.07.009
dc.identifier.endpage	430	en
dc.identifier.issn	0140-9883
dc.identifier.issn	1873-6181
dc.identifier.startpage	421	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/1814/74995
dc.identifier.volume	66	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
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dc.publisher	Elsevier	en
dc.relation.ispartof	Energy economics	en
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dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess	en
dc.title	Renewable energy and its impact on thermal generation	en
dc.type	Article	en
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