Local-scale analysis of carbon mitigation strategies: Tompkins County, New York, USA
The costs and potential for several carbon mitigation options were analyzed for Tompkins County, NY, within several categories: terrestrial carbon sequestration, local power generation, transportation, and energy end-use efficiency. The total county emissions are about 340 Gg C/year, with current bi...
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Published in | Energy policy Vol. 35; no. 11; pp. 5515 - 5525 |
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Main Authors | , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
Oxford
Elsevier Ltd
01.11.2007
Elsevier Elsevier Science Ltd |
Series | Energy Policy |
Subjects | |
Online Access | Get full text |
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Summary: | The costs and potential for several carbon mitigation options were analyzed for Tompkins County, NY, within several categories: terrestrial carbon sequestration, local power generation, transportation, and energy end-use efficiency. The total county emissions are about 340
Gg
C/year, with current biomass sequestration rates of about 121
Gg
C/year. The potential for mitigation with the options examined, assuming full market penetration, amounts to at least 234
Gg
C/year (69%), with 100
Gg
C/year (29%) at no net cost to the consumer. Effective carbon mitigation strategies for this county based on costs per mg carbon and maximum potential include reforestation of abandoned agricultural lands for terrestrial carbon sequestration, biomass production for residential heating and co-firing in coal power plants, changes in personal behavior related to transportation (e.g., carpooling or using public transportation), installation of numerous residential energy-efficient products and development of local wind power. The principal barriers to the implementation of these approaches are discussed and policies for overcoming these barriers are analyzed. |
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ISSN: | 0301-4215 1873-6777 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.enpol.2007.05.016 |