Replication data for: Measuring the Environmental Benefits of Wind-Generated Electricity
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Project Citation:
Cullen, Joseph. Replication data for: Measuring the Environmental Benefits of Wind-Generated Electricity. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2013. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-13. https://doi.org/10.3886/E114837V1
Project Description
Summary:
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Production subsidies for renewable energy, such as solar or wind
power, are rationalized by their environmental benefits. Subsidizing
these projects allows clean, renewable technologies to produce
electricity that otherwise would have been produced by dirtier,
fossil-fuel power plants. In this paper, I quantify the emissions
offset by wind power for a large electricity grid in Texas using the
randomness inherent in wind power availability. When accounting
for dynamics in the production process, the results indicate that only
for high estimates of the social costs of pollution does the value of
emissions offset by wind power exceed cost of renewable energy
subsidies.
Scope of Project
JEL Classification:
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L94 Electric Utilities
L98 Industry Studies: Utilities and Transportation: Government Policy
Q42 Alternative Energy Sources
Q48 Energy: Government Policy
Q51 Valuation of Environmental Effects
Q53 Air Pollution; Water Pollution; Noise; Hazardous Waste; Solid Waste; Recycling
Q54 Climate; Natural Disasters and Their Management; Global Warming
L94 Electric Utilities
L98 Industry Studies: Utilities and Transportation: Government Policy
Q42 Alternative Energy Sources
Q48 Energy: Government Policy
Q51 Valuation of Environmental Effects
Q53 Air Pollution; Water Pollution; Noise; Hazardous Waste; Solid Waste; Recycling
Q54 Climate; Natural Disasters and Their Management; Global Warming
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