DOI: 10.1007/s10584-013-0870-9
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84898547835
论文题名: Innovation benefits from nuclear phase-out: Can they compensate the costs?
作者: De Cian E. ; Carrara S. ; Tavoni M.
刊名: Climatic Change
ISSN: 0165-0009
EISSN: 1573-1480
出版年: 2014
卷: 123, 期: 2018-03-04 起始页码: 637
结束页码: 650
语种: 英语
Scopus关键词: Economics
; Energy efficiency
; Greenhouse gases
; Nuclear energy
; Economic costs
; Fukushima accidents
; Integrated assessment models
; Learning potential
; Low-carbon technologies
; Market failures
; Technical change
; Western Europe
; Technology
英文摘要: This paper investigates whether an inefficient allocation of abatement due to constraints on the use of currently available low carbon mitigation options can promote innovation in new technologies and have a positive impact on welfare. We focus on the case of a nuclear power phase-out and endogenous technical change in energy efficiency and alternative low carbon technologies. The research is inspired by the re-thinking about nuclear power deployment which took place in some countries, especially in Western Europe, after the Fukushima accident in March 2011. The analysis uses an Integrated Assessment Model, WITCH, which features multiple externalities related to greenhouse gas emissions and innovation market failures. Our results show that phasing out nuclear power stimulates R&D investments and deployment of technologies with large learning potential. The resulting technology benefits that would not otherwise occur due to intertemporal and international externalities almost completely offset the economic costs of foregoing nuclear power. The extent of technology benefits depends on the stringency of the climate policy and is distributed unevenly across countries. © 2013 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht. Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/84985
Appears in Collections: 气候减缓与适应 气候变化事实与影响
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作者单位: Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM) and Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change (CMCC), Milan, Italy
Recommended Citation:
De Cian E.,Carrara S.,Tavoni M.. Innovation benefits from nuclear phase-out: Can they compensate the costs?[J]. Climatic Change,2014-01-01,123(2018-03-04)