Johnston Craig M.T., van Kooten G. Cornelis

Rubrique:

Nouvelles technologies

Parution:

2014

Titre Ouvrage:

Economics of Co-firing Coal and Biomass: An Application to Western Canada

Édition:

Energy Economics, in press

Co-firing biomass and coal in retrofitted power plants is an efficient means to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in the energy sector ; a model of the Alberta electrical grid with an intertie to British Columbia is linked to a fibre transportation model for these provinces ; results indicate that it is optimal for Alberta to retrofit approximately 500 MW of current coal capacity (8.6%) to co-fire with biomass, although Alberta wood pellet production acts as a constraint on further conversions.