Modeling Scenarios for Alberta's Power Generation Future
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2014-01-29
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Concerns about large greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Alberta (AB) have challenged its public license to recover and export its vast fossil energy resources. To explore solutions, an energy system modelling approach was used to compare three scenarios for AB's electricity future: one coal-dominated "business-as-usual" (BAU), one natural gas-dominated scenario from AB Electric System Operator (AESO) and one dominated by large imported hydro (Low Carbon scenario). The Low Carbon scenario was estimated to reduce GHG emissions up to 2.1 GtCO2e by 2060, at a carbon cost that ranged from -7.28 to 54.28 $/tCO2e, with lower costs and enhanced benefits post 2060. Additional benefits of interprovincial cooperation in the supply of power to AB may include peak load sharing, reduced emissions for oil and gas recovery and processing and the creation of energy corridors that would provide access to international markets for other energy resources.
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Engineering--Electronics and Electrical, Engineering--Environmental
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Hasan, M. R. (2014). Modeling Scenarios for Alberta's Power Generation Future (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/26949