Arbeitspapier
Cutting Costs of Catching Carbon. Intertemporal effects under imperfect climate policy
We use a two-period model to investigate intertemporal effects of cost reductions in climate change mitigation technologies for the power sector. With imperfect climate policies, cost reductions related to carbon capture and storage (CCS) may be more desirable than comparable cost reductions related to renewable energy. The finding rests on the incentives fossil resource owners face. With regulations of emissions only in the future, cheaper renewables speed up extraction (the `green paradox'), whereas CCS cost reductions make fossil resources more attractive for future use and lead to postponement of extraction.
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: Discussion Papers ; No. 639
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Nonrenewable Resources and Conservation: General
Alternative Energy Sources
Climate; Natural Disasters and Their Management; Global Warming
- Subject
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climate change
exhaustible resources
carbon capture and storage
renewable energy
green paradox
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Hoel, Michael
Jensen, Svenn
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
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Statistics Norway, Research Department
- (where)
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Oslo
- (when)
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2010
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:41 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Hoel, Michael
- Jensen, Svenn
- Statistics Norway, Research Department
Time of origin
- 2010