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An Economic Assessment of Deploying Advanced Coal Power Technologies in China

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An Economic Assessment of Deploying Advanced Coal Power Technologies in China

Seminar
Series: Energy Technology Innovation Policy Seminar Series
Open to the Public - Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
February 19, 2008
9:30-11:00 a.m.

Speaker: Lifeng Zhao, Research Fellow, Energy Technology Innovation Policy

Related Projects: Energy Technology Innovation Policy, Environment and Natural Resources, Science, Technology, and Public Policy

Description:

Zhao will present her analysis of the thermodynamic efficiency, environmental performance, and differences in capital cost and overall cost of electricity for a variety of advanced coal power technologies in the Chinese context. She will specifically discuss the economic gaps between IGCC and other advanced coal power technologies and compare twelve different power plant configurations using advanced coal power technologies.

Please join us! Coffee and tea provided. Everyone is welcome, but admittance will be on a first come-first served basis.

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ETIP Coordinator
Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group, 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Mailbox 53, Cambridge, MA 02138
Harvard University
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Email: karin_vander_schaaf@harvard.edu
Phone: 617-496-5584
Url: http://www.belfercenter.org/project/10/energy_technology_innovation_policy.html

Related Publications

Mark Pattison

December 2007

"Research, Development, Demonstration, and Early Deployment Policies for Advanced-Coal Technology in China"

Energy Policy, issue 12, volume 35

By Lifeng Zhao, Former Research Fellow, Energy Technology Innovation Policy Research Group/Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program, 2006-2008 and Kelly Sims Gallagher, Senior Associate, Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group

This paper introduces the current status of energy in China, evaluates the research, development, and demonstration policies for advanced-coal technologies during the Tenth Five-Year Plan, and gives policy prospects for advanced-coal technologies in the Eleventh Five-Year Plan.

 

 

 

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