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Should Coal Replace Coal? Options for the Irish Electricity Market. ESRI WP428. March 2012

Diffney, Sean and Valeri, Laura Malaguzzi and Walsh, Darragh (2012) Should Coal Replace Coal? Options for the Irish Electricity Market. ESRI WP428. March 2012. [Working Paper]

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    Abstract

    The Moneypoint coal plant is nearing the end of its useful life and will need to be replaced. For Moneypoint’s replacement, we consider different types of baseload technologies: coal plants with and without carbon capture, combined-cycle gas plants and a nuclear plant. This paper compares how the different types of plant are likely to affect the net costs of the Single Electricity Market under a number of fossil fuel and carbon price scenarios and highlights issues that might be of interest to final consumers and policy makers, namely effects on short-run prices, emissions and energy security.

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    Item Type: Working Paper
    Subjects for non-EU documents: EU policies and themes > Policies & related activities > energy policy (Including international arena)
    Subjects for EU documents: UNSPECIFIED
    EU Series and Periodicals: UNSPECIFIED
    EU Annual Reports: UNSPECIFIED
    Series: Series > Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), Dublin > ESRI Working Papers
    Depositing User: Alyssa McDonald
    Official EU Document: No
    Language: English
    Date Deposited: 10 Jul 2017 12:54
    Number of Pages: 29
    Last Modified: 10 Jul 2017 12:54
    URI: http://aei.pitt.edu/id/eprint/87966

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