No COVID-19 climate silver lining in the US power sector

Max Luke; Priyanshi Somani; Turner Cotterman; Dhruv Suri; Stephen J. Lee

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-24959-z

Nature Communications (Aug 2021)

No COVID-19 climate silver lining in the US power sector

Max Luke,
Priyanshi Somani,
Turner Cotterman,
Dhruv Suri,
Stephen J. Lee

Affiliations

Max Luke: Highland Energy Analytics
Priyanshi Somani: Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Manipal Institute of Technology
Turner Cotterman: Department of Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University
Dhruv Suri: Department of Aeronautical and Automobile Engineering, Manipal Institute of Technology
Stephen J. Lee: Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24959-z
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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COVID-19 has decreased power sector emissions globally and in the United States. Here the authors assess whether such reductions would have occurred in the United States in the absence of the pandemic, as well as the potential impact of COVID-19 on coal-fired power plant retirements through 2022.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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