Clean Energy Standard: Potential Qualifying Energy Sources

Bracmort, Kelsi ; Folger, Peter ; Holt, Mark ; Ratner, Michael ; Sissine, Fred

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Energy;    Alternative energy sources;    Geothermal resources;    Nuclear energy;    Clean coal technology;   

RP-ID  :  R41797
RP-ID  :  R41797_2011May3

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report begins with a brief examination of clean energy, renewable energy, and alternative energy. It then presents possible selection criteria Congress could use to determine which sources could be eligible for a CES depending on the goal(s) of the CES. The report provides an overview of the energy sources most commonly discussed as potential CES qualifying sources: biomass, fossil fuels (natural gas combined-cycle and coal-fired power plants with carbon capture and sequestration), geothermal resources, nuclear, solar, water, and wind. The report describes where each source can be found in the United States, the estimated quantity available for electricity generation, technologies used to create electricity from the source, advantages and disadvantages of using the source for electricity generation, and policy implications should the source be included in a CES.5 The report also contains a section on energy efficiency and its potential inclusion in a CES.