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@article{Staffell:2018:10.1038/s41560-018-0109-0,
author = {Staffell, IL and Wilson, IAG},
doi = {10.1038/s41560-018-0109-0},
journal = {Nature Energy},
pages = {365--372},
title = {Rapid fuel switching from coal to natural gas through effective carbon pricing},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41560-018-0109-0},
volume = {3},
year = {2018}
}

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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Great Britain’s overall carbon emissions fell by 6% in 2016, due to cleaner electricity production. This was not due to a surge in low-carbon nuclear or renewable sources; instead it was the much-overlooked impact of fuel switching from coal to natural gas generation. This Perspective considers the enabling conditions in Great Britain and the potential for rapid fuel switching in other coal-reliant countries. We find that spare generation and fuel supply-chain capacity must already exist for fuel switching to deliver rapid carbon savings, and to avoid further high-carbon infrastructure lock-in. More important is the political will to alter the marketplace and incentivize this switch, for example, through a stable and strong carbon price. With the right incentives, fuel switching in the power sector could rapidly achieve on the order of 1 GtCO2 saving per year worldwide (3% of global emissions), buying precious time to slow the growth in cumulative carbon emissions.
AU  - Staffell,IL
AU  - Wilson,IAG
DO  - 10.1038/s41560-018-0109-0
EP  - 372
PY  - 2018///
SN  - 1520-8524
SP  - 365
TI  - Rapid fuel switching from coal to natural gas through effective carbon pricing
T2  - Nature Energy
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41560-018-0109-0
UR  - https://www.nature.com/articles/s41560-018-0109-0
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/57116
VL  - 3
ER  -

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