Title: New York MARKAL: An evaluation of carbon dioxide emission control strategies in New York State

Authors: Leonard D. Hamilton

Addresses: Biomedical and Environmental Assessment Group, Analytical Sciences Division, Department of Applied Science, Brookhaven National Laboratory; Associated Universities University, Inc., USA

Abstract: A MARKAL model was developed for the State of New York. It represents the state|s energy system as a set of typical technologies for generating, converting, and using energy as it evolves over a 45-year period. NYMARKAL was applied here in demonstration analyses to explore strategies to reduce ₂ emissions. NYMARKAL was installed at the State Energy Office and in the Offices of the New York Power Pool. Example scenarios showed that it is more difficult and more expensive to reduce carbon emissions in New York State than in the United States as a whole. Were a common carbon tax instituted, it would have less effect in New York and most carbon emissions reduction would take place elsewhere in the country where it is more cost-effective. Alternatively, were all states required to reduce CO₂ emissions by an equal percentage (say by 20 per cent), the cost per unit emissions reduction to New York would be much greater than in the rest of the country.

Keywords: carbon dioxide; CO2; carbon emissions; emission reduction; market allocation model; MARKAL model; New York State; NYMARKAL model; USA; United States; modelling; carbon tax.

DOI: 10.1504/IJGEI.1994.063530

International Journal of Global Energy Issues, 1994 Vol.6 No.1/2, pp.88-96

Published online: 16 Jul 2014 *

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