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LOCATION:Chamberlin 2241
SUMMARY:Mitigating climate and air pollution from the electricity and 
 transportation sectors in the United States \, Physics Department Coll
 oquium\, Inês Azevedo\, Stanford University
DESCRIPTION:In this talk\, I will cover a few recent papers and projec
 ts that focus on the measurement of emissions and the costs\, benefits
 \, and opportunities associated with a transition to sustainable\, dee
 ply decarbonized\,\, and equitable energy systems is needed in the Uni
 ted States. For example\, in [1]\, we show that with an increasing int
 erconnected system that encompasses variable energy sources and comple
 x markets\, the emissions embedded in electricity generation and consu
 mption are becoming more difficult to estimate. Using flow tracing and
  consumption-based accounting\, we have characterized the health damag
 es from exposure to PM2.5 from electricity imports and find that that 
 8% of our estimated premature deaths from electricity consumption in t
 he United States are due to electricity imports\; In [2] we assess the
  consequences of vehicle electrification across the country as a funct
 ion of where vehicles are charged\, and which types of plants are meet
 ing that electricity demand\, and in [3] we present a data-driven\, re
 alistic model of charging demand that captures the diverse charging be
 haviors of future adopters in the US Western Interconnection. We find 
 that peak net electricity demand increases by up to 25% with forecast 
 adoption and by 50% in a stress test with full electrification\; In on
 going work\, we develop tools and analysis that identify the most cost
 -effective strategies for retirement and replacements of existing elec
 tricity generation capacity\, which can help guide state and federal d
 ecision-makers deep decarbonization plans.  
URL:https://www.physics.wisc.edu/events/?id=8487
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