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The Health Impacts of Coal-Fired Power Plants in India and the Co-benefits of Greenhouse Gas Reductions

Under the Paris Agreement, India has pledged that 40 percent of its electricity generating capacity will come from non-fossil-fuel sources by the year 2030; however, this pledge does not limit total coal-fired generating capacity. As of 2019, planned increases in coal-fired capacity totaled 95 gigaw...

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Published in:AEA papers and proceedings 2021-05, Vol.111, p.386-390
Main Authors: Cropper, Maureen, Cui, Ryna, Guttikunda, Sarath, Hultman, Nate, Jawahar, Puja, Park, Yongjoon, Yao, Xinlu, Song, Xiaopeng
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Summary:Under the Paris Agreement, India has pledged that 40 percent of its electricity generating capacity will come from non-fossil-fuel sources by the year 2030; however, this pledge does not limit total coal-fired generating capacity. As of 2019, planned increases in coal-fired capacity totaled 95 gigawatts—46 percent of installed coal-fired capacity in 2018. In this paper, we estimate the carbon dioxide benefits and health co-benefits of not building these plants. We also estimate the mortality impacts of the 2018 stock of coal-fired power plants and use it to calculate the tax on electricity generation from coal that would internalize these damages.
ISSN:2574-0768
2574-0776
DOI:10.1257/pandp.20211034