@article{luo_garcia-menendez_lin_he_johnson_2023, title={Accelerating China's power sector decarbonization can save lives: integrating public health goals into power sector planning decisions}, volume={18}, ISSN={["1748-9326"]}, url={https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/acf84b}, DOI={10.1088/1748-9326/acf84b}, abstractNote={Abstract}, number={10}, journal={ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS}, author={Luo, Qian and Garcia-Menendez, Fernando and Lin, Jiang and He, Gang and Johnson, Jeremiah X.}, year={2023}, month={Oct} }
 @article{luo_garcia-menendez_yang_deshmukh_he_lin_johnson_2023, title={The Health and Climate Benefits of Economic Dispatch in China's Power System}, volume={57}, ISSN={["1520-5851"]}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.2c05663}, DOI={10.1021/acs.est.2c05663}, abstractNote={China’s power system is highly regulated and uses an “equal-share” dispatch approach. However, market mechanisms are being introduced to reduce generation costs and improve system reliability. Here, we quantify the climate and human health impacts brought about by this transition, modeling China’s power system operations under economic dispatch. We find that significant reductions in mortality related to air pollution (11%) and CO2 emissions (3%) from the power sector can be attained by economic dispatch, relative to the equal-share approach, through more efficient coal-powered generation. Additional health and climate benefits can be achieved by incorporating emission externalities in electricity generation costs. However, the benefits of the transition to economic dispatch will be unevenly distributed across China and may lead to increased health damage in some regions. Our results show the potential of dispatch decision-making in electricity generation to mitigate the negative impacts of power plant emissions with existing facilities in China.}, number={7}, journal={ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY}, publisher={American Chemical Society (ACS)}, author={Luo, Qian and Garcia-Menendez, Fernando and Yang, Haozhe and Deshmukh, Ranjit and He, Gang and Lin, Jiang and Johnson, Jeremiah X.}, year={2023}, month={Feb} }
 @article{luo_copeland_garcia-menendez_johnson_2022, title={Diverse Pathways for Power Sector Decarbonization in Texas Yield Health Cobenefits but Fail to Alleviate Air Pollution Exposure Inequities}, ISSN={["1520-5851"]}, url={https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.2c00881}, DOI={10.1021/acs.est.2c00881}, abstractNote={Decarbonizing power systems is a critical component of climate change mitigation, which can have public health cobenefits by reducing air pollution. Many studies have examined strategies to decarbonize power grids and quantified their health cobenefits. However, few of them focus on near-term cobenefits at community levels, while comparing various decarbonization pathways. Here, we use a coupled power system and air quality modeling framework to quantify the costs and benefits of decarbonizing the Texas power grid through a carbon tax; replacing coal with natural gas, solar, or wind; and internalizing human health impacts into operations. Our results show that all decarbonization pathways can result in major reductions in CO2 emissions and public health impacts from power sector emissions, leading to large net benefits when considering the costs to implement these strategies. Operational changes with existing infrastructure can serve as a transitional strategy during the process of replacing coal with renewable energy, which offers the largest benefits. However, we also find that Black and lower-income populations receive disproportionately higher air pollution damages and that none of the examined decarbonization strategies mitigate this disparity. These findings suggest that additional interventions are necessary to mitigate environmental inequity while decarbonizing power grids.}, journal={ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY}, author={Luo, Qian and Copeland, Brenna and Garcia-Menendez, Fernando and Johnson, Jeremiah X.}, year={2022}, month={Sep} }