Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/100191 
Year of Publication: 
2012
Series/Report no.: 
ESRI Working Paper No. 428
Publisher: 
The Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), Dublin
Abstract: 
The Moneypoint coal plant is nearing the end of its useful life and will need to be replaced. For Moneypoint's replacement, we consider different types of baseload technologies: coal plants with and without carbon capture, combined-cycle gas plants and a nuclear plant. This paper compares how the different types of plant are likely to affect the net costs of the Single Electricity Market under a number of fossil fuel and carbon price scenarios and highlights issues that might be of interest to final consumers and policy makers, namely effects on short-run prices, emissions and energy security.
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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