TY  - JOUR
U1  - Zeitschriftenartikel, wissenschaftlich - begutachtet (reviewed)
A1  - Vallentin, Daniel
T1  - Policy drivers and barriers for coal-to-liquids (CtL) technologies in the United States
N2  - Because of a growing dependence on oil imports, powerful industrial, political and societal stakeholders in the UnitedStates are trying to enhance national energy security through the conversion of domestic coal into synthetic hydrocarbon liquid fuels - so-called coal-to-liquids (CtL) processes. However, because of the technology's high costs and carbon intensity, its market deployment is strongly affected by the US energy, technology and climate policy setting. This paper analyses and discusses policy drivers and barriers for CtL technologies in the United States and reaches the conclusion that an increasing awareness of global warming among US policy-makers raises the requirements for the technology's environmental performance and, thus, limits its potential to regional niche markets in coal-producing states or strategic markets, such as the military, with specific security and fuel requirements.
T2  - Energy policy
VL  - 36
Y1  - 2008
U6  - https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2008.04.032
DO  - https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2008.04.032
IS  - 6
SP  - 3188
EP  - 3201
ER  -