To compete and thrive in the 21st century, democracies, and the United States in particular, must develop new national security and economic strategies that address the geopolitics of information. In the 20th century, market capitalist democracies geared infrastructure, energy, trade, and even social policy to protect and advance that era’s key source of power—manufacturing. In this century, democracies must better account for information geopolitics across all dimensions of domestic policy and national strategy.
Zhao will present her analysis of the thermodynamic efficiency, environmental performance, and differences in capital cost and overall cost of electricity for a variety of advanced coal power technologies in the Chinese context. She will specifically discuss the economic gaps between IGCC and other advanced coal power technologies and compare twelve different power plant configurations using advanced coal power technologies.
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