Carbon emissions intensity reduction target for China's power industry: An efficiency and productivity perspective

Xian, Y; Wang, K; Shi, X; Zhang, C; Wei, YM; Huang, Z

Carbon emissions intensity reduction target for China's power industry: An efficiency and productivity perspective

Xian, Y Wang, K Shi, X

Zhang, C Wei, YM Huang, Z

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Citation:: Journal of Cleaner Production, 2018, 197 pp. 1022 - 1034
Issue Date:: 2018-10-01

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dc.contributor.author	Xian, Y	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Wang, K	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Shi, X https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9653-7395	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Zhang, C	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Wei, YM	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Huang, Z	en_US
dc.date.available	2020-10-01T19:06:34Z
dc.date.issued	2018-10-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Journal of Cleaner Production, 2018, 197 pp. 1022 - 1034	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0959-6526	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/131208
dc.description.abstract	© 2018 Elsevier Ltd This paper proposes a scenario analysis to address whether the national and provincial CO2 emissions intensity reduction target during 2016–2020 would be achievable for China's power industry with the identification of change on carbon productivity. This productivity indicator is further decomposed to investigate contributions of different sources to productivity growth when there exists technological heterogeneity. Evaluation results show that even if all electricity-generating units in each region were able to adopt the best practice, the nationwide 18% intensity reduction target is not feasible through improving technical efficiency or upgrading technology on electricity generation and carbon abatement in a short or medium term. The existence of regional technological heterogeneity in power generation and associated CO2 emissions reduction processes implies the necessity of more differentiated regulations and policies for emission reduction across China's regions and inter-regional technology transfer. The emerging national emission trading scheme could easy some challenges in formulating emission policy for heterogeneous regions.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Journal of Cleaner Production	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.06.272	en_US
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subject.classification	Environmental Sciences	en_US
dc.title	Carbon emissions intensity reduction target for China's power industry: An efficiency and productivity perspective	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	197	en_US
utslib.for	0907 Environmental Engineering	en_US
utslib.for	0910 Manufacturing Engineering	en_US
utslib.for	0915 Interdisciplinary Engineering	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/DVC (International)
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/DVC (International)/Australia-China Relations Institute
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pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	197	en_US

Abstract:

© 2018 Elsevier Ltd This paper proposes a scenario analysis to address whether the national and provincial CO2 emissions intensity reduction target during 2016–2020 would be achievable for China's power industry with the identification of change on carbon productivity. This productivity indicator is further decomposed to investigate contributions of different sources to productivity growth when there exists technological heterogeneity. Evaluation results show that even if all electricity-generating units in each region were able to adopt the best practice, the nationwide 18% intensity reduction target is not feasible through improving technical efficiency or upgrading technology on electricity generation and carbon abatement in a short or medium term. The existence of regional technological heterogeneity in power generation and associated CO2 emissions reduction processes implies the necessity of more differentiated regulations and policies for emission reduction across China's regions and inter-regional technology transfer. The emerging national emission trading scheme could easy some challenges in formulating emission policy for heterogeneous regions.

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