DocumentCode :
2877836
Title :
CO2 Emission Reduction Efforts Made by China´s Electricity Sector and the International Comparison
Author :
Cai, Wenjia ; Wang, Can ; Chen, Jining
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Environ. Sci. & Eng., Tsinghua Univ. Beijing, Beijing, China
Volume :
3
fYear :
2009
fDate :
16-18 Oct. 2009
Firstpage :
24
Lastpage :
27
Abstract :
Starting from the misunderstanding that China is doing little in controlling her greenhouse gas emissions along with the rapid economic growth, this paper tried to break this myth by looking into China´s electricity sector. It is found out that from 2000 to 2007, this sector was having great improvements in energy efficiency improvements, in demand side management and in reducing transmission losses and electricity consumed by power plants, ranked by their contributions to the overall sectoral emission reductions. The cumulative emission reductions from 2000 to 2007 amounted to 553 million tons, which means the unilateral emission reduction actions from China´s electricity sector alone helped the world exempt from a one-year national emission from a country as economically-powerful as United Kingdom. Other comparisons in generating efficiency side have been made between China and US. One suggestion for future work has been given at the end of the paper.
Keywords :
air pollution; carbon compounds; demand side management; energy conservation; environmental factors; China; demand side management; electricity sector; emission reduction efforts; energy efficiency improvements; greenhouse gas emissions; Energy conservation; Energy consumption; Energy management; Environmental economics; Global warming; Power engineering and energy; Power generation; Power generation economics; Production; Wind power generation; China; electricity sector; emission reduction efforts; international comparison;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Energy and Environment Technology, 2009. ICEET '09. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Guilin, Guangxi
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3819-8
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/ICEET.2009.472
Filename :
5367060
Link To Document :
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