CO2 Emissions Inventory from Major Industrial Sectors In China

Significant pressure from increasing CO₂ emissions in China´s industrialization process has highlighted a need to understand and mitigate the sources of these emissions. Cement production, lime production and iron and steel production, as three of the most important fundamental industries in China, represent those heavy industries that contribute largely to this sharp increasing trend. In the country with the largest population in the world, cement, iron and steel, and lime output have undergone fast growth spurred by increasing demand for industrial production since 1970s. However, various types of technologies implemented in the industry make plants in China operate with huge differences in both energy consumption and CO₂ emissions. With consideration of these unique features, this paper attempts to estimate the amount of CO₂ emission from several major industrial processes in China. Based on the estimation, related policy implications and measures required to realize the potential for mitigation are also discussed.