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DOI | 10.1038/s41893-017-0003-y |
Targeted emission reductions from global super-polluting power plant units | |
Tong, Dan1,2; Zhang, Qiang1; Davis, Steven J.1,3; Liu, Fei2; Zheng, Bo2; Geng, Guannan1; Xue, Tao1; Li, Meng1; Hong, Chaopeng1; Lu, Zifeng4; Streets, David G.4; Guan, Dabo1,5; He, Kebin2 | |
2018 | |
发表期刊 | NATURE SUSTAINABILITY |
ISSN | 2398-9629 |
出版年 | 2018 |
卷号 | 1期号:1页码:59-68 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | Peoples R China; USA; England |
英文摘要 | There are more than 30,000 biomass-and fossil-fuel-burning power plants now operating worldwide, reflecting a tremendously diverse infrastructure, which ranges in capacity from less than a megawatt to more than a gigawatt. In 2010, 68.7% of electricity generated globally came from these power plants, compared with 64.2% in 1990. Although the electricity generated by this infrastructure is vital to economic activity worldwide, it also produces more CO2 and air pollutant emissions than infrastructure from any other industrial sector. Here, we assess fuel-and region-specific opportunities for reducing undesirable air pollutant emissions using a newly developed emission dataset at the level of individual generating units. For example, we find that retiring or installing emission control technologies on units representing 0.8% of the global coal-fired power plant capacity could reduce levels of PM2.5 emissions by 7.7-14.2%. In India and China, retiring coal-fired plants representing 1.8% and 0.8% of total capacity can reduce total PM2.5 emissions from coal-fired plants by 13.2% and 16.0%, respectively. Our results therefore suggest that policies targeting a relatively small number of 'super-polluting' units could substantially reduce pollutant emissions and thus the related impacts on both human health and global climate. |
领域 | 资源环境 |
收录类别 | SSCI |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000439103000019 |
WOS关键词 | SULFUR-DIOXIDE EMISSIONS ; FOSSIL-FUEL COMBUSTION ; AIR-POLLUTION ; ELECTRICITY-GENERATION ; GREENHOUSE GASES ; CO2 EMISSIONS ; ENERGY ; CHINA ; INVENTORY ; AEROSOL |
WOS类目 | Green & Sustainable Science & Technology ; Environmental Sciences ; Environmental Studies |
WOS研究方向 | Science & Technology - Other Topics ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology |
引用统计 | |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/289562 |
专题 | 资源环境科学 |
作者单位 | 1.Tsinghua Univ, Dept Earth Syst Sci, Minist Educ, Key Lab Earth Syst Modeling, Beijing 100084, Peoples R China; 2.Tsinghua Univ, Sch Environm, State Key Joint Lab Environm Simulat & Pollut Con, Beijing 100084, Peoples R China; 3.Univ Calif Irvine, Dept Earth Syst Sci, Irvine, CA 92697 USA; 4.Argonne Natl Lab, Energy Syst Div, Argonne, IL 60439 USA; 5.Univ East Anglia, Sch Int Dev, Norwich NR4 7TJ, Norfolk, England |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Tong, Dan,Zhang, Qiang,Davis, Steven J.,et al. Targeted emission reductions from global super-polluting power plant units[J]. NATURE SUSTAINABILITY,2018,1(1):59-68. |
APA | Tong, Dan.,Zhang, Qiang.,Davis, Steven J..,Liu, Fei.,Zheng, Bo.,...&He, Kebin.(2018).Targeted emission reductions from global super-polluting power plant units.NATURE SUSTAINABILITY,1(1),59-68. |
MLA | Tong, Dan,et al."Targeted emission reductions from global super-polluting power plant units".NATURE SUSTAINABILITY 1.1(2018):59-68. |
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