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DOI	10.1038/s41893-018-0174-1
	Managing China’s coal power plants to address multiple environmental objectives
	Peng W.; Wagner F.; Ramana M.V.; Zhai H.; Small M.J.; Dalin C.; Zhang X.; Mauzerall D.L.
发表日期	2018
ISSN	2398-9629
起始页码	693
结束页码	701
卷号	1 期号:11
英文摘要	China needs to manage its coal-dominated power system to curb carbon emissions, as well as to address local environmental priorities such as air pollution and water stress. Here we examine three province-level scenarios for 2030 that represent various electricity demand and low-carbon infrastructure development pathways. For each scenario, we optimize coal power generation strategies to minimize the sum of national total coal power generation cost, inter-regional transmission cost and air pollution and water costs. We consider existing environmental regulations on coal power plants, as well as varying prices for air pollutant emissions and water to monetize the environmental costs. Comparing 2030 to 2015, we find lower CO2 emissions only in the scenarios with substantial renewable generation or low projected electricity demand. Meanwhile, in all three 2030 scenarios, we observe lower air pollution and water impacts than were recorded in 2015 when current regulations and prices for air pollutant emissions and water are imposed on coal power plants. Increasing the price of air pollutant emissions or water alone can lead to a tradeoff between these two objectives, mainly driven by differences between air pollution-oriented and water-oriented transmission system designs that influence where coal power plants will be built and retired. © 2018, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited.
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Carbon; Coal; Costs; Electric power transmission; Electric power utilization; Environmental regulations; Fossil fuel power plants; Water pollution; Air pollutant emission; Current regulations; Electricity demands; Environmental costs; Environmental objectives; Infrastructure development; Renewable generation; Transmission system design; Air pollution
来源期刊	Nature Sustainability
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/163412
作者单位	Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, United States; Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, J.F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States; Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, United States; International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria; Liu Institute for Global Issues, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada; Department of Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, United States; Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, United States; Institute for Sustainable Resources, University College London, London, United Kingdom; Appalachian Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, Frostburg, MD, United States; Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Prin...
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Peng W.,Wagner F.,Ramana M.V.,等. Managing China’s coal power plants to address multiple environmental objectives[J],2018,1(11).
APA	Peng W..,Wagner F..,Ramana M.V..,Zhai H..,Small M.J..,...&Mauzerall D.L..(2018).Managing China’s coal power plants to address multiple environmental objectives.Nature Sustainability,1(11).
MLA	Peng W.,et al."Managing China’s coal power plants to address multiple environmental objectives".Nature Sustainability 1.11(2018).