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DOI	10.5194/acp-20-11305-2020
	Electricity savings and greenhouse gas emission reductions from global phase-down of hydrofluorocarbons
	Purohit P.; Höglund-Isaksson L.; Dulac J.; Shah N.; Wei M.; Rafaj P.; Schöpp W.
发表日期	2020
ISSN	1680-7316
起始页码	11305
结束页码	11327
卷号	20 期号:19
英文摘要	Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) are widely used as cooling agents in refrigeration and air conditioning, as solvents in industrial processes, as fire-extinguishing agents, for foam blowing, and as aerosol propellants. They have been used in large quantities as the primary substitutes for ozonedepleting substances regulated under the Montreal Protocol. However, many HFCs are potent greenhouse gases (GHGs) and as such subject to global phase-down under the Kigali Amendment (KA) to the Montreal Protocol. In this study, we develop a range of long-Term scenarios for HFC emissions under varying degrees of stringency in climate policy and assess co-benefits in the form of electricity savings and associated reductions in GHG and air pollutant emissions. Due to technical opportunities to improve energy efficiency in cooling technologies, there exist potentials for significant electricity savings under a well-managed phase-down of HFCs. Our results reveal that the opportunity to simultaneously improve energy efficiency in stationary cooling technologies could bring additional climate benefits of about the same magnitude as that attributed to the HFCs phase-down. If technical energy efficiency improvements are fully implemented, the resulting electricity savings could exceed 20% of future global electricity consumption, while the corresponding figure for economic energy efficiency improvements would be about 15 %. The combined effect of HFC phase-down, energy efficiency improvement of the stationary cooling technologies, and future changes in the electricity generation fuel mix would prevent between 411 and 631 PgCO2 equivalent of GHG emissions between 2018 and 2100, thereby making a significant contribution towards keeping the global temperature rise below 2 C. Reduced electricity consumption also means lower air pollution emissions in the power sector, estimated at about 5 % 10% for sulfur dioxide (SO2), 8 % 16% for nitrogen oxides (NOx ), and 4 % 9% for fine particulate matter (PM2:5) emissions compared with a pre-Kigali baseline. © 2020 Copernicus GmbH. All rights reserved.
语种	英语
scopus关键词	air conditioning; atmospheric pollution; emission control; energy efficiency; greenhouse gas; hydrofluorocarbon; Montreal Protocol; nitrogen oxides; pollution control; pollution policy; sulfur dioxide
来源期刊	ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/247493
作者单位	Air Quality and Greenhouse Gases (AIR) Program, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA, Schlossplatz 1, Laxenburg, 2361, Austria; International Energy Agency (IEA), 9, Rue de la Fédération, Paris, 75015, France; Energy Technology Area, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720, United States
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Purohit P.,Höglund-Isaksson L.,Dulac J.,et al. Electricity savings and greenhouse gas emission reductions from global phase-down of hydrofluorocarbons[J],2020,20(19).
APA	Purohit P..,Höglund-Isaksson L..,Dulac J..,Shah N..,Wei M..,...&Schöpp W..(2020).Electricity savings and greenhouse gas emission reductions from global phase-down of hydrofluorocarbons.ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS,20(19).
MLA	Purohit P.,et al."Electricity savings and greenhouse gas emission reductions from global phase-down of hydrofluorocarbons".ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS 20.19(2020).