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DOI | 10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.11.052 |
Virtual scarce water embodied in inter-provincial electricity transmission in China | |
Zhang, Chao1,6; Zhong, Lijin2; Liang, Sai3; Sanders, Kelly T.4; Wang, Jiao2; Xu, Ming3,5,6 | |
发表日期 | 2017 |
ISSN | 1755-263X |
卷号 | 187页码:438-448 |
英文摘要 | Intra-national electricity transmission drives virtual water transfer from electricity production regions to electricity consumption regions. In China, the water-intensive thermoelectric power industry is expanding quickly in many water-scarce energy production hubs in northern and northwestern provinces. This study constructed a node-flow model of inter-provincial electricity transmission to investigate the virtual water and scarcity-adjusted virtual water (or virtual scarce water) embodied in the electricity transmission network. It is revealed that total inter-provincial virtual water transfer embodied in electricity transmission was 623 million m(3) in 2011, equivalent to 12.7% of the national total thermoelectric water consumption. The top three largest single virtual water flows are West Inner Mongolia-to-Beijing (44 million m3), East Inner Mongolia-to-Liaoning (39 million m(3)), and Guizhou-to-Guangdong (37 million m3). If the actual volumes of consumptive water use are translated into scarcity-adjusted water consumption based on Water Stress Index, West Inner Mongolia (81 million m(3)), Shanxi (63 million m(3)) and Ningxia (30 million m3) become the top three exporters of virtual scarce water. Many ongoing long-distance electricity transmission projects in China will enlarge the scale of scarce water outflows from northwestern regions and potentially increase their water stress. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
英文关键词 | Electricity transmission;Virtual water;Scarce water;Energy-water nexus;China |
语种 | 英语 |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000392571200034 |
来源期刊 | APPLIED ENERGY
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来源机构 | 世界资源研究所 |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/56128 |
作者单位 | 1.Tongji Univ, Sch Econ & Management, 1239 Siping Rd, Shanghai 200092, Peoples R China; 2.World Resources Inst, China Off, 9 Dongzhong St, Beijing 100027, Peoples R China; 3.Univ Michigan, Sch Nat Resources & Environm, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA; 4.Univ Southern Calif, Sonny Astani Dept Civil & Environm Engn, 3620 S Vermont Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA; 5.Univ Michigan, Dept Civil & Environm Engn, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA; 6.Tongji Univ, Tongji Univ Sustainable Dev & New Type Urbanizat, 1239 Siping Rd, Shanghai 200092, Peoples R China |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Zhang, Chao,Zhong, Lijin,Liang, Sai,et al. Virtual scarce water embodied in inter-provincial electricity transmission in China[J]. 世界资源研究所,2017,187:438-448. |
APA | Zhang, Chao,Zhong, Lijin,Liang, Sai,Sanders, Kelly T.,Wang, Jiao,&Xu, Ming.(2017).Virtual scarce water embodied in inter-provincial electricity transmission in China.APPLIED ENERGY,187,438-448. |
MLA | Zhang, Chao,et al."Virtual scarce water embodied in inter-provincial electricity transmission in China".APPLIED ENERGY 187(2017):438-448. |
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