Potential of China's national policies on reducing carbon emissions from coal-fired power plants in the period of the 14th Five-Year Plan.

ABSTRACT: Coal-fired power is one of the largest contributors to China's carbon emissions. To promote its national low-carbon transition ambitions, the Chinese government has issued a series of policies to reduce emissions from coal-fired power plants (CFPP) during its 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-2025). This study mainly focuses on the mitigation potential of related national policies, using global optimization methods with double constraints on different policy implementation extents and power supply security under different scheduled views of national new energy developments. Thereby, 81 scenarios are set, and policy simulations till 2025 are conducted, achieving emission reductions ranging from 0.39 Gt to 1.04 Gt across scenarios. Specifically, if all policies are implemented as planned, they can b

SUBMITTER: Yang R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10559234 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature