Co-benefits analysis on climate change and environmental effects of wind-power: A case study from Xinjiang,China |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Key Lab of Pollution Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China;2. National Institute for Environmental Studies, 16-2 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8506, Japan;3. Research Center for Circular Economy of Western China, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China;4. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China;5. Institute of Advanced Studies, United Nations University, Yokohama 220-8502, Japan;6. Energy Research Institute, School of Process, Environmental & Materials Engineering, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK;1. School of Business Administration, China University of Petroleum-Beijing, Beijing, China;2. Institute for Low Carbon Economy and Trade, North China Electric Power University, China;3. China Business News Research Institute, China;1. Key Laboratory of Desert and Desertification, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resource, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, 730000, China;2. University of Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, 100049, China;1. BRAC Business School, BRAC University, 66 Mohakhali, Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh;2. Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Yoshida-Honmachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan;3. Geophysics Lab, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi 6205, Bangladesh;1. Research Center for Contemporary Management, Key Research Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences at Universities, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China;2. Institute of Energy, Environment and Economy, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China;3. State Grid Energy Research Institute, Beijing 102209, China;1. School of Statistics, Dongbei University of Finance and Economics, Dalian 116025, China;2. MOE Key Laboratory of Western China''s Environmental Systems, Research School of Arid Environment and Climate Change, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China;3. School of Mathematics & Statistics, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China |
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| Abstract: | The combustion of fossil fuel contributes to not only global warming but also the emissions of air pollutants. In China, the rapid growth of energy consumption leads to a large quantity of greenhouse gas (GHG) and air pollutant emissions. Although many measures have been proposed by the local governments to mitigate the GHG emissions and improve air quality, limited economic resources slow the efforts of the local government to implement measures to control both types of emissions. The co-benefits approach can use resources efficiently to solve multiple environmental problems. In this study, we first calculated the CO2 and air pollutants (SO2, NOx and PM2.5) emissions in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Then, the co-benefits of wind power, including mitigation of CO2 and air pollutants (SO2, NOx and PM2.5) emissions and water savings, were assessed and quantified in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The results demonstrate that, during the 11th five-year period (2006–2010), emissions mitigation by wind power accounted for 4.88% (1065 × 104 t) of CO2, 4.31% (4.38 × 104 t) of SO2, 8.23% (3.41 × 104 t) of NOx and 4.23% (0.32 × 104 t) of PM2.5 emission by the thermal power sector. The total economic co-benefits of wind power accounted for 0.46% (1.38 billion 2009US$) of the GDP of Xinjiang during 2006–2010. |
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