Impacts of energy consumption, energy structure, and treatment technology on SO2 emissions: A multi-scale LMDI decomposition analysis in China

doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.11.013

	Impacts of energy consumption, energy structure, and treatment technology on SO2 emissions: A multi-scale LMDI decomposition analysis in China
	Yang, Xue 1,2; Wang, Shaojian 3; Zhang, Wenzhong 1; Li, Jiaming 1; Zou, Yafeng 4
刊名	APPLIED ENERGY
	2016-12-15
卷号	184 页码:714-726
关键词	Sulfur dioxide emissions Energy-related factors Multi-scale decomposition China
ISSN号	0306-2619
DOI	10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.11.013
通讯作者	Wang, Shaojian(1987wangshaojian@163.com) ; Zhang, Wenzhong(zhangwz@igsnrr.ac.cn)
英文摘要	Air pollution is increasingly a focus of concern worldwide due to its adverse impacts on human health and profound influences on global ecosystem. Although the existing studies have paid much attention to the causes of pollutant emissions, they fail to distinguish between direct and indirect factors, yielding the mixed results. Direct causes denote energy-related factors, as air pollutants are mainly produced by energy utilization directly, while indirect elements refer to socio-economic factors, as these factors act on pollutant emissions through affecting energy-related aspects. This paper investigated the impacts of three dominant direct factors: total energy consumption (EC), energy structure (ES) and treatment technology (TT) on sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions in China during 1995-2014 using the logarithmic mean Divisia Index method. Distinguished from the previous studies which took particular interest in SO2 emissions from the industrial sector, this study put the total amount of SO2 emissions as the target. The results show that increased EC was the main reason for SO2 enhancement, while increasingly advanced TT played a dominant role in inhibiting the emissions throughout the study period. In contrast, ES had an unusually slight effect on SO2 emissions due to its minor variation in the meantime. On regional scale, the differences in relative contribution rates (RCRs) of EC, ES and TT among the eastern, central and western regions all gradually decreased over time; EC in central region had the largest improved effect, ES in eastern region held the greatest reduction effect, and TT in western region got the biggest inhibitory effect. At provincial level, most provinces (60%) had relatively quick EC growth and slow ES adjustment (i.e., reducing the coal consumption rate); only Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai and Sichuan had a relatively slow growth of EC and quick decrease in the percentage of coal consumption. Further, the projection of SO2 emissions in four scenarios from 2015 to 2020 based on a grey projection model indicated that controlling both EC and ES would be the most efficient approach to SO2 abatement followed by individually controlling EC and ES. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
资助项目	National Natural Science Foundation of China[41230632] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[41601151] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[41301188] ; Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province[2016A030310149]
WOS关键词	CARBON-DIOXIDE EMISSIONS ; PANEL-DATA ANALYSIS ; ENVIRONMENTAL KUZNETS CURVE ; GREENHOUSE-GAS EMISSIONS ; AIR-POLLUTION EMISSIONS ; CO2 EMISSIONS ; ECONOMIC-GROWTH ; COUNTRIES EVIDENCE ; POPULATION-GROWTH ; ASEAN COUNTRIES
WOS研究方向	Energy & Fuels ; Engineering
语种	英语
出版者	ELSEVIER SCI LTD
WOS记录号	WOS:000389785200057
资助机构	National Natural Science Foundation of China ; Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.igsnrr.ac.cn/handle/311030/65474]
专题	中国科学院地理科学与资源研究所
通讯作者	Wang, Shaojian; Zhang, Wenzhong
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geog Sci & Nat Resources Res, Key Lab Reg Sustainable Dev Modeling, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China 2.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China 3.Sun Yat Sen Univ, Sch Geog & Planning, Guangdong Prov Key Lab Urbanizat & Geosimulat, Guangzhou 510275, Guangdong, Peoples R China 4.Inner Mongolia Univ, Sch Publ Management, Hohhot 010021, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Yang, Xue,Wang, Shaojian,Zhang, Wenzhong,et al. Impacts of energy consumption, energy structure, and treatment technology on SO2 emissions: A multi-scale LMDI decomposition analysis in China[J]. APPLIED ENERGY,2016,184:714-726.
APA	Yang, Xue,Wang, Shaojian,Zhang, Wenzhong,Li, Jiaming,&Zou, Yafeng.(2016).Impacts of energy consumption, energy structure, and treatment technology on SO2 emissions: A multi-scale LMDI decomposition analysis in China.APPLIED ENERGY,184,714-726.
MLA	Yang, Xue,et al."Impacts of energy consumption, energy structure, and treatment technology on SO2 emissions: A multi-scale LMDI decomposition analysis in China".APPLIED ENERGY 184(2016):714-726.