Abstract
As the biggest carbon emitting sector which produces 44% of current national carbon emission in China, the coal-dominated
power sector has a tremendous potential for CO2 mitigation in the next two decades. Renewable energy
quota system is currently discussed as a potential future policy instrument for the power sector, which requires certain
fraction of renewable energy in total power generation for each province and grid zone. The quantitative studies on
renewable energy quota for China are still very limited. Based on a least-cost and technology-rich power generation
and transmission expansion model for China, this study examines the impacts of renewable energy quota system and
carbon cap policy instruments on the future Chinese power sector. Various scenarios are examined toward 2030 and
their future power generation mix, capacity installations and carbon emission are discussed. This study concludes that
while the renewable quota alone would be drive significant increase of renewable generation in the long term, with
slightly increase of system cost compared with carbon cap policy.
| Original language | English |
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| Journal | Energy Procedia |
| Volume | 61 |
| Pages (from-to) | 1187 – 1190 |
| ISSN | 1876-6102 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2014 |
| Event | 6th International Conference on Applied Energy - National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei City, Taiwan, Province of China Duration: 30 May 2014 → 2 Jun 2014 |
Conference
| Conference | 6th International Conference on Applied Energy |
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| Location | National Taiwan University of Science and Technology |
| Country/Territory | Taiwan, Province of China |
| City | Taipei City |
| Period | 30/05/2014 → 02/06/2014 |
Bibliographical note
© 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND licenseKeywords
- China
- Power sector
- Carbon emission
- Renewable energy quota
- Optimisation model
