As the proportion of electricity in final energy consumption gradually increases,CO_(2) emissions reduction actions in the power system will become the key to achieving China’s carbon-peak and carbon-neutrality goals...As the proportion of electricity in final energy consumption gradually increases,CO_(2) emissions reduction actions in the power system will become the key to achieving China’s carbon-peak and carbon-neutrality goals.It is essential to analyse and quantify the driving forces of CO_(2) emissions from electricity generation in the fossil-rich area in China.This paper aims to identify the characteristics of CO_(2) emissions generated by electricity and provide a basis for formulating CO_(2)-reduction policies in power systems.First,we analyse the current state of CO_(2) emissions from electricity generation in Anhui Province that was dominated by fossil energy during the period 2010-19.Then,we apply the logarithmic mean Divisia index method to find the nature of the factors influencing the changes in CO_(2) emissions.Finally,we analyse the CO_(2)-reduction measures of each side of the source-network-load-storage of the power system in Anhui through a power-system carbon-reduction path analysis model proposed in this study and provide policy suggestions.The results showed the following.(i)CO_(2) emissions in Anhui Province continued to increase from 2010 to 2019 and the trend in the growth rate of CO_(2) emissions presented approximately a u-shaped curve.(ii)Economic activity has always been the dominant factor driving the growth of electricity CO_(2) emis-sions.The increase in the proportion of renewable energy in power generation,the improvement in thermal power-conversion efficiency and the decrease in the intensity of power consumption are the three major driving factors for the reduction in CO_(2) emissions from power generation in Anhui.(iii)The CO_(2)-reduction measures of the power system are provided in each link of the source-network-load-storage,such as developing the photovoltaic industry and building energy storage,upgrading and transforming coal-fired power stations,redu-cing the loss rate of transmission lines on the grid side and improving the efficiency of the utilization of electricity on the user side.展开更多
基金support from the State Grid Economic and Technological Research Institute,and financial support from the State Grid Corporation of China Headquarters Technology Project‘Research on Electricity Carbon Emission Accounting Methods and Key Technologies in New Type of Power System’(Project Number:52182021N006).
文摘As the proportion of electricity in final energy consumption gradually increases,CO_(2) emissions reduction actions in the power system will become the key to achieving China’s carbon-peak and carbon-neutrality goals.It is essential to analyse and quantify the driving forces of CO_(2) emissions from electricity generation in the fossil-rich area in China.This paper aims to identify the characteristics of CO_(2) emissions generated by electricity and provide a basis for formulating CO_(2)-reduction policies in power systems.First,we analyse the current state of CO_(2) emissions from electricity generation in Anhui Province that was dominated by fossil energy during the period 2010-19.Then,we apply the logarithmic mean Divisia index method to find the nature of the factors influencing the changes in CO_(2) emissions.Finally,we analyse the CO_(2)-reduction measures of each side of the source-network-load-storage of the power system in Anhui through a power-system carbon-reduction path analysis model proposed in this study and provide policy suggestions.The results showed the following.(i)CO_(2) emissions in Anhui Province continued to increase from 2010 to 2019 and the trend in the growth rate of CO_(2) emissions presented approximately a u-shaped curve.(ii)Economic activity has always been the dominant factor driving the growth of electricity CO_(2) emis-sions.The increase in the proportion of renewable energy in power generation,the improvement in thermal power-conversion efficiency and the decrease in the intensity of power consumption are the three major driving factors for the reduction in CO_(2) emissions from power generation in Anhui.(iii)The CO_(2)-reduction measures of the power system are provided in each link of the source-network-load-storage,such as developing the photovoltaic industry and building energy storage,upgrading and transforming coal-fired power stations,redu-cing the loss rate of transmission lines on the grid side and improving the efficiency of the utilization of electricity on the user side.
