Waste heat management in the electric power industry: issues of energy conservation and station operation under environmental constraints. Second quarterly progress report, December 1, 1976--March 1, 1977

The Chinese electric power industry, including its coal industry and other energy industries that are not efficient, contributes to China’s serious energy shortages and environmental contamination. The governing authority considers energy conservation to be one of the most prominent national targets, and has formulated various plans for decarbonizing the power system. Applying the trans-log cost function, this paper examined the trans-log cost function to analyze the potential inter-factor substitution among energy, capital and labor. We also investigated what role human capital played in energy substitution for the electric power sector during the period from 1981 to 2017. Three key results were derived: (1) energy is price-insensitive, (2) there exists large substitution sustainability between both capital and labor with energy, and (3) human capital input not only enhances the extent of energy substitutability with capital and labor but also is a substitute to energy itself. These findings imply that the liberalization of the electric price mechanism is conducive to lessening energy use and augmenting non-energy intensiveness, and that energy conservation technology could become more sustainable by investing more capital in the electricity sector, thereby achieving a capital–energy substitution and a decrease of CO2 emissions. We further suggest that the priority for the Chinese electric power industry should be to attach more importance to increasing human capital input.

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Energy conservation and emission reduction of China’s electric power industry

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews ◽

10.1016/j.rser.2015.01.056 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 45 ◽

pp. 10-19 ◽

Cited By ~ 69

Author(s):

Kaile Zhou ◽

Shanlin Yang ◽

Chao Shen ◽

Shuai Ding ◽

Chaoping Sun

Keyword(s):

Energy Conservation ◽

Electric Power ◽

Emission Reduction ◽

Electric Power Industry ◽

Power Industry

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Energy conservation and emission reduction policies for the electric power industry in China

Energy Policy ◽

10.1016/j.enpol.2011.03.073 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 39 (6) ◽

pp. 3669-3679 ◽

Cited By ~ 63

Author(s):

Li Li ◽

Zhongfu Tan ◽

Jianhui Wang ◽

Jun Xu ◽

Chengkai Cai ◽

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Keyword(s):

Energy Conservation ◽

Electric Power ◽

Emission Reduction ◽

Electric Power Industry ◽

Power Industry

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Electric Power Industry Energy Conservation and Emission Reduction Policy Analysis

Applied Mechanics and Materials ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.733.309 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 733 ◽

pp. 309-312

Author(s):

Hai Tian Sun ◽

Ming Liang Zhao ◽

Ning Wang ◽

Hong Lei Shi ◽

Yan Liu

Keyword(s):

Energy Consumption ◽

Energy Conservation ◽

Electric Power ◽

Emission Reduction ◽

Electric Power Industry ◽

Power Structure ◽

Power Industry ◽

Pollutant Emissions ◽

The World ◽

And Control

Recently, energy saving and emission reduction get more attention in the world, electric power industry is one of the major sectors of energy consumption. The national government has issued a series of related policies and regulations to change the power structure and control pollutant emissions, in order to improve the level of energy conservation and emission reduction. Some problems exist in the current policies and regulations. This paper puts forward measures and suggestions to strengthen energy conservation and emission reduction.

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