Optimal embodied energy abatement strategy for Beijing economy: Based on a three-scale input-output analysis

Li, Jiashuo; Xia, X.H.; Chen, G.Q.; Alsaedi, Ahmed; Hayat, Tasawar

doi:10.1016/j.rser.2015.09.090

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“…Unfortunately, China's city-level water-energy nexus is still poorly understood and the issues remain unsolved despite the fact that cities are the basic units for local governments to implement policies as the center for population and human activities, and that how a city obtains, distributes and manages its water and energy supply directly affects its growth [15]. Moreover, relevant studies are rather limited due to the lack of city-level water and energy statistics and of city-level input-output tables.…”

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City-level water-energy nexus in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region

Yang

Shan

et al. 2019

Applied Energy

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Water-energy nexus in a city can either prompt or undermine its development. Yet in China, the relevant research is rarely found. This study accounts the city-level water-energy nexus in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region in 2012 from both production and consumption perspectives, where input-output analysis based on city-level input-output tables are applied to conduct consumption-based accounts. Regarding water for energy, Beijing, Tianjin and Tangshan occupy the largest amounts of water for production in the energy sector, at 203 million tonnes (Mt), 148 Mt and 118 Mt, and they also consume most water for energy, at 6690 Mt, 1328 Mt and 1476 Mt. In terms of energy for water, Shijiazhuang and Tianjin have the largest amounts of CO2 emissions for production and consumption respectively, at 28 thousand tonnes (Kt) and 1746 Kt. Furthermore, local authorities should prioritise electricity sector as it holds 69% and 72% of the total water amounts for production and consumption in the energy sector. Besides, integrated management is crucial for cities with low water and energy efficiency (Baoding and Zhangjiakou), and for large CO2 emitters in Hebei province in order to ensure their water and energy sustainability without stunting their economic growth.

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confidence: 99%

City-level water-energy nexus in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region

Yang

Shan

et al. 2019

Applied Energy

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“…An input-output-based, three-scale model was established to decompose a city's footprint into flows induced by local production, domestic input, and international import (Chen et al, 2013;Li et al, 2016;Shao et al, 2016). Other studies applied a similar logic by connecting an urban input-output model with a global multiregion input-output model (MRIO) but with higher resolution regarding domestic and foreign regions (Hu et al, 2016;Lin et al, 2015;Wiedmann, 2017;Wiedmann et al, 2016).…”

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confidence: 99%

Dynamic Carbon Emission Linkages Across Boundaries

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Cities are increasingly linked to domestic and foreign markets during rapid globalization of trade. While transboundary carbon footprints of cities have been recently highlighted, we still have limited understanding of how carbon emission linkages between sectors are reshaping urban carbon footprints through time. In this study, we propose an integrated input‐output approach to trace the dynamics of various types of carbon emission linkages associated with a city. This approach quantifies full linkages in the urban carbon system from both production‐ and consumption‐based perspectives. We assess the dynamic roles that economic sectors and activities play in manipulating multiscale linkages induced by local, domestic, and international inputs. Using Beijing as a case study, we find that imports from domestic and foreign markets have an increasing impact on the city's carbon footprint with more distant linkages during the period from 1990 to 2012. The manufacturing‐related carbon emission linkages have been increasingly transferred outside the urban boundary since 2005, while the linkages from the energy sector to services sectors remain important in Beijing's local economy. Applying systems thinking to input‐output linkage analysis provides important details on when and how carbon emission linkages evolved in cities, whereby sector‐oriented and activity‐oriented carbon mitigation policies can be formulated.

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“…More complete descriptions of the input-output models are presented in other existing input-output analysis related works (Peters et al, 2006;Miller and Blair, 2009;Chen and Zhang, 2010;Zhang and Chen, 2010;Li et al, 2016).…”

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confidence: 99%

Inventory of CO2 emissions driven by energy consumption in Hubei Province: a time-series energy input-output analysis

Luo

Yang

et al. 2016

Front. Earth Sci.

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Based on an input-output analysis, this paper compiles inventories of fuel-related CO 2 emissions of Hubei economy in the years of 2002, 2005, and 2007. Results show that calculated total direct CO 2 emissions rose from 114,462.69 kt (2002) to 196,650.31 kt (2005), reaching 210,419.93 kt in 2007, with an average 22.50% rate of increase. Raw coal was the dominant source of the direct emissions throughout the three years. The sector of Electric Power, Heat Production, and Supply was the main direct emissions contributor, with the largest intensities observed from 2002 (1192.97 g/CNY) to 2007 (1739.15 g/ CNY). From the industrial perspective, the secondary industry, which is characterized as manufacture of finished products, was still the pillar of the Hubei economy during this period concerned, contributing more than 80% of the total direct emissions. As a net exporter of embodied CO 2 emissions in 2002 and 2007, Hubei reported net-exported emissions of 4109.00 kt and 17,871.77 kt respectively; however, Hubei was once a net importer of CO 2 emissions in 2005 (2511.93 kt). The CO 2 emissions embodied in export and fixed capital formation had the two leading fractions of emissions embodied in the final use. The corresponding countermeasures, such as promoting renewable and clean energy and properly reducing the exports of low value added and carbon-intensive products are suggestions for reducing CO 2 emissions in Hubei.

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Optimal embodied energy abatement strategy for Beijing economy: Based on a three-scale input-output analysis

Cited by 84 publications

References 37 publications

City-level water-energy nexus in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region

City-level water-energy nexus in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region

Dynamic Carbon Emission Linkages Across Boundaries

Inventory of CO2 emissions driven by energy consumption in Hubei Province: a time-series energy input-output analysis

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