『Abstract
Because of China's increasingly limited energy supplies and serious
environmental pollution, much attention has been paid to conserving
energy and reducing emissions to help the country's economy achieve
sustainable development. As the electric power industry is the
largest consumer of coal resources in China and also emits high
levels of air pollutants each year, the Chinese government has
enacted many technical and economic policies for energy conservation
and emission reduction in the last few years. These policies are
summarized in this paper, along with relevant laws and medium-
and long-term plans, all of which address ideas such as adjusting
the power generation mix, promoting demand-side management, introducing
energy-efficient scheduling, and installing desulfurization units.
The paper also assesses the results of these policies by analyzing
several key indicators of energy consumption and emissions. The
analysis shows that although some progress has been made in conserving
energy and reducing emissions, substantial work is still required
for China to catch up with developed countries. Some suggestions
for future work are provided.
Keywords: Energy conservation; Emission reduction; Electric power
industry』
1. Introduction
2. Status quo of energy consumption and electric power generation
in China
3. Energy conservation and emission reduction policies
3.1. Energy conservation and emission reduction laws
3.2. Medium- and long-term plans for energy conservation and
emission reduction
3.3. Adjusting the electric power generation mix
3.3.1. Renewable generation development
3.3.2. Phasing out small thermal power units
3.4. Demand-side management
3.4.1. Time-of-use tariff and interruptible load management
price
3.4.2. Differentiated electric power price
3.5. Energy-efficient power generation scheduling
3.6. Desulfurization unit engineering
4. Assessment of the effects of the policies
4.1. Energy intensity of power generation
4.2. Power plants' own use of electricity
4.3. Transmission and distribution losses
4.4. SO2 emissions by thermal units
4.5. Installed capacity of renewable energy power generation
4.6. Comparison with the level of developed countries
5. Comments
5.1. Challenges
5.2. Suggestions for future policy making
6. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Appendix A
Appendix B
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