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Investigating carbon tax pilot in YRD urban agglomerations-Analysis of a novel ESER system with carbon tax constraints and its application

Journal

APPLIED ENERGY
Volume 194, Issue -, Pages 635-647

Publisher

ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.02.041

Keywords

ESER system; Carbon tax constraints; Energy intensity; Yangtze River Delta urban agglomerations (YRD); Economic growth

Funding

  1. National Natural Science Foundation of China [71303205, 71340024, 71303095, 71403105, 61403171]
  2. Major Research plan of the National Natural Science Foundation of China [91546118]
  3. China Postdoctoral Science Foundation [2015780519, 2014M551524]
  4. Jiangsu Province Postdoctoral Science Foundation [1401049C]
  5. Qing Lan Project [JS201423]

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This paper attempts to explore carbon tax pilot in Yangtze River Delta (YRD) urban agglomerations based on a novel energy-saving and emission-reduction (ESER) system with carbon tax constraints, which has not yet been discussed in present literature. A novel carbon tax attractor is achieved through the discussion of the dynamic behavior of the new system. Based on the genetic algorithm-back propagation neural network, the quantitative coefficients of the actual system are identified. The scenario analysis results show that, under the same tax rate and constraint conditions, the ESER system in YRD urban agglomerations is superior to the average case in China, in which the impacts on economic growth are almost the same. The former's energy intensity is lower and the shock resistance is stronger. It is found that economic property of YRD urban agglomerations is the main cause for the ESER system of YRD urban agglomerations being superior. In the current YRD urban agglomerations' ESER system, energy intensity cannot be adjusted to an ideal level by commercialization management and government control; however, it is under effective control of carbon tax incentives. Therefore, strengthening the economic property of YRD urban agglomerations and effective utilization of carbon tax incentives could perfectly control energy intensity, without obvious potential negative impact on economic growth. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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