期刊
ENERGY POLICY
卷 77, 期 -, 页码 46-55出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2014.11.035
关键词
Carbon emission; Abatement potential estimation; Multivariate environmental learning curve; Particle swarm optimization-genetic algorithm
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [71103016, 71020107026]
- New Century Excellent Talents in University [NCET-12-0952]
- China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, Cradle and Takeoff Plan
This study aims to estimate carbon intensity abatement potential in China at the regional level by proposing a particle swarm optimization-genetic algorithm (PSO-GA) multivariate environmental learning curve estimation method. The model uses two independent variables, namely, per capita gross domestic product (GDP) and the proportion of the tertiary industry in GDP, to construct carbon intensity learning curves (CILCs), i.e., CO2 emissions per unit of GDP, of 30 provinces in China. Instead of the traditional ordinary least squares (OLS) method, a PSO-GA intelligent optimization algorithm is used to optimize the coefficients of a learning curve. The carbon intensity abatement potentials of the 30 Chinese provinces are estimated via PSO-GA under the business-as-usual scenario. The estimation reveals the following results. (1) For most provinces, the abatement potentials from improving a unit of the proportion of the tertiary industry in GDP are higher than the potentials from raising a unit of per capita GDP. (2) The average potential of the 30 provinces in 2020 will be 37.6% based on the emission's level of 2005. The potentials of Jiangsu, Tianjin, Shandong, Beijing, and Heilongjiang are over 60%. Ningxia is the only province without intensity abatement potential. (3) The total carbon intensity in China weighted by the GDP shares of the 30 provinces will decline by 39.4% in 2020 compared with that in 2005. This intensity cannot achieve the 40%-45% carbon intensity reduction target set by the Chinese government. Additional mitigation policies should be developed to uncover the potentials of Ningxia and Inner Mongolia. In addition, the simulation accuracy of the CILCs optimized by PSO-GA is higher than that of the CILCs optimized by the traditional OLS method. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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