Energy Economics and Policy

• Published in: TheScientificWorld 2013-01, Vol.2013 (1), p.536517-536517
• Main Authors: Chen, Zhan-Ming, Chen, Bin, Tang, Han-Song
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Alternative energy sources; Biogas; Carbon; Carbon footprint; Conservation of Energy Resources - economics; Consumption; Ecological monitoring; Economics; Efficiency; Emergy; Emission inventories; Emissions; Empirical analysis; Energy; Energy economics; Energy industry; Energy management systems; Energy policy; Environmental aspects; Environmental impact; Environmental Policy - economics; Farm buildings; Farming systems; Greenhouse effect; Greenhouse gases; Industrial parks; Industrial plant emissions; Life cycle analysis; Life cycle assessment; Management; Metabolism; Multiple criterion; Network analysis; Nuclear power plants; Performance assessment; Plants (botany); Public Policy - economics; Renewable energy
• ISSN: 2356-6140; 1537-744X; 1537-744X
• DOI: 10.1155/2013/536517

[...]theoretical and empirical studies on energy economics and relevant policies are of emergent need to assess the performance of previous efforts as well as to guide future development. Four papers in this issue discuss different aspects of the industrial park: the sustainability performance of the industrial park is evaluated based on a life-cycle multicriteria framework by J. Yang et al.; the carbon metabolism of the industrial park is simulated in an ecological network analysis by Y. Lu et al.; the greenhouse gas inventory and ecological-economic benefits of the industrial park are discussed in two papers by B. Chen and his colleagues. Another two papers in this issue focus on renewable energy systems: Y. Wang et al. compare the ecological-economic value of two different biogas plants by an emergy method; Q. Yang et al. assess the nonrenewable energy cost and greenhouse gas emissions of a “pig-biogas-fish” agricultural system based on a life-cycle assessment.