Life Cycle Assessment, Estimation and Comparison of Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Potential of New Energy Power Generation in China

From the perspective of life cycle assessment （LCA）, the development, construction, and operation of all kinds of new energy power generation technologies release greenhouse gas （GHG） emissions. This sparks concerns about the lowcarbon nature of the new energy power generation technologies. Based on...

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Published in:Advances in climate change research 2012-09, Vol.3 (3), p.147-153
Main Author: LIU Sheng-Qiang MAO Xian-Qiang GAO Yu-Bing XING You-Kai
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
greenhouse gas mitigation
LCA方法
life cycle assessment
new energy power generation
中国
估计
发电技术
新能源发电
温室气体减排
温室气体排放
生命周期评估
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Summary:From the perspective of life cycle assessment （LCA）, the development, construction, and operation of all kinds of new energy power generation technologies release greenhouse gas （GHG） emissions. This sparks concerns about the lowcarbon nature of the new energy power generation technologies. Based on national and international literature review, this paper estimates and compares the GHG emission factors of traditional thermal power generation and new energy power generation technologies in China with the LCA approach. The GHG mitigation potential of new energy power generation technologies as substitution for traditional thermal power generation in China was evaluated, according to the objectives of new energy power generation of the national development planning. The results show that the GHG emission factors of new energy power generation axe much lower than that of traditional thermal power generation even with LCA accounting, and the GHG mitigation potential of new energy substitution is huge.
ISSN:1674-9278
1674-9278
DOI:10.3724/SP.J.1248.2012.00147