An optimized low-carbon production planning model for power industry in coal-dependent regions - A case study of Shandong, China

A Short-Term Hybrid Energy System Robust Optimization Model for Regional Electric-Power Capacity Development Planning under Different Pollutant Control Pressures

“…Furthermore, as one of the most challenging issues of the electric power system, air pollution mitigation brings profound impacts on energy-environmental contradictions [9]. Electric power plants have become one of the main sources of air pollution in Shandong Province because of their impact on coal consumption.…”

“…In this study, when the pollution-emission reduction rate was more than 15%, the power system could be crashed, and there were no solutions under the condition of minimum economic cost. This phenomenon could be attributed to the fact that the air pollutant mitigation measures for the Shandong power system was modelled by the project emissions, which controlled air pollution emissions by engineering treatment facilities including for desulfurization, denitration, and dust removal [9]. However, with the continuous improvement of the economy, air pollutant emissions would further increase, thus the project emissions will not be enough to totally support the tasks of economic development and pollution-emission reductions [32].…”

“…The reasons for these phenomena concern that the conventional coal-fired power conversion technology corresponded to a higher air pollution-emission rate and the clean power conversion technology could reduce the risk of environment pollution [33]. However, in the regional electric power system, coal-fired power accounted for a large proportion of pollutant emissions compared with other power generation technologies [9,10]. From these results, it could be seen that the coal-fired power generations were increased steadily in period 2 and for other power conversion technologies, the power generations would have substantial fluctuations compared to those in the first period.…”

“…The total discharged amount of pollutants from electricity generation has brought significant impacts on the atmospheric environment quality protection, with the values of 1.7 million tonne, 1.6 million tonne, and 0.4 million tonne for SO 2 , NOx, and PM in 2016, respectively. However, in most energy system planning activities, these environmental effects and their interactions with both energy development and utilization are often ambiguous or uncertain [7][8][9][10]. Therefore, a reasonable and effective energy system planning model is important and necessary in balancing regional energy and environmental system sustainable development.…”

“…9 , while this calculated to (in USD) [833.7, 984.5] × 10 9 and [847.2, 985.0] × 10 9 for S_4 and S_7, respectively. Capacity expansion schemes for wind power, biomass power, and nuclear power under different emission reduction levels.…”