Carbon emissions of coal supply chain: An innovative perspective from physical to economic

Wang, Bing; He, Liting; Yuan, Xigang; Sun, Zhenming; Liu, Pengshuai

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.126377

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“…In the past 40 years, China has not only experienced rapid economic growth, but also experienced a sharp rise in energy consumption and carbon emissions (Irfan et al 2021 ). China has become the largest carbon emitter in the world (Wang et al 2021 ). To actively tackle global climate change, the Chinese government has set a series of emission reduction targets.…”

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Energy structure, digital economy, and carbon emissions: evidence from China

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Ran

et al. 2021

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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As a new production factor, digitalization plays a vital role in society, economy, and the environment. Based on the expanded STIRPAT model, this paper empirically tests the impact of energy structure and digital economy on carbon emissions by panel data from 2011 to 2017 in 30 provinces of China. The results show that the energy structure mainly based on coal has a significant driving effect on carbon emissions. Compared with non-resource-based provinces, the increase of energy structure dominated by coal has a greater effect on carbon emission in resource-based provinces. It is worth noting that this kind of influence has a greater impact on the central region of China, followed by the western region and the eastern region. Besides, the digital economy has a significant moderating effect. With the development of digital economy, the impact of coal-based energy structure on carbon emissions is gradually decreasing. This effect is more significant in non-resource-based provinces and eastern China, but not significant in resource-based cities and central and western China.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Energy structure, digital economy, and carbon emissions: evidence from China

Yang

Ran

et al. 2021

Environ Sci Pollut Res

437

128

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“…The final coal consumption occurs in those final coal users. They are the most significant contributors to carbon emissions along China's coal industrial chain (Wang et al, 2021a). The total carbon emission from coal-burning power plants is the largest among all the industrial sectors, accounting for almost 50% of the national total (Wang et al, 2021b).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Regarding the transition of the entire coal industrial chain, studies have been conducted to assess the energy efficiency and carbon emissions efficiency of coal throughout its life cycle, from its upstream suppliers to the final consumers (Wang et al, 2019b;Wang et al, 2021a;Sun et al, 2022). These studies provide policy implications for achieving clean and efficient coal production and utilization.…”

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Toward carbon neutrality: The transition of the coal industrial chain in China

Chen

Dong

Geng

et al. 2022

Front. Environ. Sci.

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In order to achieve China’s ambitious carbon neutrality target, coal industry should play a key role in mitigating its carbon emission and ensuring energy supply. Therefore, it is urgent for this coal industry to realize its transition toward low carbon development. This study investigates the status and policy options of China’s coal industry by considering the entire coal industrial chain, covering coal production, delivery, and consumption so that key challenges involving clean and efficient utilization and stable coal supply can be identified. Further, policy recommendations for the transition of this coal industrial chain toward low carbon development are proposed, including the implementation of appropriate national policies, research and development (R&D) efforts, the application of economic instruments and capacity building activities.

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“…The development of China's mineral resources mainly includes underground and open-pit mining. Compared with underground coal mines, open-pit coal mines have a greater 2018; Wang et al 2021;Xu et al 2016). Coal consumption contributed 72% of China's carbon emissions and 19% of global emissions (Wang and Li 2016).…”

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Division of carbon sink functional areas and path to carbon neutrality in coal mines

Yang

Bai

et al. 2022

Int J Coal Sci Technol

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Remote sensing image data of typical mining areas in the Loess Plateau from 1986 to 2018 were used to analyze the evolution of land use, explore the division of carbon sink functional areas, and propose carbon neutrality paths to provide a reference for the coal industry carbon peak, carbon-neutral action plan. Results show that (1) land use has changed significantly in the Pingshuo mining area over the past 30 years. Damaged land in industrial, opencast, stripping, and dumping areas comprises 4482.5 ha of cultivated land, 1648.13 ha of grassland, and 963.49 ha of forestland. (2) The carbon sink functional areas of the Pingshuo mining land is divided into invariant, enhancement, low carbon optimization, and carbon emission control areas. The proportion of carbon sinks in the invariant area is decreasing, whereas the proportion in enhancement, low carbon optimization, and carbon emission control areas is gradually increasing. (3) The carbon neutrality of the mining area must be reduced from the entire process of stripping–mining–transport–disposal–reclamation, and carbon emissions and carbon sink accounting must start from the life cycle of coal resources. Therefore, carbon neutrality in mining areas must follow the 5R principles of reduction, reuse, recycling, redevelopment, and restoration, and attention must be paid to the potential of carbon sinks in ecological protection and restoration projects in the future.

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Carbon emissions of coal supply chain: An innovative perspective from physical to economic

Cited by 34 publications

References 37 publications

Energy structure, digital economy, and carbon emissions: evidence from China

Energy structure, digital economy, and carbon emissions: evidence from China

Toward carbon neutrality: The transition of the coal industrial chain in China

Division of carbon sink functional areas and path to carbon neutrality in coal mines

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