Challenges faced when energy meets water: CO2 and water implications of power generation in inner Mongolia of China

Li, Xin; Feng, Kuishuang; Siu, Yim Ling; Hubacek, Klaus

doi:10.1016/j.rser.2015.01.070

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“…Wastewater treatment technologies like Biological Aerated Filters, Coagulation-Flotation process, Precipitation should be implemented to the petrochemical industry in Liaoning (Li et al, 2011). Inner Mongolia would be adviced to promote wastewater recycling in its coal-dominated power generation system (Xin et al, 2015).…”

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Decomposition and attribution analysis for assessing the progress in decoupling industrial development from wastewater discharge in China

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Feng

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Journal of Cleaner Production

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Decomposition and attribution analysis for assessing the progress in decoupling industrial development from wastewater discharge in China

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“…Nagashima et al [24] disaggregated the input-output table and analyzed the impact of wind power on the environment, energy consumption, and the entire economic system. Xu et al [25] assessed the carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions, water consumption, and water quality of pulverized coal, wind energy, and solar power generation in Inner Mongolia by applying the environmental input-output analysis and integrating PLCA with IO-LCA assessment. PLCA and IO-LCA have also been combinedly used to evaluate the life cycle CO 2 emissions of a typical biodiesel supply chain, incorporating process-specific data of rape methyl ester (RME) production and inputs from higher upstream processes such as chemical inputs, mining, transportation, banking, equipment, etc.…”

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LCA-Based Regional Distribution and Transference of Carbon Emissions from Wind Farms in China

Yang

2021

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As a clean form of energy utilization, wind power is important for alleviating climate change. Although no direct carbon emissions occur in wind power generation, there exist upstream carbon emissions from manufacturing and installation, which have indirect effects on both the locations of wind farms and areas involved in upstream production and manufacturing. In this paper, based on Input–Output based Life Cycle Analysis (IO-LCA), we explored the lifetime carbon emissions of 378 wind farms in China that were still in operation in 2015. The regional distributions of carbon emissions from wind farms during the whole lifetime were depicted. The embodied carbon emission transfers from the location of the wind farm operation to upstream turbine manufacturing regions were traced. The net emission reduction benefits among regions were also calculated. Results show that carbon emissions mainly distribute in Liaoning, Inner Mongolia, and Tianjin in the turbine manufacturing stage, with a total amount of 3.36 MT. Inner Mongolia contributes the largest carbon emissions (5.94 MT) in the farm construction stage. Inner Mongolia has transferred about 0.99 MT carbon emissions to itself and has the largest net emission reduction. Recognizing the carbon emission transfer of wind farms and dividing the carbon emission reduction responsibilities among regions may shed light on supply chain carbon emission reduction and provincial carbon quota allocation.

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“…Poinssot and colleagues [2] weigh environmental footprints of a closed cycle of nuclear energy against the environmental footprint of an open cycle. Paper [3] examined carbon emissions and water consumption of electricity generation 2 of 29 from pulverized coal, wind power, and solar PV, while [4] did the same kind of comparative analysis for a wider mix of technologies, including oil, natural gas, hydropower, biomass, and nuclear energy. Chang and coauthors [5] tried to choose a more ecologically friendly technology from coal and shale-gas-fired power generation, using the amount of greenhouse gas emissions and water consumption as the criteria.…”

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Eco-Design of Energy Production Systems: The Problem of Renewable Energy Capacity Recycling

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Due to the rapid development of recycling technologies in recent years, more data have appeared in the literature on the environmental impact of the final stages of the life cycle of wind and solar energy. The use of these data in the eco-design of modern power generation systems can help eliminate the mistakes and shortcomings when planning wind and solar power plants and make them more eco-efficient. The aim of this study is to extend current knowledge of the environmental impacts of most common renewables throughout the entire life cycle. It examines recent literature data on life cycle assessments of various technologies for recycling of wind turbines and photovoltaic (PV) panels and develops the recommendations for the eco-design of energy systems based on solar and wind power. The study draws several general conclusions. (i) The contribution of further improvements in PV’s recycling technologies to environmental impacts throughout the entire life cycle is insignificant. Therefore, it is more beneficial to focus further efforts on economic parameters, in particular, on achieving the economic feasibility of recycling small volumes of PV-waste. (ii) For wind power, the issue of transporting bulky components of wind turbines to and from the installation location is critical for improving the eco-design of the entire life cycle.

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Challenges faced when energy meets water: CO2 and water implications of power generation in inner Mongolia of China

Cited by 33 publications

References 25 publications

Decomposition and attribution analysis for assessing the progress in decoupling industrial development from wastewater discharge in China

Decomposition and attribution analysis for assessing the progress in decoupling industrial development from wastewater discharge in China

LCA-Based Regional Distribution and Transference of Carbon Emissions from Wind Farms in China

Eco-Design of Energy Production Systems: The Problem of Renewable Energy Capacity Recycling

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