Quantifying the co-benefits of energy-efficiency policies: A case study of the cement industry in Shandong Province, China

Mapping and modeling multiple benefits of energy efficiency and emission mitigation in China’s cement industry at the provincial level

“…Several approaches have been employed to discuss the multiple benefits of energy efficiency and emission mitigation at national [13,16,17,39], industrial [19,20,40], and facility levels [41]. The cost curves approach (i.e., Energy Conservation Supply Curves and Marginal Abatement Cost Curves) was either used independently or incorporated in other models to estimate the multiple benefits in China's cement industry [10,19,20]. However, most of these studies focused on the national level and ignored the regional character.…”

“…The costs, lifetime, fuel/electricity saving, current implementation in base year and potential implementation rates up to 2030 used in this paper are based on our recent study, which provides a detailed analysis of co-benefit potentials in China's cement industry [33]. The steps used to construct the provincial ECSC have been described by Hasanbeigi et al [9,10]. 3.…”

“…The historical fuel combustion and electricity consumption data in cement industry of each province are from China energy statistical yearbook [42,43], China cement almanac [28,35], and relevant literature surveys [10,11,44]. The historical cement consumption per capita of each province are from [45][46][47].…”

“…Energy Conservation Supply Curves (ECSC) has been widely accepted as a standard tool in policy analysis to capture the cost effectiveness and technical potential for energy saving and CO 2 emission reduction in cement industry at both national and local levels [9][10][11]. Furthermore, several studies conducted on air pollutant emissions in China's cement industry found that it is urgently necessary to quantify the pollutants generated by cement production, assess their impacts, and the cost effectiveness potential for air quality improvement [2,3,12].…”

Re-Examining Embodied SO2 and CO2 Emissions in China

“…A large number of studies have shown how synergies across policy arenas are more cost-effective than single-issue focused solutions [12][13][14][15][16][17]. For instance, Chae and Park [18] find that the benefits of integrated environmental strategies are greater than those obtained by air-quality management and greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction measures individually.…”