Carbon reduction potentials of China's industrial parks: A case study of Suzhou Industry Park

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• 作者：Hongsheng Wang^a ; Yue Lei^a ; Haikun Wang^a ; ^b ; ^{wanghk@nju.edu.cn} ; ^{wanghaikun@gmail.com} ; Miaomiao Liu^a ; Jie Yang^c ; Jun Bi^a ; ^b ; ^{jbi@nju.edu.cn}
• 关键词：Climate change ; Carbon emissions ; Industrial park ; Low-carbon development ; Scenario analysis
• 刊名：Energy
• 出版年：2013
• 出版时间：15 June, 2013
• 年：2013
• 卷：55
• 期：Complete
• 页码：668-675
• 全文大小：644 K

文摘

Industrial parks are the economic engines for many China regions, but they also consume a great deal of energy and emit greenhouse gases. However, few empirical studies have examined these special communities. We selected SIP (Suzhou Industrial Park) as a case study. Carbon emissions from SIP were accounted from the consumption perspective to analyze their characteristics. Results showed total carbon emissions grew 85.2 % from 2005 to 2010, and carbon intensity (carbon emissions per unit of GDP (gross domestic product)) decreased by 9 % . Scenario analysis was then used to depict emissions trajectories under three different pathways. The total carbon emissions and per capita carbon emissions for SIP will undoubtedly increase in the near future under a business-as-usual scenario, improved-policy scenario, and low-carbon scenario; the carbon intensity will decrease by 38 % under low-carbon scenario, but it will still be difficult to reach the national mitigation target. In addition, geographic-boundary-based accounting methodology was applied for comparison analysis, carbon emissions show a large gap of 42.4-65.1 % from 2005 to 2010, due to failure to account for cross-boundary emissions from imported electricity. Therefore, comprehensive analysis from a consumption perspective is necessary to provide a fair and comprehensive tool for China's local decision-makers to evaluate carbon mitigation potentials.