Wu, Qingyang;
Tan, Chang;
Wang, Daoping;
Wu, Yongtao;
Meng, Jing;
Zheng, Heran;
(2023)
How carbon emission prices accelerate net zero: Evidence from China's coal-fired power plants.
Energy Policy
, 177
, Article 113524. 10.1016/j.enpol.2023.113524.
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Abstract
China produced over half the world's coal-fired power capacity. Using a recent and comprehensive dataset of 1269 Chinese coal-fired power plants from 2009 to 2019, this paper provides empirical evidence of the impact of China's carbon trading pilot program on emissions regulation. Results show the significant potential for emissions intensity reduction due to increasing carbon prices, especially for low-risk, low-efficiency but high-cost plants, particularly those in China's midland and western regions. Rising marginal abatement costs and accelerated depreciation from carbon prices may encourage utilities to retire high-emission power plants sooner than originally planned, leading to lower emissions intensity. The average retirement years of China's power plants can be shortened by 1.8001 and 1.6862 years under R2CUT and R2LUMP scenarios, respectively, as Cao et al. (2016). This study offers new insights into the impact of carbon prices on power plants and has important policy implications.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | How carbon emission prices accelerate net zero: Evidence from China's coal-fired power plants |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.enpol.2023.113524 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2023.113524 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Carbon emission price, Carbon emission intensity, Marginal abatement cost, Accelerated depreciation, Net-zero retirement, Coal-fired power plants |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10166803 |
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