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Energy consumption of urban households in China
(Elsevier BV, 2019-12)We estimate China urban household energy demand as part of a complete system of consumption demand so that it can be used in economy-wide models. This allows us to derive cross-price elasticities unlike studies which focus ... -
Estimating Flexible Consumption Functions for Urban and Rural Households in China
(Elsevier BV, 2020-06)There are few comprehensive studies of household consumption in China that covers all commodities due to data restrictions. This prevents the calculation of inequality indices based on consumption. This lack of coverage ... -
Evaluating the effects of China's pollution controls on inter-annual trends and uncertainties of atmospheric mercury emissions
(Copernicus GmbH, 2015)China’s anthropogenic emissions of atmospheric mercury (Hg) are effectively constrained by national air pollution control and energy efficiency policies. In this study, improved methods, based on available data from domestic ... -
Global Potential for Wind-Generated Electricity
(National Academy of Sciences, 2009)The potential of wind power as a global source of electricity is assessed by using winds derived through assimilation of data from a variety of meteorological sources. The analysis indicates that a network of land-based ... -
Human and animal wastes: Implications for atmospheric N2O and NOx
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2005)More than 220 Tg N are processed annually through the global agriculture/animal/human food chain. It is suggested that aerobic denitrification, reduction of nitrite formed in the first stage of nitrification, is an important ... -
The Human Dimension of Pollution Policy Implementation: Air Quality in Rural China
(Center for Modern China, 2002)The People's Republic of China is experiencing severe air pollution with very serious public health and economic consequences. Over the past decade, the Chinese government has sought to utilize bureaucratic, political, ... -
The impact of power generation emissions on ambient PM2.5 pollution and human health in China and India
(Elsevier BV, 2018-12)Emissions from power plants in China and India contain a myriad of fine particulate matter (PM2.5, PM≤2.5 micrometers in diameter) precursors, posing significant health risks among large, densely settled populations. Studies ... -
The impact of Production Tax Credits on the profitable production of electricity from wind in the U.S.
(Elsevier BV, 2011)A spatial financial model using wind data derived from assimilated meteorological condition was developed to investigate the profitability and competitiveness of onshore wind power in the contiguous U.S. It considers not ... -
Implications of the Recent Reductions in Natural Gas Prices for Emissions of \(CO_2\) from the US Power Sector
(American Chemical Society, 2012)\(CO_2\) emissions from the US power sector decreased by 8.76% in 2009 relative to 2008 contributing to a decrease over this period of 6.59% in overall US emissions of greenhouse gases. An econometric model, tuned to data ... -
The Influence of Neighborhood Types on Active Transport in China’s Growing Cities
(Elsevier BV, 2020-03)Rapid urban expansion in China has created both opportunities and challenges for promoting active transport in urban residential communities. Previous studies have shown that the urban form at the city scale has affected ... -
An inventory of primary air pollutants and CO2 emissions from cement production in China, 1990–2020
(Elsevier BV, 2011)Direct emissions of air pollutants from the cement industry in China were estimated by developing a technology-based methodology using information on the proportion of cement produced from different types of kilns and the ... -
Meteorologically Defined Limits to Reduction in the Variability of Outputs from a Coupled Wind Farm System in the Central US
(Elsevier, 2013-08-26)Studies suggest that onshore wind resources in the contiguous US could readily accommodate present and anticipated future US demand for electricity. The problem with the output from a single wind farm located in any ... -
Modelling Consumption and Constructing Long-Term Baselines in Final Demand
(Center for Global Trade Analysis, 2020-06-26)Modelling and projecting consumption, investment and government demand by detailed commodities in CGE models poses many data and methodological challenges. We review the state of knowledge of modelling consumption of ... -
Multiple effects and uncertainties of emission control policies in China: Implications for public health, soil acidification, and global temperature
(Elsevier BV, 2011)Policies to control emissions of criteria pollutants in China may have conflicting impacts on public health, soil acidification, and climate. Two scenarios for 2020, a base case without anticipated control measures and a ... -
A nested grid formulation for chemical transport over Asia: Applications to CO
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2004)A global three-dimensional chemical transport model (GEOS-CHEM) was modified to permit treatment of a limited spatial regime with resolution higher than that adopted for the global background. Identified as a one-way nested ... -
Opportunity for Offshore Wind to Reduce Future Demand for Coal-Fired Power Plants in China with Consequent Savings in Emissions of CO 2
(American Chemical Society (ACS), 2014)Although capacity credits for wind power have been embodied in power systems in the U.S. and Europe, the current planning framework for electricity in China continues to treat wind power as a nondispatchable source with ... -
Optimal Integration of Offshore Wind Power for a Steadier, Environmentally Friendlier, Supply of Electricity in China
(Elsevier, 2013)Demand for electricity in China is concentrated to a significant extent in its coastal provinces. Opportunities for production of electricity by on-shore wind facilities are greatest however in the north and west of the ... -
Ozone Air Quality During the 2008 Beijing Olympics: Effectiveness of Emission Restrictions
(Copernicus Publications, 2009)A series of aggressive measures was launched by the Chinese government to reduce pollutant emissions from Beijing and surrounding areas during the Olympic Games. Observations at Miyun, a rural site 100 km downwind of the ... -
Patterns in atmospheric carbonaceous aerosols in China: emission estimates and observed concentrations
(Copernicus GmbH, 2015)China is experiencing severe carbonaceous aerosol pollution driven mainly by large emissions resulting from intensive use of solid fuels. To gain a better understanding of the levels and trends of carbonaceous aerosol ... -
Potential for Wind-Generated Electricity in China
(American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2009)Wind offers an important alternative to coal as a source of energy for generation of electricity in China with the potential for substantial savings in carbon dioxide emissions. Wind fields derived from assimilated ...