Two-Year Observation of Fossil Fuel Carbon Dioxide Spatial Distribution in Xi’an City

2020 ◽  
Vol 37 (6) ◽  
pp. 569-575 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaohu Xiong ◽  
Weijian Zhou ◽  
Shugang Wu ◽  
Peng Cheng ◽  
Hua Du ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Spatial Distribution ◽  
Fossil Fuel ◽  
Xi’An City

The Temporal and Spatial Distribution of Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Fossil-Fuel Use in North America

2009 ◽  
Vol 48 (12) ◽  
pp. 2528-2542 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. S. Gregg ◽  
L. M. Losey ◽  
R. J. Andres ◽  
T. J. Blasing ◽  
G. Marland
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Spatial Distribution ◽  
North America ◽  
Carbon Cycle ◽  
Carbon Emissions ◽  
Fossil Fuel ◽  
The United States ◽  
Temporal And Spatial Distribution ◽  
Temporal And Spatial

Abstract Refinements in the spatial and temporal resolution of North American fossil-fuel carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions provide additional information about anthropogenic aspects of the carbon cycle. In North America, the seasonal and spatial patterns are a distinctive component to characterizing anthropogenic carbon emissions. The pattern of fossil-fuel-based CO2 emissions on a monthly scale has greater temporal and spatial variability than the flux aggregated to the national annual level. For some areas, monthly emissions can vary by as much as 85% for some fuels when compared with monthly estimates based on a uniform temporal and spatial distribution. The United States accounts for the majority of North American fossil carbon emissions, and the amplitude of the seasonal flux in emissions in the United States is greater than the total mean monthly emissions in both Canada and Mexico. Nevertheless, Canada and Mexico have distinctive seasonal patterns as well. For the continent, emissions were aggregated on a 5° × 10° latitude–longitude grid. The monthly pattern of emissions varies on both a north–south and east–west gradient and evolves through the time period analyzed (1990–2007). For many areas in North America, the magnitude of the month-to-month variation is larger than the total annual emissions from land use change, making the characterization of emissions patterns essential to understanding humanity’s influence on the carbon cycle.

Monthly, global emissions of carbon dioxide from fossil fuel consumption

Tellus B ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 63 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
R. J. Andres ◽  
J. S. Gregg ◽  
L. Losey ◽  
G. Marland ◽  
T. A. Boden
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Fuel Consumption ◽  
Fossil Fuel ◽  
Fossil Fuel Consumption ◽  
Global Emissions

scholarly journals Using Quantile Regression to Analyze the Relationship between Socioeconomic Indicators and Carbon Dioxide Emissions in G20 Countries

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (13) ◽  
pp. 7011
Author(s):  
Abdulaziz A. Alotaibi ◽  
Naif Alajlan
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Quantile Regression ◽  
Fuel Consumption ◽  
Co2 Emissions ◽  
Fossil Fuel ◽  
Trade Openness ◽  
Policy Coordination ◽  
Socioeconomic Indicators ◽  
Control Variables ◽  
Fossil Fuel Consumption

Numerous studies addressed the impacts of social development and economic growth on the environment. This paper presents a study about the inclusive impact of social and economic factors on the environment by analyzing the association between carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and two socioeconomic indicators, namely, Human Development Index (HDI) and Legatum Prosperity Index (LPI), under the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) framework. To this end, we developed a two-stage methodology. At first, a multivariate model was constructed that accurately explains CO2 emissions by selecting the appropriate set of control variables based on model quality statistics. The control variables include GDP per capita, urbanization, fossil fuel consumption, and trade openness. Then, quantile regression was used to empirically analyze the inclusive relationship between CO2 emissions and the socioeconomic indicators, which revealed many interesting results. First, decreasing CO2 emissions was coupled with inclusive socioeconomic development. Both LPI and HDI had a negative marginal relationship with CO2 emissions at quantiles from 0.2 to 1. Second, the EKC hypothesis was valid for G20 countries during the study period with an inflection point around quantile 0.15. Third, the fossil fuel consumption had a significant positive relation with CO2 emissions, whereas urbanization and trade openness had a negative relation during the study period. Finally, this study empirically indicates that effective policies and policy coordination on broad social, living, and economic dimensions can lead to reductions in CO2 emissions while preserving inclusive growth.

scholarly journals Drivers of CO2-Emissions in Fossil Fuel Abundant Settings: (Pooled) Mean Group and Nonparametric Panel Analyses

Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (15) ◽  
pp. 3956 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elkhan Richard Sadik-Zada ◽  
Wilhelm Loewenstein
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Carbon Dioxide Emissions ◽  
Environmental Kuznets Curve ◽  
Fixed Effects ◽  
Fossil Fuel ◽  
Substantial Reduction ◽  
Resource Curse ◽  
Time Interval ◽  
Kuznets Curve ◽  
Per Capita

The present inquiry addresses the income-environment relationship in oil-producing countries and scrutinizes the further drivers of atmospheric pollution in the respective settings. The existing literature that tests the environmental Kuznets curve hypothesis within the framework of the black-box approaches provides only a bird’s-eye perspective on the long-run income-environment relationship. The aspiration behind this study is making the first step toward the disentanglement of the sources of carbon dioxide emissions, which could be employed in the pollution mitigation policies of this group of countries. Based on the combination of two strands of literature, the environmental Kuznets curve conjecture and the resource curse, the paper at hand proposes an augmented theoretical framework of this inquiry. To approach the research questions empirically, the study employs advanced panel cointegration techniques. To avoid econometric misspecification, the study also employs for the first time a nonparametric time-varying coefficient panel data estimator with fixed effects (NPFE) for the dataset of 37 oil-producing countries in the time interval spanning between 1989 and 2019. The empirical analysis identifies the level of per capita income, the magnitude of oil rents, the share of fossil fuel-based electricity generation in the energy mix, and the share of the manufacturing sector in GDP as essential drivers of carbon dioxide emissions in the oil-rich countries. Tertiarization, on the contrary, leads to a substantial reduction of emissions. Another striking result of this study is that level of political rights and civil liberties are negatively associated with per capita carbon emissions in this group of countries. Furthermore, the study decisively rejects an inverted U-shaped income-emission relationship and validates the monotonically or exponentially increasing impact of average income on carbon dioxide emissions.

Analyzing the impact of fossil fuel import reliance on electricity prices: The case of the Iberian Electricity Market

2017 ◽  
Vol 28 (7) ◽  
pp. 687-705 ◽  
Author(s):  
Blanca Moreno ◽  
María T García-Álvarez
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Electricity Market ◽  
Fossil Fuel ◽  
Carbon Dioxide Emission ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Electricity Production ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Electricity Prices ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Eu

Spain and Portugal are highly dependent on energy from abroad, importing more than 70% of all the energy they consume. This high energy dependence could involve important effects on the level and stability of their electricity prices as a half the gross electricity generated in both countries came from power stations using imported combustible fuels (such as natural gas, coal and oil). In general, changes in the prices of these fossil fuels can directly affect household electricity prices, since generation costs are likely to be transmitted through to the wholesale electricity market. Moreover, in the framework of the European Union Emission Trading System, electricity production technologies tend to incorporate their costs of carbon dioxide emission allowances in sale offers with the consequent increase of the electricity prices. The objective of this paper is to analyze the influence of fossil fuel costs and prices of carbon dioxide emission allowances in the EU on the Spanish and Portuguese electricity prices. With this aim, a maximum entropy econometric approach is used. The obtained results indicate that not only the price of imported gas are very important in explaining Spanish and Portuguese electricity prices but also the price of carbon dioxide emission allowances in the EU.

The Possibility of Using Oxide Cathode Materials of Spent Lithium-Ion Power Batteries for Carbon Dioxide Capture from Fossil Fuel Plant

2013 ◽  
Vol 779-780 ◽  
pp. 52-55
Author(s):  
Guang Jin Zhao ◽  
Wen Long Wu ◽  
Yang Guo
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Lithium Ion Batteries ◽  
Cathode Materials ◽  
Fossil Fuel ◽  
Lithium Ion ◽  
Battery Life ◽  
Environment Friendly ◽  
Novel Technology ◽  
Oxide Cathode ◽  
Scale Test

Following during development of electric vehicles and other modern-life appliances, numerous lithium-ion batteries are fabricated and used every year, and their consumption is constantly expanding. However, the battery life of the lithium-ion batteries is about 3 to 5 years, and there are some hazardous and noxious substances in spent lithium-ion batteries. Therefore, it is necessary to recycling these spent batteries with some resourceful and environment friendly technology. In this work, we propose a novel technology of resourceful disposing and utilizing oxide cathode materials from spent power lithium-ion batteries, which is using the recovered compounds from spent lithium-ion batteries to capture carbon dioxide from fossil fuel plant. The detailed technical routes of laboratory scale test and bench scale test are also given in the work.

scholarly journals XCO2 retrieved from IASI using KLIMA algorithm

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuele Del Bianco ◽  
Bruno Carli ◽  
Marco Gai ◽  
Lucia Maria Laurenza ◽  
Ugo Cortesi
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Land Use ◽  
Fossil Fuel ◽  
Land Use Changes ◽  
International Agreements ◽  
Reliable Estimate ◽  
Natural Sources ◽  
Sources And Sinks ◽  
Fossil Fuel Burning ◽  
Fuel Burning

Carbon dioxide (CO<sub>2</sub>) is the main greenhouse gas released into the Earth’s atmosphere by human activities. The concentration of CO<sub>2</sub> in the atmosphere depends on the balance of natural sources and sinks, which are being perturbed by anthropogenic forcing due to fossil fuel burning, uncontrolled urban development, deforestation and other land use changes. An improvement in our understanding of processes responsible for absorption of CO<sub>2</sub> is urgently needed both for a reliable estimate of future CO<sub>2</sub> levels, and for the enforcement of effective international agreements for its containment. [...]

The pathway toward pollution mitigation in EU28 region: does bioenergy growth make a difference?

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohd Alsaleh ◽  
A.S. Abdul-Rahim
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Carbon Dioxide Emissions ◽  
Fossil Fuel ◽  
Panel Data Analysis ◽  
Random Effect ◽  
Trade Openness ◽  
The Body ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Improved Model

PurposeThis research explores the effect of bioenergy use on carbon dioxide releases in 28 European Union (EU-28) affiliated members starting from 1990 to 2018.Design/methodology/approachApplying panels' fixed effect (FE) estimator and random effect (RE) estimator, the regressed findings are highly validated as they were robust by panel least square dummy variable corrected (LSDVC) and pooled ordinary least square (Pooled OLS) estimators.FindingsThe findings claimed that carbon dioxide releases decrease with an incline in bioenergy use and trade openness. On the other hand, fossil-fuel and economic growth indicators mounting carbon dioxide releases. The result implies that carbon dioxide releases in EU-28 region members can be mitigated significantly by mounting the quantity bioenergy use in generation channel. This will mostly participate in combating environmental pollution.Practical implicationsThe study suggests for EU28 region members to enhance the portion of bioenergy in their fuel access to decrease emitted carbon dioxide. Governors in EU28 members should mainly encourage bioenergy expansion to raise its security and availability. The politicians of the EU28 members must assert on efficacy and productivity of bioenergy production to achieve energy accessibility and decrease dependency on conventional energy.Originality/valueThis research applies the recently improved model, the panel data analysis approach, which considered for the first-class impacts of estimators on the dependent variable and deals with the several problems of the common Pooled OLS estimator's manner and performance. Finally, this research contributes to the previous studies on ecological sustainability by examining the presence correlation among carbon dioxide emissions, bioenergy sustainability, trade openness, fossil fuel and gross domestic product in the EU28 region. Hence, it proves our research novelty, originality and contribution to the body of knowledge.

Quantifying the contribution of regional methane emissions to the global methane budget between 2008 and 2018 using the TOMCAT chemical transport model

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily Dowd ◽  
Christopher Wilson ◽  
Martyn Chipperfield ◽  
Manuel Gloor
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Land Surface ◽  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Fossil Fuel ◽  
Transport Model ◽  
Chemical Transport ◽  
Methane Emissions ◽  
Anthropogenic Sources ◽  
Chemical Transport Model ◽  
Methane Budget

&lt;p&gt;Methane (CH&lt;sub&gt;4&lt;/sub&gt;) is the second most important atmospheric greenhouse gas after carbon dioxide. Global concentrations of CH&lt;sub&gt;4&lt;/sub&gt; have been rising in the last decade and our understanding of what is driving the increase remains incomplete. Natural sources, such as wetlands, contribute to the uncertainty of the methane budget. However, anthropogenic sources, such as fossil fuels, present an opportunity to mitigate the human contribution to climate change on a relatively short timescale, since CH&lt;sub&gt;4&lt;/sub&gt; has a much shorter lifetime than carbon dioxide. Therefore, it is important to know the relative contributions of these sources in different regions.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We have investigated the inter-annual variation (IAV) and rising trend of CH&lt;sub&gt;4&lt;/sub&gt; concentrations using a global 3-D chemical transport model, TOMCAT. We independently tagged several regional natural and anthropogenic CH&lt;sub&gt;4&lt;/sub&gt; tracers in TOMCAT to identify their contribution to the atmospheric CH&lt;sub&gt;4&lt;/sub&gt; concentrations over the period 2009 &amp;#8211; 2018. The tagged regions were selected based on the land surface types and the predominant flux sector within each region and include subcontinental regions, such as tropical South America, boreal regions and anthropogenic regions such as Europe. We used surface CH&lt;sub&gt;4&lt;/sub&gt; fluxes derived from a previous TOMCAT-based atmospheric inversion study (Wilson et al., 2020). These atmospheric inversions were constrained by satellite and surface flask observations of CH&lt;sub&gt;4&lt;/sub&gt;, giving optimised monthly estimates for fossil fuel and non-fossil fuel emissions on a 5.6&amp;#176; horizontal grid. During the study period, the total optimised CH&lt;sub&gt;4&lt;/sub&gt; flux grew from 552 Tg/yr to 593 Tg/yr. This increase in emissions, particularly in the tropics, contributed to the increase in atmospheric CH&lt;sub&gt;4 &lt;/sub&gt;concentrations and added to the imbalance in the CH&lt;sub&gt;4&lt;/sub&gt; budget. We will use the results of the regional tagged tracers to quantify the contribution of regional methane emissions at surface observation sites, and to quantify the contributions of the natural and anthropogenic emissions from the tagged regions to the IAV and the rising methane concentrations.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Wilson, C., Chipperfield, M. P., Gloor, M., Parker, R. J., Boesch, H., McNorton, J., Gatti, L. V., Miller, J. B., Basso, L. S., and Monks, S. A.: Large and increasing methane emissions from Eastern Amazonia derived from satellite data, 2010&amp;#8211;2018, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-2020-1136, in review, 2020.&lt;/p&gt;

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