scholarly journals Corruption Control, Renewable-led Energy Transition and Carbon Emissions: Empirical Evidence from Panel Data of Multi-countries

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yongpei Wang ◽  
Jieru Yang
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Panel Data ◽  
Carbon Emissions ◽  
Emission Reduction ◽  
Carbon Emission ◽  
Energy Transition ◽  
Total Carbon ◽  
Regression Equations ◽  
Conduction Path ◽  
Oriented Energy

Abstract This paper focuses on the carbon emission reduction effect of anti-corruption mediated by renewable-led energy transition based on the panel data of 98 countries from 1996 to 2015. Since the mediation model is estimated by estimating a series of multiple regression equations, the total, direct and indirect effects can be separated out to clarify the conduction path between corruption control, renewable energy and carbon emissions. Owing to confirmation of the Sobel-Goodman mediation tests, renewable energy acts as a significant mediator through which corruption control contributes to emission reduction, regardless of the indicator is total carbon emissions, carbon emissions per capita or carbon emission intensity. For policymakers and regulators, there needs to be more emphasis on eliminating corruption in the increased penetration of renewable energy and not being seduced by traditional lobbyists. Particularly for developing countries, the effective way to reduce emissions is to remove institutional barriers in priority areas including the energy and resources sectors to cleaner-oriented energy transition.

scholarly journals Carbon Emission Estimation of Assembled Composite Concrete Beams during Construction

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (7) ◽  
pp. 1810
Author(s):  
Kaitong Xu ◽  
Haibo Kang ◽  
Wei Wang ◽  
Ping Jiang ◽  
Na Li
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Carbon Emissions ◽  
Emission Reduction ◽  
Carbon Emission ◽  
Composite Beams ◽  
Total Carbon ◽  
Construction Process ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Carbon Emission Reduction ◽  
The Government

At present, the issue of carbon emissions from buildings has become a hot topic, and carbon emission reduction is also becoming a political and economic contest for countries. As a result, the government and researchers have gradually begun to attach great importance to the industrialization of low-carbon and energy-saving buildings. The rise of prefabricated buildings has promoted a major transformation of the construction methods in the construction industry, which is conducive to reducing the consumption of resources and energy, and of great significance in promoting the low-carbon emission reduction of industrial buildings. This article mainly studies the calculation model for carbon emissions of the three-stage life cycle of component production, logistics transportation, and on-site installation in the whole construction process of composite beams for prefabricated buildings. The construction of CG-2 composite beams in Fujian province, China, was taken as the example. Based on the life cycle assessment method, carbon emissions from the actual construction process of composite beams were evaluated, and that generated by the composite beam components during the transportation stage by using diesel, gasoline, and electric energy consumption methods were compared in detail. The results show that (1) the carbon emissions generated by composite beams during the production stage were relatively high, accounting for 80.8% of the total carbon emissions, while during the transport stage and installation stage, they only accounted for 7.6% and 11.6%, respectively; and (2) during the transportation stage with three different energy-consuming trucks, the carbon emissions from diesel fuel trucks were higher, reaching 186.05 kg, followed by gasoline trucks, which generated about 115.68 kg; electric trucks produced the lowest, only 12.24 kg.

scholarly journals Carbon Emission Reduction Strategy for Energy Users in China

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (16) ◽  
pp. 6498 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fuquan Zhao ◽  
Feiqi Liu ◽  
Han Hao ◽  
Zongwei Liu
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Carbon Emissions ◽  
Emission Reduction ◽  
Carbon Emission ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Chinese Government ◽  
Carbon Trading ◽  
Levelized Cost Of Electricity ◽  
Carbon Emission Reduction ◽  
The Cost

The Chinese government has made a commitment to control carbon emissions, and the deployment of renewable energy power generation is considered as an effective solution. In recent years, great effort has been exerted to support the development of renewable energy in China. While, due to fiscal pressures and changes in management policies, related subsidies are diminishing now and energy users are asked to pay for the cost. Regulations about carbon cap and renewable energy consumptions are issued to transfer the responsibility of consuming renewable energy and reducing carbon emissions to energy consumers. A national carbon trading system is set up in China and is under its growth stage. Therefore, this study lists the factors that should be considered by the energy users, analyzes the levelized cost of electricity generated by renewable energy in four cities in China, Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Wuhan, and compares the results with current carbon prices. Based on the research, under the current status, it is still more cost-efficient for enterprises to buy carbon credits than introduce renewable energies, and great differences among cities are shown due to different natural conditions. Besides, with diminishing subsidies and development of the carbon trading market, the carbon price will gradually reflect the actual value and carbon emission reduction costs will become an important part of enterprise expenditure. In the long term, enterprises should link more factors to carbon emissions, like social responsibility and brand image, instead of only the cost.

scholarly journals Development and Utilization of Renewable Energy Based on Carbon Emission Reduction—Evaluation of Multiple MCDM Methods

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (17) ◽  
pp. 9822
Author(s):  
Tao Li ◽  
Ang Li ◽  
Yimiao Song
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Wind Power ◽  
Carbon Emissions ◽  
Emission Reduction ◽  
Carbon Emission ◽  
Carbon Intensity ◽  
High Carbon ◽  
Carbon Emission Reduction ◽  
Photovoltaic Power ◽  
Development And Utilization

With the proposed target of carbon peak and carbon neutralization, the development and utilization of renewable energy with the goal of carbon emission reduction is becoming increasingly important in China. We used the analytic hierarchy process (ANP) and a variety of MCDM methods to quantitatively evaluate renewable energy indicators. This study measured the sequence and differences of the development and utilization of renewable energy in different regions from the point of view of carbon emission reduction, which provides a new analytical perspective for the utilization and distribution of renewable energy in China and a solution based on renewable energy for achieving the goal of carbon emission reduction as soon as possible. The reliability of the evaluation system was further enhanced by confirmation through a variety of methods. The results show that the environment and carbon dimensions are the primary criteria to evaluate the priority of renewable energy under carbon emission reduction. In the overall choice of renewable energy, photovoltaic energy is the best solution. After dividing regions according to carbon emission intensity and resource endowment, areas with serious carbon emissions are suitable for the development of hydropower; areas with sub-serious carbon emissions should give priority to the development of photovoltaic or wind power; high-carbon intensity area I should vigorously develop wind power; high-carbon intensity area II should focus on developing photovoltaic power; second high-carbon intensity areas I and II are suitable for the development of wind power and photovoltaic power; and second high-carbon intensity areas III and IV are the most suitable for hydropower.

scholarly journals Carbon Emissions in the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps and Driving Factors

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meng Wang ◽  
Lei Feng ◽  
Pengfei Zhang ◽  
Gaohang Cao ◽  
Hanbin Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Emissions ◽  
Emission Reduction ◽  
Carbon Emission ◽  
Emission Inventory ◽  
Driving Factors ◽  
Hot Water ◽  
Total Carbon ◽  
Energy Structure ◽  
Petroleum Processing ◽  
Carbon Emission Reduction

Xinjiang production and Construction Corps (XPCC) is an important provincial administration in China and vigorously promotes the construction of industrialization. However, there has been little research on its emissions. This study first established the 1998-2018 XPCC subsectoral carbon emission inventory based on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) carbon emission inventory method and adopted the logarithmic mean Divisia indexmethod (LMDI) model to analyze the driving factors. The results revealed that from 1998 to 2018, the total carbon emissions in the XPCC increased from 6.11 Mt CO2 in 1998 to 115.71 Mt CO2 in 2018. For the energy structure, raw coal, coke and industrial processes were the main contributors to carbon emissions. For industrial structure, the main emission sectors were the production and supply of electric power, steam and hot water, petroleum processing and coking, raw chemical materials and chemical products, and smelting and pressing of nonferrous metals. In addition, the economic effect was the leading factor promoting the growth of the corps carbon emissions, followed by technical and population effects. The energy structure effect was the only factor yielding a low emission reduction degree. This research provides policy recommendations for the XPCC to formulate effective carbon emission reduction measures, which is conducive to the construction of a low-carbon society. Moreover, it is of guiding significance for the development of carbon emission reduction actions for the enterprises under the corps and provides a reference value for other provincial regions.

scholarly journals The Study of the Impact of Carbon Finance Effect on Carbon Emissions in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region—Based on Logarithmic Mean Divisia Index Decomposition Analysis

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 1465 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li Li ◽  
Di Liu ◽  
Jian Hou ◽  
Dandan Xu ◽  
Wenbo Chao
Keyword(s):  
Global Warming ◽  
Carbon Emissions ◽  
Emission Reduction ◽  
Carbon Emission ◽  
Total Carbon ◽  
Carbon Trading ◽  
Logarithmic Mean ◽  
Carbon Emission Reduction ◽  
Carbon Finance ◽  
The Impact

The negative effects of global warming are becoming more and more serious. The fundamental way to prevent global warming is by reducing carbon dioxide emissions. Achieving this has become a key concern for all countries. The logarithmic mean divisia index model was constructed to decompose the total carbon emission increment. Carbon finance effect was divided into green credit effect and carbon trading effect to analyze the impact of carbon finance on carbon emissions. The results showed that the total carbon emission reduction value caused by green credit effect from 2010 to 2016 in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region was 66193.96 million tons, and the added value of carbon emission caused by carbon trading effect was 80266.68 million tons. There are regional differences in the effects of carbon finance on carbon emissions in these regions. It can be concluded that to a certain extent, green credit can reduce carbon emissions, and carbon trading can increase carbon emissions. Using the gradual expansion of carbon finance trading and market mechanism of carbon finance to solve the problem of carbon emission can improve the efficiency of carbon emission reduction.

scholarly journals Integrated optimization of multiproduct multiperiod transportation and inventory under a carbon cap constraint for online retailers

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yaorong Cheng ◽  
Yijun Li
Keyword(s):  
Simulated Annealing ◽  
Carbon Emissions ◽  
Emission Reduction ◽  
Carbon Emission ◽  
Total Carbon ◽  
Total Cost ◽  
Carbon Emission Reduction ◽  
Gentle Slope ◽  
Cost Increase ◽  
Online Retailers

Abstract This study aims to solve the problem of multiproduct multiperiod integrated transportation and inventory optimization for online retailers. A carbon cap constraint and multitype of capacitated trucks are simultaneously incorporated into the proposed mixed-integer program. A simulated annealing (SA) algorithm is designed. CPLEX 12.9.0 is used to solve the submodel obtained from the neighbourhood search and is also used to get the optimal solutions for instances. Experimental results show that the simulated annealing algorithm can find satisfactory solutions within a reasonable time. When the problem size increases, the growth of the computational time of the SA algorithm is significantly smaller than that of the CPLEX. A sensitivity analysis for the carbon cap is also conducted. The results indicate that if the carbon cap is gradually tightened, the total cost increases first with a gentle slope, and then with a remarkable slope, same as for the total number of trucks used; the total carbon emissions first decrease with a gentle slope, and then decline with a significant slope. When the carbon cap is strict, only a few different types of trucks will be considered. The percentage changes of the total cost increase and the total carbon emission reduction are also compared. When the allowed carbon emissions are gradually reduced, situation of a higher amount of carbon emission reduction and a lower amount of cost increase can be achieved. Additionally, using multiple types of trucks in the integrated optimization of transportation and inventory decisions can achieve greater cost savings with lower increments of carbon emission.

scholarly journals Consumer willingness-to-pay for restaurant surcharges to reduce carbon emissions: default and information effects

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-29
Author(s):  
Dede Long ◽  
Grant H. West ◽  
Rodolfo M. Nayga
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Willingness To Pay ◽  
Contingent Valuation ◽  
Carbon Emissions ◽  
Emission Reduction ◽  
Carbon Emission ◽  
Dichotomous Choice ◽  
Carbon Reduction ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Agriculture And Food

Abstract The agriculture and food sectors contribute significantly to greenhouse gas emissions. About 15 percent of food-related carbon emissions are channeled through restaurants. Using a contingent valuation (CV) method with double-bounded dichotomous choice (DBDC) questions, this article investigates U.S. consumers’ willingness to pay (WTP) for an optional restaurant surcharge in support of carbon emission reduction programs. The mean estimated WTP for a surcharge is 6.05 percent of an average restaurant check, while the median WTP is 3.64 percent. Our results show that individuals have a higher WTP when the surcharge is automatically added to restaurant checks. We also find that an information nudge—a short climate change script—significantly increases WTP. Additionally, our results demonstrate that there is heterogeneity in treatment effects across consumers’ age, environmental awareness, and economic views. Our findings suggest that a surcharge program could transfer a meaningful amount of the agricultural carbon reduction burden to consumers that farmers currently shoulder.

scholarly journals Pricing Decisions of CSR Closed-Loop Supply Chains with Carbon Emission Constraints

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 4430 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tong Shu ◽  
Qian Liu ◽  
Shou Chen ◽  
Shouyang Wang ◽  
Kin Lai
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Carbon Emissions ◽  
Emission Reduction ◽  
Carbon Emission ◽  
Closed Loop ◽  
Closed Loop Supply Chains ◽  
Corporate Social

Global warming has become a growing concern for countries around the world. Currently, the direct way to solve this issue is to curb carbon emissions. Governments and enterprises should assume the social responsibility to conserve the environment. Under the background of carbon emission constraint, this article investigates the optimal decisions of closed-loop supply chains in the context of social responsibility, explores the impacts of constraints of carbon emissions and corporate social responsibility on recycling and remanufacturing decisions, and introduces the model of maximizing social welfare for further comparison and analysis. The results show that the coefficient of remanufacturing and emission reduction and the coefficient of government reward and punishment are inversely proportional to recycling rates and the total carbon emissions. Governments should formulate rational carbon emission caps for enterprises with different coefficients of remanufacturing and emission reduction. Additionally, corporate social responsibility has a positive effect on recycling rates, and a rise in its strength can lead to a fall in carbon emissions per unit product. In terms of product recycling and profit sources, the model of maximizing social welfare is superior to that of maximizing the manufacturer’s total profits, which provides new managerial insights for decision-makers.

scholarly journals Analysis of total carbon emission of the logistics industry in Guangdong and solutions to emission reduction

2021 ◽  
Vol 245 ◽  
pp. 01020
Author(s):  
Aixia Xu ◽  
Xiaoyong Yang
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Carbon Emissions ◽  
Carbon Emission ◽  
Energy Utilization ◽  
Total Carbon ◽  
Utilization Rate ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Logistics Industry ◽  
Direct Energy ◽  
Reduce Emissions

The input-output method is employed in this study to measure the total carbon emission of the logistics industry in Guangdong. The findings revealed that the carbon emission of direct energy consumption of the logistics industry in Guangdong is far above the actual carbon emissions, the second and third industries play a significant role in carbon emission of indirect energy consumption in the logistics industry in Guangdong. To reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions in Guangdong, it is not only important to control the carbon emissions in the logistics industry, but strengthen carbon emission detection in relevant industries, improve the energy utilization rate and reduce emissions in other industries, and move towards low-carbon sustainable development.

scholarly journals Does Globalization Moderate the Effect of Economic Complexity on CO2 Emissions? Evidence From the Top 10 Energy Transition Economies

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kai He ◽  
Muhammad Ramzan ◽  
Abraham Ayobamiji Awosusi ◽  
Zahoor Ahmed ◽  
Mahmood Ahmad ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Transition Economies ◽  
Carbon Emissions ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Energy Transition ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Economic Complexity ◽  
Long Run ◽  
The Government

The association between economic complexity (sophisticated economic structure) and carbon emissions has major implications for environmental sustainability. In addition, globalization can be an important tool for attaining environmental sustainability and it may also moderate the association between economic complexity and carbon emissions. Thus, this research examines the effects of economic complexity, economic growth, renewable energy, and globalization on CO2 emissions in the top 10 energy transition economies where renewable energy and globalization have greatly increased over the last 3 decades. Furthermore, this study also evaluates the joint effect of globalization and economic complexity on carbon emissions. Keeping in view the presence of slope heterogeneity and cross-sectional dependence in the data, this research utilized second-generation unit root tests (CIPS and CADF), Westerlund cointegration approach, and CS-ARDL and CCEMG long-run estimators over the period of 1990–2018. The results affirmed the presence of cointegration among the considered variable. Long-run findings revealed that globalization, renewable energy, and economic complexity decrease carbon emissions. Conversely, economic growth increases carbon emissions. Moreover, the joint impact of economic complexity and globalization stimulates environmental sustainability. Based on these findings, the government of these groups of economies should continue to expand the usage of renewable energy. They should also promote interaction with the rest of the world by adopting the policy of opening up.

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