Integrated Multi-Attribute Preference Analysis in Fisheries and Solar Power Symbiosis Areas: A Case Study in Cigu, Taiwan

To achieve the 2025 Non-Nuclear Homeland goal and carbon emission mitigation target, the Taiwan government has been developing actively green and renewable energy with low carbon emissions. This study assessed the FSPS development project in the Cigu region of Tainan City to provide a thorough analysis toward making tradeoffs among ecosystem conservation, aquaculture, fisheries, and green power generation development. This study employs the choice experiment method and designs different attributes and levels to discuss the preferences of stakeholders in the policy development choices for ecosystem conservation and FSPS. The hope is that it can balance economic development and ecological conservation. The findings demonstrate that the tourists’ marginal willingness to pay is low. The respondents then give importance to improving biodiversity. Finally, they prefer minimal changes to the status quo with the FSPS policy implementation. These findings can serve as a reference for decision making for regional sustainable development, aquaculture and fishery upgradation, and green power generation and exploitation.

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Comparative Analysis between Hydrous Ethanol and Gasoline C Pricing in Brazilian Retail Market

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su11174719 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 11 (17) ◽

pp. 4719 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Thiago B. Murari ◽

Aloisio S. Nascimento Filho ◽

Eder J.A.L. Pereira ◽

Paulo Ferreira ◽

Sergio Pitombo ◽

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Keyword(s):

Fossil Fuels ◽

Agricultural Development ◽

Retail Market ◽

Low Carbon ◽

Emission Mitigation ◽

Low Carbon Economy ◽

Cross Correlation Analysis ◽

Carbon Emission Mitigation ◽

Liquid Biofuel ◽

Hydrous Ethanol

The global energy landscape is rapidly changing, including the transition to a low carbon economy and the use of liquid biofuel. The production of liquid biofuel has emerged as an alternative to the use of fossil fuels for purposes of energy conservation, carbon emission mitigation and agricultural development. In this article we study the co-movements between hydrous ethanol and gasoline C in the Brazilian retail market. A multi-scale cross correlation analysis was applied to the Average Retail Margin time series of hydrous ethanol for fifteen relevant retail markets in Brazil to analyze the competitiveness of hydrous ethanol towards gasoline C. The empirical results showed a remarkable different behavior between hydrous ethanol and gasoline C, for any time scale, regardless of geographical distance or regional differences.

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New Carbon Emissions Allowance Allocation Method Based on Equilibrium Strategy for Carbon Emission Mitigation in the Coal-Fired Power Industry

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su10082923 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 10 (8) ◽

pp. 2923

Author(s):

Qing Feng ◽

Qian Huang ◽

Qingyan Zheng ◽

Li Lu

Keyword(s):

Power Generation ◽

Carbon Emissions ◽

Power Plants ◽

Sensitivity Analyses ◽

Equilibrium Strategy ◽

Emission Mitigation ◽

Solution Approach ◽

Risk Levels ◽

Allowance Allocation ◽

Carbon Emission Mitigation

The carbon emissions from coal-fired power have become an increasing concern to governments around the world. In this paper, a carbon emissions allowances allocation based on the equilibrium strategy is proposed to mitigate coal-fired power generation carbon emissions, in which the authority is the lead decision maker and the coal-fired power plants are the follower decision makers, and an interactive solution approach is designed to achieve equilibrium. A real-world case study is then given to demonstrate the practicality and efficiency of this methodology. Sensitivity analyses under different constraint violation risk levels are also conducted to give authorities some insights into equilibrium strategies for different stakeholders and to identify the necessary tradeoffs between economic development and carbon emissions mitigation. It was found that the proposed method was able to mitigate coal-fired power generation carbon emissions significantly and encourage coal-fired power plants to improve their emissions performance.

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Russian low carbon development strategy

Voprosy Ekonomiki ◽

10.32609/0042-8736-2020-7-51-74 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 51-74

Author(s):

I. A. Bashmakov

Keyword(s):

Economic Growth ◽

Development Strategy ◽

Low Carbon ◽

Security Risk ◽

Ghg Emission ◽

Emission Mitigation ◽

Russian Economy ◽

The Russian Federation ◽

Scenario Projections

The article presents the key results of scenario projections that underpinned the Strategy for long-term low carbon economic development of the Russian Federation to 2050, including analysis of potential Russia’s GHG emission mitigation commitments to 2050 and assessment of relevant costs, benefits, and implications for Russia’s GDP. Low carbon transformation of the Russian economy is presented as a potential driver for economic growth that offers trillions-of-dollars-worth market niches for low carbon products by mid-21st century. Transition to low carbon economic growth is irreversible. Lagging behind in this technological race entails a security risk and technological backwardness hazards.

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The Priorities and Concerns on Implementing the Government Policy of Photovoltaic Power Generation Development Project

Journal of Environmental Policy and Administration ◽

10.15301/jepa.2019.27.3.185 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 27 (3) ◽

pp. 185-208

Author(s):

Cho Kim ◽

Ju-yong Jung ◽

Ik-jun Yeon

Keyword(s):

Power Generation ◽

Government Policy ◽

Development Project ◽

Photovoltaic Power ◽

The Government

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Life Cycle Energy Consumption and Carbon Dioxide Emissions of Agricultural Residue Feedstock for Bioenergy

Applied Sciences ◽

10.3390/app11052009 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (5) ◽

pp. 2009

Author(s):

Valerii Havrysh ◽

Antonina Kalinichenko ◽

Anna Brzozowska ◽

Jan Stebila

Keyword(s):

Carbon Dioxide ◽

Power Generation ◽

Life Cycle ◽

Carbon Dioxide Emissions ◽

Crop Production ◽

Agricultural Residues ◽

Environmental Indicators ◽

Low Carbon ◽

Low Carbon Economy ◽

Energy Inputs

The depletion of fossil fuels and climate change concerns are drivers for the development and expansion of bioenergy. Promoting biomass is vital to move civilization toward a low-carbon economy. To meet European Union targets, it is required to increase the use of agricultural residues (including straw) for power generation. Using agricultural residues without accounting for their energy consumed and carbon dioxide emissions distorts the energy and environmental balance, and their analysis is the purpose of this study. In this paper, a life cycle analysis method is applied. The allocation of carbon dioxide emissions and energy inputs in the crop production by allocating between a product (grain) and a byproduct (straw) is modeled. Selected crop yield and the residue-to-crop ratio impact on the above indicators are investigated. We reveal that straw formation can consume between 30% and 70% of the total energy inputs and, therefore, emits relative carbon dioxide emissions. For cereal crops, this energy can be up to 40% of the lower heating value of straw. Energy and environmental indicators of a straw return-to-field technology and straw power generation systems are examined.

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An Exploration of Provincial Low-Carbon Economy Evaluation System Based on Principal Component-Variable Fuzzy Evaluation

Applied Mechanics and Materials ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.291-294.1562 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 291-294 ◽

pp. 1562-1567

Author(s):

Ji Min Hu ◽

Jian Long Gu ◽

Chang Cui Hu ◽

Hai Feng Wang

Keyword(s):

Evaluation System ◽

Comprehensive Evaluation ◽

Principal Component ◽

Fuzzy Comprehensive Evaluation ◽

Fuzzy Evaluation ◽

Low Carbon ◽

Low Carbon Economy ◽

Component Variable ◽

The Status ◽

Carbon Economy

According to indicators’ information repetition and subjectivity of the indicators’ weight set during the variable fuzzy comprehensive evaluation, Principal Component analysis can help solve the weight of the relative indicators and reduce comprehensive evaluation dimensions of the variable fussy comprehensive evaluation. This paper has made a comprehensive evaluation of the status quo of Yunnan’s low carbon economy development(2005-2009), which turns out to be more practical compared with the mere variable fussy theory analysis, thus, principal component-variable fuzzy evaluation is a kind of feasible way to analyze the regional low carbon development status.

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