Technology Assessment of Clean Coal Technologies for China : Volume 3. Environmental Compliance in the Energy Sector
Analysts expect China to continue improving the efficiency of energy production and use, thereby decoupling the traditional relationship between gross domestic product (GDP) and energy consumption. Environmentally acceptable economic growth is clos...
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Washington, DC
2014
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/12/6276472/technology-assessment-clean-coal-technologies-china-vol-3-3-environmental-compliance-energy-sector-methodological-approach-least-cost-strategies-shanghai-municipality-henan-hunan-provinces-china http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20283 |
| Summary: | Analysts expect China to continue
improving the efficiency of energy production and use,
thereby decoupling the traditional relationship between
gross domestic product (GDP) and energy consumption.
Environmentally acceptable economic growth is closely linked
with further improvements in the overall efficiency of
energy use. Both of these goals will require a continued
increase in the use of coal to produce electricity, along
with a more deliberate and rapid transition from direct coal
combustion to the use of electricity and other cleaner
coal-based fuel sources, especially for cooking, space
heating, and industrial furnaces. The opportunity for
environmental improvement in conjunction with economic
growth lies in the wise adoption of clean coal technologies
(CCT) for both the electric power and non-power sectors.
This report presents CCT options for the power sector that
can help China achieve these twin goals. The CCT options
are: 1) air pollution controls for particulates, sulphur
dioxide, and nitrous oxide; and 2) advanced electricity
generation technologies--supercritical pulverized-coal
boilers, atmospheric and pressurized fluidized-bed
combustors, and integrated gasification combined cycle
plants. Volume 1 of this report explains the project costing
methodology and the electric power CCT options. Volume 2
summarizes the development and technology assessment of
clean coal technologies for the non-power sector in China. |
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