The Health and Climate Benefits of Economic Dispatch in China’s Power System

Luo, Qian; Garcia-Menendez, Fernando; Yang, Haozhe; Deshmukh, Ranjit; He, Gang; Lin, Jiang; Johnson, Jeremiah X.

doi:10.1021/acs.est.2c05663

Title: The Health and Climate Benefits of Economic Dispatch in China’s Power System

Journal Article · Thu Feb 09 00:00:00 UTC 2023 · Environmental Science and Technology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.2c05663 · OSTI ID:1970471

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North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC (United States)
Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, CA (United States)
Stony Brook Univ., NY (United States)
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)

China’s power system is highly regulated and uses an “equal-share” dispatch approach. However, market mechanisms are being introduced to reduce generation costs and improve system reliability. Here, we quantify the climate and human health impacts brought about by this transition, modeling China’s power system operations under economic dispatch. We find that significant reductions in mortality related to air pollution (11%) and CO₂ emissions (3%) from the power sector can be attained by economic dispatch, relative to the equal-share approach, through more efficient coal-powered generation. Additional health and climate benefits can be achieved by incorporating emission externalities in electricity generation costs. However, the benefits of the transition to economic dispatch will be unevenly distributed across China and may lead to increased health damage in some regions. Our results show the potential of dispatch decision-making in electricity generation to mitigate the negative impacts of power plant emissions with existing facilities in China.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231

OSTI ID:: 1970471

Journal Information:: Environmental Science and Technology, Journal Name: Environmental Science and Technology Journal Issue: 7 Vol. 57; ISSN 0013-936X

Publisher:: American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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