Quantify the energy and environmental benefits of implementing energy-efficiency measures in China’s iron and steel production

Ma, Ding; Chen, Wenying; Xu, Tengfang

doi:10.1186/s40984-015-0005-8

Title: Quantify the energy and environmental benefits of implementing energy-efficiency measures in China’s iron and steel production

Journal Article · Fri Aug 21 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · Future Cities and Environment

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40984-015-0005-8· OSTI ID:1214319

Ma, Ding ^[1]; Chen, Wenying ^[2]; Xu, Tengfang ^[3]

Tsinghua University, Beijing (China); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Tsinghua University, Beijing (China)
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong (China)

As one of the most energy-, emission- and pollution-intensive industries, iron and steel production is responsible for significant emissions of greenhouse gas (GHG) and air pollutants. Although many energy-efficiency measures have been proposed by the Chinese government to mitigate GHG emissions and to improve air quality, lacking full understanding of the costs and benefits has created barriers against implementing these measures widely. This paper sets out to advance the understanding by addressing the knowledge gap in costs, benefits, and cost-effectiveness of energy-efficiency measures in iron and steel production. Specifically, we build a new evaluation framework to quantify energy benefits and environmental benefits (i.e., CO₂ emission reduction, air-pollutants emission reduction and water savings) associated with 36 energy-efficiency measures. Results show that inclusion of benefits from CO₂ and air-pollutants emission reduction affects the cost-effectiveness of energy-efficiency measures significantly, while impacts from water-savings benefits are moderate but notable when compared to the effects by considering energy benefits alone. The new information resulted from this study should be used to augment future programs and efforts in reducing energy use and environmental impacts associated with steel production.

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

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231

OSTI ID:: 1214319

Journal Information:: Future Cities and Environment, Vol. 1, Issue 1; ISSN 2363-9075

Publisher:: SpringerCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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