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In most countries of the world, power generation dispatch is done on an “economic” basis. In China, however, grid companies use dispatch methods that often are not based on an economic approach. This is a major obstacle to meeting… View Summary +
China’s power sector is now the largest in the world by a number of measures, and its transformation is crucial to global climate goals. In March 2015, Chinese authorities launched a new round of power sector reform with what is… View Summary +
电力行业耗煤约占中国每年煤炭消费总量的一半。为此,中国要实现空气质量治理方面的宏伟目标,落实在煤炭消费控制、能源效率、可再生能源和碳排放方面的政策,电力行业必须在政策、法规、市场和经营模式方面做出改变。… View Summary +
电力需求侧管理杂志于2015年7月在环球揽萃栏目节选刊登了睿博能源智库受世界银行委托撰写的报告。基于对美国电力行业监管的经验,文章介绍了美国监管机构及其职能,并结合实例深入地阐述了美国在能效资源的获取、定价和融资以及与此相关的电网公司收入监管、激励机制方面的最佳实践。初步探究了需求响应和储能技术在美国的应用以及面临的挑战。文章的最后也简要地概括了美国区域温室气体减排行动(RGGI)特别是收入循环利用开发能效资源的经验。… View Summary +
In the energy field, we often face choices between, on the one hand, resources whose investment costs are largely known and fixed and whose running costs over time are low (e.g., solar photovoltaic (PV) panels or energy efficiency upgrades) and,… View Summary +
6月上旬,美国环保署提出了一项温室气体减排法草案——“清洁电力计划”。因美国国会中有人反对立法限制温室气体排放,所以美国环保署只能在《清洁空气法案》赋予的监管权限范围内提出该草案。美国环保署预计,到2030年,该计划的实施可使美国电力行业比2005年减少30%的二氧化碳排放。美国要实现这一目标,发电企业每年需要减少二氧化碳排放约5亿吨。为此,该计划被认为是有史以来美国联邦政府在对抗全球变暖问题上做出的最大举动。无论如何,这一草案规划值得我们密切关注。就此,中国电力报记者朱怡对睿博能源智库(RAP)的中国和美国项目主任金珂瑞(Christopher… View Summary +
2014年6月,美国环保署提出了一项温室气体减排法草案—“清洁电力计划”,因美国国会中有人反对立法限制温室气体排放,所以美国环保署只能在《清洁空气法案》赋予的监管权限范围内提出该草案。美国环保署预计,到2030年,该计划的实施可使美国电力行业比2005年减少30%的二氧化碳排放。这一草案规划值得我们密切关注,因为它囊括了很多对中国非常有用的设计元素,特别是将能效作为资源的概念以及通过调整电厂调度、减少排放的实践做法。本文提供了“清洁电力计划”涵盖要素的整体介绍,并就几处设计亮点做出了分析,可以为中国的能源行业提供一些借鉴。… View Summary +
In June 2014, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued proposed greenhouse gas regulations called the Clean Power Plan. Because of opposition in the U.S. Congress to enacting legislation to limit greenhouse gas emissions, EPA used its existing regulatory… View Summary +
Shanghai and Guangdong recently released draft regulations regarding their emissions trading pilot programs. Together with the Bureau of Environment of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government (Yuko Nishida), the US Environmental Protection Agency (Jeremy Schreifels), and the World Resources Institute (Kevin Kennedy… View Summary +
上海与广东最近发布了碳排放权交易管理办法草案,为两地排放交易机制的实施起到了重要的推进作用。基于排放交易领域的国际经验,以及我们对中国的了解,兹提出以下几点建议,希望可以为草案的修改提供帮助。本文对东京市政府环保局(Yuko… View Summary +
Emissions trading is an established practice in air quality management programs around the world. China has been evaluating emission trading schemes since the 1980’s and is now planning major expansion in geographical scope and depth. Specifically, China is considering emissions… View Summary +
In an earlier publication, RAP presents a number of “key lessons” from international experience for countries designing market-based mechanisms to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. This paper builds on that earlier publication, providing more details on the international experience, and… View Summary +
This paper is a summary of market-based mechanisms to achieve energy policy goals in China and elsewhere. These goals include targets for energy consumption, energy efficiency or carbon emissions. The authors draw on international experience – including from Europe, the… View Summary +
This paper looks at three aspects of international experience relevant to the development of efficiency power plants for consideration in China: incentive mechanisms for grid companies, on-bill collection in the US, and approaches to energy auditing. View Summary +