%0 Journal Article
%K China Energy Group
%K Energy Analysis and Environmental Impacts Division
%K International Energy Department
%K External
%K Energy Efficiency Standards Group
%A Nina Khanna
%A Nan Zhou
%A David Fridley
%A Jing Ke
%B Utilities Policy
%D 2016
%I ElSevier
%P 128-138
%R 10.1016/j.jup.2016.07.001
%T Quantifying the potential impacts of China's power-sector policies on coal input and CO2 emissions through 2050: A bottom-up perspective
%V 41
%8 08/2016
%X <p>This study evaluates four recent policies for China's power sector—mandatory renewable targets, green dispatch, carbon capture and sequestration development, and coal-fired generation efficiency improvements—and quantifies their energy and carbon dioxide (CO<sub>2</sub>) emissions reduction potential through 2050 using bottom-up energy modeling and scenario analysis. We find renewable targets and green dispatch have crucial interlinked impacts on energy and CO<sub>2</sub>&nbsp;emissions that could change the shape and peak year of China's power-sector emissions outlook. Without either renewable targets or green dispatch, coal will likely continue dominating China's power mix and could delay the power-sector CO<sub>2</sub>&nbsp;emissions peak to the late 2030s.</p>