Can expanding natural gas consumption reduce China's CO2 emissions?

• Published in: Energy economics Vol. 81; pp. 393 - 407
• Main Authors: Xu, Bin, Lin, Boqiang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Science Ltd 01.06.2019
• Subjects: Carbon dioxide; Carbon dioxide emissions; Developmental stages; Economic models; Emissions; Emissions control; Emitters; Energy consumption; Energy economics; Energy prices; Linear analysis; Local government; Natural gas; Natural gas industry; Regression models; Resource availability; Supply & demand; China

China is now the world's largest emitter of carbon dioxide (CO2), thus leading to China facing enormous pressure on CO2 emission reduction. Natural gas is a high thermal and low-emission energy. Expanding natural gas consumption cannot only meet the growing demand for energy consumption but als...