Publication detail

Regional embodied Water-Energy-Carbon efficiency of China

Wang, X.-C., Klemeš, J.J., Ouyang, X., Xu, Z., Fan, W., Wei, H., Song, W.

Original Title

Regional embodied Water-Energy-Carbon efficiency of China

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

English

Original Abstract

Limited publications were designed to examine the Water-Energy-Carbon (WEC) efficiency of different regions. This study is the first to seek to identify the regional embodied WEC efficiency of China, including 31 of 34 provinces, using the Multiregional Input-Output approach. The provincial embodied WEC coefficients, total amount of embodied WEC, embodied amount of WEC per capita are explored. Results show that: i) Xinjiang (33 Gt/k€), Hebei (34 MJ/€) and Ningxia (5 t/k€) separately dominate the lists of provincial embodied water consumption coefficients, energy consumption coefficients and CO2 emission coefficients; ii) Shandong and Jiangsu consume the most embodied water at 109 Gm3 and 105 Gm3, embodied energy at 21 EJ and 20 EJ, and emit the most CO2 emissions at 2.7 Gt and 2.2 Gt. However, as the more developed province and with higher GDP, Guangdong has lower embodied WEC amount and higher WEC efficiency; ⅲ) The regions that have larger values of embodied WEC per capita, mainly located at the east and north-west of China, including Beijing, Tianjin, Shandong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang. This study targets the contribution to understanding the regional WEC efficiency performance, highlighting the spots and economies that deserve the uppermost attention for emissions reduction. © 2021 Elsevier Ltd

Keywords

Water-energy-carbon nexus; Energy consumption efficiency; Environmental footprints; Input-output model; Consumption coefficient

Authors

Wang, X.-C., Klemeš, J.J., Ouyang, X., Xu, Z., Fan, W., Wei, H., Song, W.

Released

1. 6. 2021

Publisher

PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, THE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, ENGLAND

Location

PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, THE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, ENGLAND

ISBN

0360-5442

Periodical

Energy

Number

224

State

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Pages from

120159

Pages to

120159

Pages count

10

URL

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0360544221004084?via%3Dihub

BibTex

@article{BUT171168,
  author="Jiří {Klemeš}",
  title="Regional embodied Water-Energy-Carbon efficiency of China",
  journal="Energy",
  year="2021",
  number="224",
  pages="120159--120159",
  doi="10.1016/j.energy.2021.120159",
  issn="0360-5442",
  url="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0360544221004084?via%3Dihub"
}