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The carbon footprint of large- and mid-scale hydropower in China: Synthesis it from five China's largest hydro-project
Li, Zhe1,3; Du, Hailong1; Xu, Hui4; Xiao, Yan1; Lu, Lunhui1; Guo, Jinsong2; Prairie, Yves3; Mercier-Blais, Sara3
2019-11-15
摘要The past two decades have witnessed growing global concern about excessive greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by reservoirs and the development of hydropower. Literature review showed that life cycle GHG emissions per energy production of collected global dataset ranged from 0.04 to 237.0 gCO(2eq)/kW.h, with a mean of 25.8 +/- 3.0 gCO(2eq)/kW.h. Synthesis from the China's five largest hydro-projects and other publications estimated that the large- and mid-scale hydro-projects in China had a carbon footprint between 6.2 gCO2eq/kWh and 34.6 gCO(2eq)/kWh, with a mean value of 19.2 +/- 6.8 gCO(2eq)/kWh (mean +/- sd.). Over 80% of the carbon footprint of the hydro-projects could be conservatively allocated to hydroelectricity generation, while the rest could then be allocated to flood control services. In the Three Gorges Dam Project, the allocated life cycle GHG emissions per energy production of its hydroelectricity production was estimated to be 17.8 gCO(2eq)/kW.h. GHG emissions from reservoir sediments and in the phase of operation and maintenance were still uncertain. There is still a need of in-depth research on reservoir carbon cycling to quantify net reservoir GHG emissions.
关键词Life cycle inventories Reservoir net GHG emissions Pre-impoundment clearance Allocation Uncertainty analysis River-valley dammed
DOI10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.109363
发表期刊JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
ISSN0301-4797
卷号250页码:11
通讯作者Li, Zhe(Lizhe@cigit.ac.cn)
收录类别SCI
WOS记录号WOS:000497253000017
语种英语