Nature Communications (Nov 2021)

Location-specific co-benefits of carbon emissions reduction from coal-fired power plants in China

  • Pu Wang,
  • Cheng-Kuan Lin,
  • Yi Wang,
  • Dachuan Liu,
  • Dunjiang Song,
  • Tong Wu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27252-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Spatially nuanced policies are necessary for maximising co-benefits of carbon-emissions reduction from coal-fired power plants. Here the authors present an approach integrating costs of CO2 and air pollution emissions to better understand social costs of electricity generation from coal burning in China.