Carbon emissions from energy intensive industry in China: Evidence from the iron & steel industry

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 47, Issue , 2015, Pages 746-754

  Lin, Boqiang ^a,b   Wang, Xiaolei ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MINJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China's iron steel industry; CO2 emission mitigation potential; Total factor CO2 emission performance

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; INVESTMENTS; REGIONAL PLANNING; STEELMAKING; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

CHINA IRON & STEEL INDUSTRY; CO 2 EMISSION; CO2 EMISSION MITIGATION POTENTIAL; EASTERN REGIONS; EMISSIONS MITIGATION; EMISSIONS PERFORMANCE; IRON-STEEL INDUSTRIES; TOTAL FACTOR CO2 EMISSION PERFORMANCE; WESTERN REGION;

ENERGY UTILIZATION;

EID: 84925638020     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: 18790690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2015.03.056     Document Type: Review

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