Uncovering driving forces on greenhouse gas emissions in China' aluminum industry from the perspective of life cycle analysis

Applied Energy

Volumn 166, Issue , 2016, Pages 253-263

  Liu, Zhe ^a,b   Geng, Yong ^a,c   Adams, Michelle ^b   Dong, Liang ^d,e,f   Sun, Lina ^g   Zhao, Jingjing ^h   Dong, Huijuan ^a,e   Wu, Jiao ⁱ   Tian, Xu ^a,j  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^f NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^g SHENYANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^h Appraisal Center for Environmental and Engineering of Liaoning Province   (China)

ⁱ People's Hospital of Liaoning Province   (China)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

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Author keywords

China's aluminum industry; Greenhouse gas emission; LCA; Scenario analysis

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM METALLOGRAPHY; ALUMINUM METALLURGY; ALUMINUM PLANTS; CARBON DIOXIDE; GAS EMISSIONS; LIFE CYCLE; PUBLIC POLICY;

ALUMINUM INDUSTRY; AVERAGE ANNUAL GROWTH; LCA; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; POLICY IMPLICATIONS; RESOURCE EFFICIENCIES; SCENARIO ANALYSIS; SECONDARY ALUMINUM INDUSTRY;

GREENHOUSE GASES;

ALUMINUM; ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; EMISSION INVENTORY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GREENHOUSE GAS; GROWTH RATE; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; SECONDARY SECTOR INDUSTRY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

CHINA;

EID: 84953790621     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.11.075     Document Type: Article

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