Uncovering driving factors of carbon emissions from China's mining sector

Applied Energy

Volumn 166, Issue , 2016, Pages 220-238

  Shao, Shuai ^a   Liu, Jianghua ^a   Geng, Yong ^b   Miao, Zhuang ^b,c   Yang, Yingchun ^d  

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c TAIZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRIC POWER   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon emissions; China; Factor decomposition; Generalized Divisia Index Method (GDIM); Mining sector; Scenario analysis

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; ENERGY UTILIZATION; MINING; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY;

CARBON EMISSIONS; CHINA; DIVISIA INDEX METHOD; FACTOR DECOMPOSITIONS; MINING SECTOR; SCENARIO ANALYSIS;

INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS;

CARBON EMISSION; DECOMPOSITION; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; INDEX METHOD; MINING INDUSTRY; POLLUTION CONTROL; RESEARCH METHOD; SCALE EFFECT;

CHINA;

EID: 84956863731     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.01.047     Document Type: Article

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