How much co2 emissions can be reduced in China's heating industry

Sustainability (United States)

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2016, Pages

  Lin, Jing ^a   Lin, Boqiang ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China's heating industry; Co integration; CO2 emissions; Monte Carlo Simulation; Scenario analysis

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; COINTEGRATION ANALYSIS; EMISSION CONTROL; HEATING; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CHINA;

EID: 84982702423     PISSN: 19370695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su8070642     Document Type: Article

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