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Oct 23, 2014 - in Beijing, the Long-range Energy Alternatives. Planning System (LEAP)-BJ model is developed to study the energy consumption and CO2 ...
Energy Efficiency (2015) 8:527–543 DOI 10.1007/s12053-014-9305-3

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Urban energy consumption and CO2 emissions in Beijing: current and future Hao Yu & Su-Yan Pan & Bao-Jun Tang & Zhi-Fu Mi & Yan Zhang & Yi-Ming Wei

Received: 16 December 2013 / Accepted: 9 October 2014 / Published online: 23 October 2014 # Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014

Abstract This paper calculates the energy consumption and CO2 emissions of Beijing over 2005–2011 in light of the Beijing’s energy balance table and the carbon emission coefficients of IPCC. Furthermore, based on a series of energy conservation planning program issued in Beijing, the Long-range Energy Alternatives Planning System (LEAP)-BJ model is developed to study the energy consumption and CO2 emissions of Beijing’s six end-use sectors and the energy conversion sector over 2012–2030 under the BAU scenario and POL scenario. Some results are found in this research: (1) During 2005–2011, the energy consumption kept increasing, while the total CO2 emissions fluctuated obviously in 2008 and 2011. The energy structure and the industrial structure have been optimized to a certain

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