Air quality and climate benefits of long-distance electricity transmission in China
China is the world’s top carbon emitter and suffers from severe air pollution. It has recently made commitments to improve air quality and to peak its CO _2 emissions by 2030. We examine one strategy that can potentially address both issues—utilizing long-distance electricity transmission to bring r...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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IOP Publishing
2017-01-01
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| Series: | Environmental Research Letters |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aa67ba |