How Can China Achieve Its Nationally Determined Contribution Targets Combining Emissions Trading Scheme and Renewable Energy Policies?
The adoption of emissions trading scheme (ETS) and renewable energy sources (RES) policies have been essential to achieving China’s national targets for reducing CO2 emissions and developing non-fossil energy sources. The combination of ETS and RES policies raises an important issue: What is the eff...
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| description | The adoption of emissions trading scheme (ETS) and renewable energy sources (RES) policies have been essential to achieving China’s national targets for reducing CO2 emissions and developing non-fossil energy sources. The combination of ETS and RES policies raises an important issue: What is the effect of combining ETS and RES policies on the existing carbon market and economy? Focusing on the design of the nationwide carbon market, this paper uses a multi-regional computable general equilibrium (CGE) model to analyze the economic impacts of ETS policy when combined with RES policies in China. The results show that China’s annual ETS emissions cap should decrease by 0.3% to maintain stable CO2 prices and achieve the targets in China’s intended nationally determined contribution (INDC). It is estimated that the CO2 price on the nationwide carbon market would decrease by 11–64% when the renewable energy subsidy rate increases from 20 to 100%, and the total trading volume would decrease by 3–25%. The results also show that the combination of an ETS and a feed-in tariff (FIT) results in greater GDP cost and welfare loss in all Chinese regions, increasing the total social cost by 0.01–0.06%. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-96ca6468729842cd8979005662b6d0b92022-12-22T04:01:02ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732017-08-01108116610.3390/en10081166en10081166How Can China Achieve Its Nationally Determined Contribution Targets Combining Emissions Trading Scheme and Renewable Energy Policies?Jie Wu0Ying Fan1Yan Xia2School of Statistics and Management, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Shanghai 200433, ChinaSchool of Economics and Management, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, ChinaInstitutes of Science and Development, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, ChinaThe adoption of emissions trading scheme (ETS) and renewable energy sources (RES) policies have been essential to achieving China’s national targets for reducing CO2 emissions and developing non-fossil energy sources. The combination of ETS and RES policies raises an important issue: What is the effect of combining ETS and RES policies on the existing carbon market and economy? Focusing on the design of the nationwide carbon market, this paper uses a multi-regional computable general equilibrium (CGE) model to analyze the economic impacts of ETS policy when combined with RES policies in China. The results show that China’s annual ETS emissions cap should decrease by 0.3% to maintain stable CO2 prices and achieve the targets in China’s intended nationally determined contribution (INDC). It is estimated that the CO2 price on the nationwide carbon market would decrease by 11–64% when the renewable energy subsidy rate increases from 20 to 100%, and the total trading volume would decrease by 3–25%. The results also show that the combination of an ETS and a feed-in tariff (FIT) results in greater GDP cost and welfare loss in all Chinese regions, increasing the total social cost by 0.01–0.06%.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/10/8/1166emissions trading schemerenewable energy sourcesmulti-regional CGE modelCO2 price |
| spellingShingle | Jie Wu Ying Fan Yan Xia How Can China Achieve Its Nationally Determined Contribution Targets Combining Emissions Trading Scheme and Renewable Energy Policies? Energies emissions trading scheme renewable energy sources multi-regional CGE model CO2 price |
| title | How Can China Achieve Its Nationally Determined Contribution Targets Combining Emissions Trading Scheme and Renewable Energy Policies? |
| title_full | How Can China Achieve Its Nationally Determined Contribution Targets Combining Emissions Trading Scheme and Renewable Energy Policies? |
| title_fullStr | How Can China Achieve Its Nationally Determined Contribution Targets Combining Emissions Trading Scheme and Renewable Energy Policies? |
| title_full_unstemmed | How Can China Achieve Its Nationally Determined Contribution Targets Combining Emissions Trading Scheme and Renewable Energy Policies? |
| title_short | How Can China Achieve Its Nationally Determined Contribution Targets Combining Emissions Trading Scheme and Renewable Energy Policies? |
| title_sort | how can china achieve its nationally determined contribution targets combining emissions trading scheme and renewable energy policies |
| topic | emissions trading scheme renewable energy sources multi-regional CGE model CO2 price |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/10/8/1166 |
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