The promotion of hybrid and electric vehicles (EVs) has been proposed as one promising solution for reducing transport energy consumption and mitigating vehicular emissions in China. In this study, the energy and environmental impacts of hybrid and EVs during 2010–2020 were evaluated through...

In China, renewable/green electricity, which can provide significant environmental benefits in addition to meeting energy demand, has more non-use value than use-value for electricity consumers, because its users have no way to actually own this use-value. To assess the value of renewable...

This investigation analyzes the thermal efficiency and pollutant emissions of a pressurized submerged combustion evaporator (PSCE). Experimental results show that our novel PSCE design can reduce NO_x emissions to 12 mg/kg with increased submergence depth and CO emissions to 5.56 mg/kg when using...

In this paper, flash evaporation and thermal vapor compression are used to reduce heat consumption of CO2 capture processes and two improved capture systems are proposed. One is the flash evaporator (FE) and thermal vapor compressor (TVC)-aided system, the other is the heated flash evaporator...

China's price fluctuations increasingly exhibit significant structural characteristics, and since 2003, there have been several rounds of significant structural price rise. The degree of structural rise in the prices of industrial and agricultural products in China is not only higher than in the...

Measurements of ultraviolet (UV) radiation at 38 stations from Chinese Ecosystem Research Network during 2006–2012 were used for reconstructing the historical UV levels in China for the first time. UV models were introduced by analyzing the dependence of UV irradiation on clearness index (Kt)...

Observations of UV radiation (290–400 nm) at Yanting, China (31°16′ N, 105°27′ E and 420 m above sea level) from 2005 to 2012 were used for investigating UV variability and its relationship with global solar radiation in Southwest China. Daily UV/G ratios generally increased from 3.7%...

To begin with, the gravity model is used to study the spatial distribution and centers of gravity for energy-related CO<Subscript>2</Subscript> emission at regional level and to determine how they have changed over the period 1995–2010 in this paper. Furthermore, the occurrence of a decoupling of each province...</subscript>

Jiangsu is one of the most developed regions in China. Its’ urbanization rate increased to 61.9 % in 2011, faster than the whole country level (51.27 %). Exploring the influence of urbanization on energy consumption in Jiangsu may help find the relationship between energy consumption and...

The purpose of this paper is to use a center of gravity theory to study the spatial distribution and centers of gravity for the global energy supply and consumption and to determine how they have changed over time. In 2011, Middle East was the biggest oil producer and Asia Pacific was the...