What is the energy infrastructure in Chinese industrial parks?

The geodatabase of energy infrastructure in 1604 Chinese industrial parks covered 2127 plants, including 4706 units. Fig. 1 illustrates the overview of energy infrastructure in the parks by the end of 2014, from the perspective of stock evolution, fuel structure, and capacity structure.

Can energy infrastructure decarbonize Chinese industrial parks?

Industrial parks are flourishing globally and are mostly equipped with a shareable energy infrastructure, which has a long service lifetime and thus locks in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. We conducted a two-phase study to decarbonize Chinese industrial parks by targeting energy infrastructure.

Does energy infrastructure decarbonize industrial parks?

In existing studies, GHG mitigation of industrial parks and energy infrastructure have been mostly analyzed separately, and very few studies emphasized energy infrastructure decarbonization at the industrial park level 31.

What are the benefits of decarbonizing energy infrastructure stocks in parks?

The model quantified the GHG mitigation potentials, economic costs, material consumption (concrete, steel, iron, and aluminum), and environmental co-benefits (water saving, SO 2 emission reductions, and NO x emission reductions) of decarbonizing the energy infrastructure stocks in the parks.

What is energy infrastructure in an industrial park?

The energy infrastructure in an industrial park is defined as shareable utilities that are located within the park and provide energy for the park, e.g., heat and electricity 31. Climate change mitigation requires decoupling energy services and GHG emissions.