Based on the MAP-CGE model, this paper simulated the impacts on the output, energy consumption and pollutant emissions of di®erent cement production processes when implementing a low carbon cement standard in China. It also calculated the impacts on the marginal abatement cost and equilibrium price of the cement industry, and analyzed the co-abatement effects of different pollutants. The results showed that implementing the low carbon cement standard will be beneficial in promoting an upgrading of cement production processes, and strengthening the energy conservation and emission reduction in the cement industry. If there is no change in the existing technology, the cement industry will reduce SO2 emissions by 1.17 kg and NOx emissions by 4.44 kg per ton of CO2 emission reduction. Implementing low carbon cement standard can also promote NOx abatement in the cement industry. However, the cement industry will bear the abatement costs, and their equilibrium price will increase slightly.
School of Environment and Natural Resources, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, China; College of Science, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100083, China; Policy Research Center for Environment and Economy, Ministry of Environmental Protection, Beijing 100029, China
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Pang J.,Shi Y.-C.,Feng X.-Z.,et al. Analysis on impacts and co-abatement effects of implementing the low carbon cement standard[J]. Advances in Climate Change Research,2014-01-01,5(1)