The Transformation Path of Industrial Parks under the Goals of Carbon Peak and Neutrality in China

Li, Meirong; Liu, Huiyuan; Sun, Yongyang; Xu, Zhanxing; Tian, Haoyong; Fu, Haoyang

doi:10.3390/pr12102197

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The Transformation Path of Industrial Parks under the Goals of Carbon Peak and Neutrality in China

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Meirong Li

¹,

Huiyuan Liu

¹,

Yongyang Sun

²,

Zhanxing Xu

¹,

Haoyong Tian

¹ and

Haoyang Fu

^2,*

¹

POWERCHINA Huadong Engineering Corporation Limited, 22 Chaowang Road, Hangzhou 311122, China

²

School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798, Singapore

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Processes 2024, 12(10), 2197; https://doi.org/10.3390/pr12102197

Submission received: 15 August 2024 / Revised: 27 September 2024 / Accepted: 8 October 2024 / Published: 10 October 2024

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Circular Economy and Efficient Use of Resources (Volume II))

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China’s coal-based energy structure and its large proportion of the manufacturing industry have resulted in China having the highest CO₂ emissions in the world, accounting for about one-third of the world’s total emissions. Achieving the carbon peak by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2060, while maintaining economic development, presents a significant challenge. Industrial parks, as core units of industrial clusters, are major sites for energy consumption and CO₂ emissions. Thus, industry parks with great carbon reduction potential are crucial for China’s carbon reduction efforts. This review systematically examines the current state of the carbon emissions of industrial parks in China and analyzes the situation and challenges faced in the low-carbon transition of these parks. Then, the major pathways, technologies, and key policies for the low-carbon transition are summarized based on the current situation. This paper assists in the low-carbon development of industrial parks and promotes the proposal and implementation of carbon emission reduction strategies.

Keywords: industrial parks; low-carbon transition; carbon emissions reduction; transformation pathways; carbon neutrality

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Li, M.; Liu, H.; Sun, Y.; Xu, Z.; Tian, H.; Fu, H. The Transformation Path of Industrial Parks under the Goals of Carbon Peak and Neutrality in China. Processes 2024, 12, 2197. https://doi.org/10.3390/pr12102197

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Li M, Liu H, Sun Y, Xu Z, Tian H, Fu H. The Transformation Path of Industrial Parks under the Goals of Carbon Peak and Neutrality in China. Processes. 2024; 12(10):2197. https://doi.org/10.3390/pr12102197

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Li, Meirong, Huiyuan Liu, Yongyang Sun, Zhanxing Xu, Haoyong Tian, and Haoyang Fu. 2024. "The Transformation Path of Industrial Parks under the Goals of Carbon Peak and Neutrality in China" Processes 12, no. 10: 2197. https://doi.org/10.3390/pr12102197

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Li, M., Liu, H., Sun, Y., Xu, Z., Tian, H., & Fu, H. (2024). The Transformation Path of Industrial Parks under the Goals of Carbon Peak and Neutrality in China. Processes, 12(10), 2197. https://doi.org/10.3390/pr12102197

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