Low-carbon green utilization of farmland, which is a significant driver of high-quality development of agriculture, has aroused wide concern in the recent years. In practice, the expansion of digital financial inclusion seems to provide valuable oppo...
A low-carbon city policy (LCC) is a comprehensive environmental regulation to promote urban green development and resolve the overcapacity contradiction. This study uses China’s low-carbon city pilot policy as a “quasi-natural experiment&...
10 August 2022
China has implemented the low-carbon city pilot (LCCP) policy in the hopes of efficiently limiting carbon emission intensity to combat global warming and promote green economic growth. Urban land utilization, the second-largest source of carbon emiss...
Although urbanization greatly benefits economy-society development in China, it poses enormous challenges to cultivated land utilization. In the context of urbanization acceleration and carbon neutrality, it’s of significance to achieve high-qu...
Arable land green and low-carbon utilization (ALGLU) is an important pathway to safeguard food safety and achieve the green transformation and progress of agriculture, playing a crucial role in promoting agricultural ecological protection and economi...
In order to cope with global climate warming, measurement of the low-carbon utilization efficiency (LCUE) of cultivated land, considering carbon sink and carbon emission effects, is proposed. To address this, based on the data of 30 provinces in Chin...
The low-carbon utilization (LCU) of territorial space represents a critical strategy for addressing climate change and promoting sustainable development, yet current assessments in this domain remain insufficient. This study develops an integrated as...
Under the “double security” goal of achieving both food security and ecological protection, this study explores the green and low-carbon utilization efficiency of cultivated land (GLCUECL) in the Huaihe River Ecological Economic Belt (HRE...
Sustainable cultivated land use is crucial for achieving SDG 2 (Zero Hunger), SDG 15 (Life on Land), and China’s dual-carbon goals. Rapid urbanization has compressed cultivated land space and reshaped agricultural functions, making it necessary...
Aromatics assume a paramount role as indispensable organic chemical feedstock within diverse industrial domains. Simultaneously, the global aromatics market is scarce, particularly with the exorbitant demand for high-value aromatics. Generating aroma...
Continuous carbon anode roasting in industrial parks requires a stable high-temperature heat supply and remains highly dependent on grid electricity and natural gas. However, existing energy-system studies rarely coordinate hydrogen production and st...
Improving the low-carbon utilization efficiency of urban land is crucial to the low-carbon transformation and sustainable development of China and the world economy. Innovation-driven development, especially the construction of National Independent I...
With the development of a low-carbon economy, corporate carbon emission performance has become an important premise for green financing. Compared with high-carbon industries, companies in low-carbon industries have their own carbon advantages and rec...
2 December 2022
Urban-land development and utilization is one of the main sources of carbon emissions. Improving the green and low-carbon utilization efficiency of urban land (GLUEUL) under the goal of carbon neutrality is crucial to the low-carbon transition and gr...
The importance of coal power in maintaining the security of the national power supply and the stability of the grid is irreplaceable for China at present, as was reflected in the “power shortage” event of 2021. To achieve the goal of carb...
Under the construction background of carbon peak and carbon neutrality, high-energy-consuming enterprises, represented by the electrolytic aluminum industry, have become important carriers for energy conservation and emission reduction. These enterpr...
Today, with the number of waste power batteries and consumers’ awareness of low-carbon both increasing, a new closed-loop supply chain model in which the node enterprises of reverse supply chains are being constructed. These are responsible for...
Transitioning to low-carbon energy systems is crucial for sustainable development, particularly in oil-rich developing countries (ORDCs) that face intertwined economic and environmental challenges. This review uses the PRISMA methodology to systemati...
In recent years, the concept of green, low-carbon and clean energy consumption has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and countries have actively advocated the use of new energy. In the face of problems such as resource shortage and envi...
The construction industry is a major source of environmental degradation as it is responsible for a significant share of global CO2 emissions, especially from cement and aggregate consumption. This study fills the need for sustainable construction ma...
With the large-scale deployment of renewable energy, the issue of wind power consumption has become increasingly prominent, leading to serious wind energy abandonment. In order to promote energy sustainability, this paper proposes a low-carbon econom...
With the reduction in fossil fuels and growing concerns about global warming, energy has become one of the most important issues facing humanity. It is crucial to improve energy utilization efficiency and promote a low-carbon transition. In compariso...
As oil and gas companies are one of the major greenhouse gas emitters, they face increasing responsibility to address climate challenges. This highlights the necessity of integrating decarbonization options into their operations to meet global climat...
Dry reforming of methane (DRM) offers a sustainable route to convert two major greenhouse gases—CH4 and CO2—into synthesis gas (syngas), enabling low-carbon hydrogen production and carbon utilization. This study applies fifteen machine le...
Facing the severe environmental challenge of massive red mud (RM) stockpiles, iron extraction research is accelerating from traditional pyrometallurgy and other conventional processes toward green low-carbon, multi-source synergistic, and total-compo...
Under the backdrop of the “dual carbon” strategy, leveraging renewable energy to promote low-carbon renovations of existing buildings has become an important path for the construction industry to achieve sustainable development. Currently...
Taking car owners as research objects, the present study investigates the choice of travel mode from the perspective of the travel chain. This study mainly focused on how car owners make travel mode choices during return trips containing activities....
This study aims to establish an energy assessment system and provide low-carbon design strategies for block-scale science and technology industrial parks in the Yangtze River Delta region of China. To investigate low-carbon design strategies for thes...
As a new low-carbon material, development of preplaced aggregate concrete (PAC) will achieve huge economic and social benefits. However, few existing research is focused on applying PAC in structural elements. This paper is attempt to apply PAC in co...
To address high carbon emissions, high operational costs, and severe renewable-energy curtailment in industrial parks, this paper proposes a multi-objective optimal dispatch method for an integrated electricity–hydrogen–thermal energy sys...
Coal gangue, the primary solid by-product of coal mining, presents severe environmental challenges due to massive accumulation. At the same time, it represents potential as a secondary resource if properly utilized. This review systematically summari...
The consumption of energy and resources produces carbon emissions and exacerbates global warming. As the basic resources for urban development, the development and utilization of water and land resources consume a large amount of energy, which result...
A large amount of biomass waste is produced globally, and its production and improper management are major environmental issues. Pavement industries consume large amounts of natural resources and adversely impact the environment. Thus, the utilizatio...
This study investigates the feasibility of producing low-carbon FeCr via metallothermic smelting of Cr concentrate and chromite spinel powder using a complex FeAlSiCa alloy as the reductant in an induction furnace. The proposed approach offers an alt...
Pisha sandstone (PS) is a weakly cemented soft rock widely distributed in the middle reaches of the Yellow River, China. PS disintegrates rapidly upon contact with water and has poor erosion resistance, making it a major source of coarse sediment in...
In the past decade, renewable energy consumption in China has increased significantly [...]
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Rapid economic growth has caused many environmental problems in China, resulting in international pressure on China to fight against climate change and to shift to a more environmentally friendly economy. Therefore, over the past decades, China has b...
With the intensification of the global energy crisis, green, low-carbon, and environmentally friendly biomass materials have become the focus of research. Among them, biomass-derived carbon dots (B-CDs), a novel class of sustainable zero-dimensional...
Is digitalization conducive to promoting carbon reduction in cultivated land use while empowering high-quality socio-economic development and intelligent territorial spatial planning? Derived from China’s provincial panel data from the period 2...
The number of large coal power plants, characterized by pithead plants, is increasing rapidly in major coal mining countries around the world. Overburden movement caused by coal mining and greenhouse gas emissions caused by coal thermal power generat...
The high energy intensity of the modern industry and the threat of climate change determine the high urgency of increasing the energy efficiency of electric motors. In this paper, energy consumption, energy costs, payback periods, and CO2 emissions o...
Integrating carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology into an integrated energy system (IES) can reduce its carbon emissions and enhance its low-carbon performance. However, the full CCS of flue gas displays a strong coupling between lean and rich...
Supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs), such as fly ash, slag, and silica fume, predominantly derived from industrial waste, are widely utilized in concrete due to their proven ability to enhance both its mechanical and durability properties. Mo...
The cement industry plays a critical role in infrastructure development, but is a major contributor to CO2 emissions, driving the search for low-carbon binders that can also valorize industrial wastes. This review examines the engineering performance...
Under the “dual-carbon” targets, the coal power industry faces significant challenges in low-carbon transition, with carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) technologies as a key solution for emission reduction and energy security...
The core challenge of integrated carbon capture and utilization (ICCU) technology lies in developing electrolytes that combine efficient carbon dioxide (CO2) capture with electrocatalytic conversion capabilities. This review analyzes the structure&nd...
To enhance the utilization efficiency of by-product hydrogen and decrease the power supply expenses of industrial parks, local utilization of by-product hydrogen plays a crucial role. However, the methods of utilizing by-product hydrogen in industria...
The global construction industry urgently requires sustainable alternatives to ordinary Portland cement (OPC) to mitigate its immense carbon footprint. Red mud (RM), a highly alkaline bauxite residue, presents tremendous but challenging potential as...
Increasing demand for CO2 utilization reactions and the stable character of CO2 have motivated interest in developing highly active, selective and stable catalysts. Precious metal catalysts have been studied extensively due to their high activities,...
Organic amendments (biochar, manure, and straw) are widely used as soil-applied functional materials in polluted soils; however, integrated comparative assessments within crop rotation systems remain limited. We established a rice (Oryza sativa L.: H...
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