在钢铁行业的碳排放限制下提高能源效率的途径:使用EBM,NCA和QCA方法
Xiaoling Wang1, Tianyue Zhang2, Shiyu Luo2
1School of Economics and Management, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China; The Institute of Low Carbon Operations Strategy for Beijing Enterprises, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China.
Journal of environmental management
|October 28, 2023
概括
钢铁行业的能源效率正在上升,但在G20发达国家和发展中国家之间存在差异. 三种不同的途径,而不是单一的因素,推动了这个行业的高能效.
科学领域:
- 环境科学与工程环境科学与工程
- 工业生态学 工业生态学
- 能源政策 能源政策
背景情况:
- 钢铁行业是全球能源消耗和碳排放的主要贡献者.
- 提高IS部门的环境绩效对于应对资源枯竭和气候变化至关重要.
- 现有的研究往往忽视了影响该行业能源效率的因素的复杂相互作用.
研究的目的:
- 通过使用先进的基于Epsilon的测量 (EBM) 模型,估计全球钢铁行业的能源效率.
- 根据技术-组织-环境 (TOE) 框架,确定能源效率的关键决定因素.
- 通过必要条件分析 (NCA) 和模糊的定性比较分析 (fsQCA) 来分析实现高能效的不同途径.
主要方法:
- 采用全局超-埃普西隆基度 (EBM) 模型,将不必要的输出纳入能源效率评估中.
- 利用技术-组织-环境 (TOE) 框架来确定影响效率的因素.
- 应用必要条件分析 (NCA) 和模糊集定性比较分析 (fsQCA) 探索提高效率的途径.
主要成果:
- 在G20的IS行业中,能源效率呈现出上升趋势,在2010-2020年间出现波动.
- 发达国家通常比IS部门的发展中国家更高的能源效率.
- 确定了三条通往高能效的途径:技术结构驱动,监管经济技术驱动和监管技术生产驱动.
结论:
- 在IS行业实现高能效的前提是没有单一的因素;多个配置是有效的.
- 这些发现突显了不同国家背景下的能源效率驱动因素的多样性.
- 定制的政策建议对于提高IS部门的能源效率至关重要,考虑到国家特定的特点.
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