Substantial emission reductions from Chinese power plants after the introduction of ultra-low emissions standards

Nature Energy - Tập 4 Số 11 - Trang 929-938
Ling Tang1, Jiabao Qu2, Zhifu Mi3, Xin Bo2, Xiangyu Chang4, Laura Díaz Anadón5, Shouyang Wang6, Xiaoda Xue7, Shibei Li2, Xin Wang8, Xiaohong Zhao2
1School of Economics and Management, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, China
2Appraisal Center for Environment and Engineering, Ministry of Environmental Protection, Beijing, China
3The Bartlett School of Construction and Project Management, University College London, London, UK
4School of Management, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an Shaanxi, China
5Centre for Environment, Energy and Natural Resource Governance, Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
6Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
7School of Economics and Management, Beihang University, Beijing, China
8China National Environmental Monitoring Center, Ministry of Environmental Protection, Beijing, China

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