Evaluation of the performance of distributed and centralized biomass technologies in rural China

RENEWABLE ENERGY

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Article

Zhang, Weishi^1,2,5  Wang, Can³  Zhang, Long⁴  Xu, Ying¹  Cui, Yuanzheng⁶  Lu, Zifeng²  Streets, David G.² 

[1] Chinese Univ Hong Kong, Dept Geog & Resource Management, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Peoples R China

[2] Argonne Natl Lab, Div Energy Syst, 9700 S Cass Ave, Argonne, IL 60439 USA

[3] Tsinghua Univ, Dept Environm Sci & Engn, Beijing, Peoples R China

[4] China Univ Geosci, Sch Econ & Management, Wuhan 430074, Hubei, Peoples R China

[5] Civil Aviat Univ China, Res Ctr Environm & Sustainable Dev China Civil Av, Tianjin, Peoples R China

[6] Zhejiang Univ Finance & Econ, Inst Land & Urban Rural Dev, Hangzhou 310018, Zhejiang, Peoples R China

关键词: Renewable energy policy in China;    Residential biomass;    Household biogas;    Biomass gasification;    Multiple-criteria decision-making;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.renene.2018.02.109

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

Biomass fermentation and gasification are two types of biomass utilization technologies for residential households. Government plays an essential role in the diffusion of improved technologies. Cost-effectiveness analysis can provide the cost and abatement potentials of each alternative under a single abatement strategy; however, it is difficult for policy-makers to make an integrated assessment when multiple objectives are involved. This paper evaluates the performance of three distributed alternatives and two centralized alternatives for residential biomass use in rural China, including centralized biogas and centralized gasifier systems. An integrated assessment approach is built, which combines cost benefit analysis, an entropy-weighting method, and a preference-ranking organization method for enrichment evaluations using the PROMETHEE approach. A total of 686 sample households in three regions of China were surveyed in this study. The centralized gasifier system and distributed household biogas were the top two alternatives for further development to meet the government's 2020 development goal for biogas technology. The overall biomass utilization amount in the prioritized scenario is about three times that of the business-as-usual scenario by 2020. This study can provide significant insights for China's policy-makers to draft strategic policies and countermeasures that will promote the development of renewable energy in China. (C) 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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