Abstract:

How to achieve the effective emission reduction of green house gases is the promising problem to Chinas power industry. For the purpose of minimizing the cost of regional power generation, and restricting carbon emission, an optimized model for regional power structure was proposed, based on the analysis on carbon capture technology. The different forms of power generation distribution in regional electric power industries were analyzed under different level of emission reduction scenarios, and the application prospect of carbon capture technology were discussed in thermal power generation. The results show that it can effectively reduce the total generation cost through adjusting monthly carbon credits, based on the annual emission unchanged. Furthermore, reducing the cost of carbon capture and solar power will become the next target of energy conservation and emission reduction in the future. The results could provide references for energy conservation and emission reduction in electric power industries.

Key words: electric power industry, greenhouse gases emission reduction, carbon capture technology, optimization model