Focus on the | of the American Society for Energy Economics James Sweeney: Helping to achieve carbon neutrality can start with a light bulb

Source: Sichuan Daily - Chuanguan News

Chuanguan news reporter Wang Daiqiang Lin Jiawei Wu Feng

On September 6, at the 2021 Global Green Development Summit Forum held in Chengdu, James Sweeney, professor of the Department of Management Science and Engineering at Stanford University and senior member of the American Energy Economics Association, delivered a keynote speech on "Decarbonized Effective Energy Policy".

James Sweeney said that the ideal energy system is a sustainable system. To achieve sustainability, three factors must be considered: First, the economy, which must conform to the laws of economic development, ensure that there are sufficient energy resources and the energy system can be profitable. The second is security, including network security, physical security, etc. The third is the environment, which must be a green and environmentally friendly environment.

He called these three factors the "energy policy triangle." How to build an "energy policy triangle"? James Sweeney proposes four paths: energy efficiency, end-use substitution, low-carbon energy production, and carbon capture and storage.

For example, he said, in terms of improving energy efficiency and reducing carbon, there are many areas that can be done, such as light bulbs and building lights, which can be replaced by induction switches. Some energy sources are mixed, shared or substituted for each other, and more efforts are needed to make them more scalable in terms of green environments. Attention should also be paid to solving the problem of carbon emissions, especially those generated by coal power plants.

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