Table 4 Peak and Cumulative GHG emissions under three electricity GHG intensity scenarios.

From: Greenhouse gas consequences of the China dual credit policy

Scenario

Year of peak GHG emissions

Peak annual GHG emissions (Mt)a

Cumulative GHG emissions 2020–2040 (Mt)a

DC-Reference- RefEle

2032

799 (baseline)

15,917 (baseline)

DC-Reference- HighEle

2036

820 (+2.6%)

16,182 (+1.7%)

DC-Reference- LowEle

2029

775 (−3.2%)

15,414 (−3.2%)

EX-50%BEV- RefEle

2035

858 (+7.4%)

16,606 (+4.3%)

EX-50%BEV- HighEle

2036

894 (+11.9%)

17,021 (+6.9%)

EX-50%BEV- LowEle

2032

801 (+0.2%)

15,820 (−0.6%)

DC-BEVFC- RefEle

2028

754 (−5.7%)

15,042 (−5.5%)

DC-BEVFC- HighEle

2029

763 (−4.6%)

15,368 (−3.4%)

DC-BEVFC- LowEle

2027

739 (−7.5%)

14,423 (−9.4%)

EX-ICEV- RefEle

2027

714 (−10.7%)

14,267 (−10.4%)

EX-ICEV- HighEle

2027

715 (−10.5%)

14,334 (−9.9%)

EX-ICEV- LowEle

2027

709 (−11.3%)

14,137 (−11.2%)

  1. aThe percentage in parentheses represents the difference between that scenario and the DC-reference-RefEle scenario.