Electricity Network

Electricity trade among power grids leads to difficulties in measuring environmental impacts of purchased electricity. In this project we use a network-based approach to fully capture the direct and indirect environmental impacts across the whole inter-connected electricity trade network induced by local electricity consumption. This new method can help organizations to evaluate their impacts on the environment (e.g., carbon footprint) more accurately.

• Qu, S.; Liang, S.; Xu, M.* CO₂ emissions embodied in interprovincial electricity transmissions in China. Environmental Science & Technology 2017, 51 (18), 10893-10902.
• Qu, S.; Wang, H.-X.; Liang, S.; Shapiro, A. M.; Suh, S.; Sheldon, S.; Zik, O.; Fang, H.; Xu, M.* A Quasi-Input-Output model to improve the estimation of emission factors for purchased electricity from interconnected grids. Applied Energy 2017, 200, 249-259.
• Ji, L.; Jia, X.-P.; Chiu, A. S. F.; Xu, M.* Global electricity trade network: structures and implications. PLOS ONE 2016, 11 (8), e0160869.
• Ji, L.; Liang, S.; Qu, S.; Zhang, Y.-X.; Xu, M.*; Jia, X.-P.; Jia, Y.-T.; Niu, D.-X.; Yuan, J.-H.; Hou, Y.; Wang, H.-K.; Chiu, A. S. F.; Hu, X.-J. Greenhouse gas emission factors of purchased electricity from interconnected grids. Applied Energy, accepted. DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.10.065.