Electric vehicles contribute to China's energy security and carbon peaking and carbon neutrality

Authors

Jianfeng GUO, Institutes of Science and Development, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China School of Public Policy and Management, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, ChinaFollow
Xuemei ZHANG, Institutes of Science and Development, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China School of Public Policy and Management, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Qi CAO, Institutes of Science and Development, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China School of Economics and Management, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanijing 210014, China
Fu GU, Polytechnic Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310015, China School of Mechanical Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, ChinaFollow

Keywords

energy security, dual carbon goals, electric vehicles, convergence role

Document Type

S & T and Society

Abstract

The current international situation is complicated and unstable, and China is in the midst of an important economic transition as it deals with the twin concerns of energy security and carbon peaking and carbon neutrality (referred to as dual carbon goals). Although the dual carbon goals aim a strong emphasis on energy security, certain emission reduction strategies will place restrictions on energy security that is directly connected, such as energy supply and grid load, making it challenging to simultaneously fulfill the optimization goal. China now has the task of figuring out how to rationalize and optimize the coordinated promotion of the two. Electric vehicles are one of the most effective ways to attain both sides and reduce the tension between energy security and dual carbon goals since they offer numerous advantages in terms of energy savings, energy storage, and emission reduction. This study suggests creating a bilateral integration and coordination system guaranteed by the policy network and based on energy storage technology by first reducing policy inconsistencies; giving the electric vehicle industry’s guarantee role full play in creating a network of suitable policies; increasing the energy storage role of electric vehicles as they stand; and creating a system of bilateral integration and coordination with joint policy and technology.

First page

397

Last Page

407

Language

Chinese

Publisher

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences

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Recommended Citation

GUO, Jianfeng; ZHANG, Xuemei; CAO, Qi; and GU, Fu (2024) "Electric vehicles contribute to China's energy security and carbon peaking and carbon neutrality," Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version): Vol. 39 : Iss. 2 , Article 18.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.16418/j.issn.1000-3045.20230306001
Available at: https://bulletinofcas.researchcommons.org/journal/vol39/iss2/18