Linking the EU emissions trading scheme: economic implications of allowance allocation and global carbon constraints

We investigate the role of domestic allowance allocation and global emissions constraints for the carbon-market impacts of linking the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) internationally. Employing a quantitative simulation model of the global carbon market, we find that the economic benefits from connecting the European ETS to emerging non-EU schemes strongly depend on the regional allowance allocation of the linking participants: In a world of moderate carbon constraints, an economically efficient regional allowance allocation induces a much stronger fall in total compliance costs than a sub-optimal (i.e. too high) domestic allocation of emissions permits. However, a more efficient (i.e. stricter) allocation shifts abatement efforts and compliance costs to energy-intensive industries which are covered by the domestic ETS. We further find that committing to ambitious global emissions reduction targets (compatible with stabilizing CO₂ concentrations at 450 ppm) induces much stronger regional abatement efforts and substantially higher compliance costs for the abating regions. In such an ambitious climate policy regime, an efficient domestic allocation of allowances is even more important from an economic perspective: Here, linking emissions trading schemes diminishes the associated compliance costs on the largest scale.

Foresty offsets in emissions trading systems: a link between systems?

An important aspect in the linking of different emissions trading schemes is the degree to which these systems allow (or ban) external offset project categories. The EU Emission Trading Scheme (EU ETS) currently allows the use of credits from energy and industry projects developed under the Kyoto Protocol’s Joint Implementation (JI) and Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) but excludes the use of carbon credits from forestry projects for compliance in the EU ETS. Forestry credits generated by the CDM have a limited lifetime and expire at the end of a project’s crediting period, or earlier if the carbon stock for which the credits have been issued ceases to exist. According to the recently adopted amendment of the EU ETS Directive forestry credits will remain to be excluded until 2020. The present article reviews how the New South Wales Greenhouse Gas Abatement Scheme (Australia), the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (US) and the voluntary scheme of the Chicago Climate Exchange integrate forestry offsets into the respective system and how they deal with the risk of losing stored and credited biomass. By comparing the results of different scenarios this article shows how differences in the treatment of forestry offsets could impact the efforts to link various emission trading systems in future.

植物-土壤渗滤法对农村生活污水的处理工艺研究

采用植物-土壤渗滤法对农村生活污水进行处理研究,结果表明:体系对BOD5、CODCr、TN、NH4+-N、TP的平均去除率分别为74%、79%、85%、91%、89%,出水达到国家一级排放标准,该工艺在农村生活污水处理中具有广阔的应用前景.     

CASS工艺用于建筑小区污水处理及中水回用

CASS工艺自身的优点以及建筑小区污水处理的特点,决定了CASS工艺在建筑小区污水处理及中水回用中的优势地位。详细阐述了CASS工艺的原理、运行控制过程中的主要问题以及主要的设计参数。     

不同配置人工湿地对分散性生活污水的处理效能研究

为研究不同植物及组合(美人蕉+黄菖蒲、花叶芦竹、黄菖蒲、旱伞草)与不同填料(陶粒、沸石、改性沸石、改性钢渣)对系统处理分散性生活污水效能的影响,建立了8种不同配置的潜流式人工湿地中试系统。结果表明,各湿地对COD均具有较好的去除效果(去除率大于70%)。旱伞草、黄菖蒲+美人蕉、黄菖蒲和花叶芦竹四植物系统对TN的去除率均呈先降低后上升的趋势,最终平均去除率分别为57.8%、51.1%、50.4%和45.5%。改性沸石、沸石、陶粒和改性钢渣填料系统对TN平均去除率分别为96.4%、83.7%、34.6%和26.6%。各植物系统对TP的去除效果差异不显著,其中旱伞草系统TP平均去除负荷最大(0.63 g/(d·m2))。各填料对TP的去除效果从大到小依次为改性钢渣、改性沸石、陶粒、沸石,改性钢渣和改性沸石对TP的去除能力显著高于陶粒和沸石,平均去除率达86.3%和78.8%。研究表明,分别采用旱伞草和改性沸石为湿地植物和填料具有较好的应用前景。     

广州传统村落生活垃圾产生特征及处置对策研究

以广州市小洲村为研究对象,通过问卷调查和采样分析,研究了生活垃圾的产生特征.结果显示,小洲村人均生活垃圾产生量为0.547 kg·d-1,居民对生活垃圾问题较为关注,但自觉性和对分类知识了解程度不高,不同区域的生活垃圾具有各自特点,总体以有机垃圾、塑料和纸类为主,这些组分占垃圾总量的80.83%~92.02%.结合小洲村特点和生活垃圾现状,提出了依照区域特点规划环卫设施和制定收集模式、利用当地消纳条件就地处理生活垃圾的处理模式.     

农村生活污水处理技术模式的层次分析研究

在当前农村环境的治理中,生活污水处理技术和模式一直是农村环保不断探索的问题.根据农村实际情况选择合适的处理技术显得尤为重要.通过实地调研,对农村生活污水产生现状、常见处理工艺进行了分析.根据当前实际应用情况,选定了四种典型农村生活污水技术模式,以及对模式选择有影响的六个主要因素,按照层次分析法进行了研究,以期为农村生活污水处理工艺的选择提供参考.分析结果表明首选方案为"A/O+人工湿地"处理技术,与目前农村生活污水实际状况相吻合.     

进水C/N对A~2/O-BCO工艺反硝化除磷特性的影响

采用厌氧/缺氧/好氧与生物接触氧化工艺组成的双污泥系统(A~2/O-BCO)处理实际生活污水.通过投加乙酸钠调节进水碳氮比(C/N=2.44~8.85),考察了系统的反硝化除磷特性.试验结果表明:进水有机物主要是通过改变硝化性能(即缺氧段反硝化负荷)以及聚-β-羟基链烷酸脂(PHA)的贮存和利用,进而影响系统的脱氮除磷效果.当进水C/N为4~5时,COD、TN和PO_4~(3-)-P去除率分别达到88%,80%和96%,实现了有机物、氮和磷的同步高效去除.碳平衡分析表明,A~2/O反应器去除的COD占去除总量的71.86%~77.28%,BCO反应器去除的COD仅占2%~12%,碳源的高效利用是A~2/O-BCO工艺在低C/N条件下实现深度脱氮除磷的重要原因.此外,通过进水C/N与曝气量、硝化液回流比、厌/缺氧反应时间等相关性的分析,提出了系统的优化运行策略.     

A~2/O-MBR工艺在农村生活污水处理中的示范

A2/O-MBR工艺因其稳定的出水水质和良好的脱氮除磷效果,在我国城镇早已得到规模化应用。但在农村由于受各种条件制约,使该工艺的应用受到限制。通过A2/O-MBR工艺在四川农村地区散户的小规模示范,分析了其在污染物去除、建设、运行维护等方面的特点以及需注意的问题,为该技术在农村地区的推广应用做出积极的探索。     

城市污泥及蚓粪施用对生菜和土壤中重金属(Cr、Pb和Cd)积累的影响

利用盆栽试验研究了不同配比的城市生活污泥和蚓粪(污泥或蚓粪在混配土壤中的质量分数为10%、20%和30%(以干重计))施用于土壤后,对生菜和土壤中Cr、Pb和Cd三种重金属元素积累的影响,以期为污泥蚓粪的农用提供依据及指导。试验结果表明:无论何种比例的污泥和蚓粪,重金属Cr和Cd在生菜体内的含量均低于国家标准限值,而重金属Pb在生菜体内的含量均不同程度地高于国家标准限值,生菜体内的重金属含量从大到小依次为Pb>Cr>Cd。研究发现,无论施用污泥和蚓粪,大多数情况下重金属在生菜体内的含量以10%施用量处理组最高。20%配比的处理种植并收获生菜后,土壤重金属的含量显著低于10%和30%处理组土壤。