Construction of Low-Carbon Ferry-A Case of Jingning, China

Shiru Yao; Gengyong Cao; Zi Zhan; Qinqin Cao; Hailu Fu; Wenjie Dong

doi:10.3390/ijerph19116451

Construction of Low-Carbon Ferry-A Case of Jingning, China

Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 May 26;19(11):6451. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19116451.

Authors

Shiru Yao¹, Gengyong Cao², Zi Zhan¹, Qinqin Cao¹, Hailu Fu¹, Wenjie Dong¹

Affiliations

¹ School of Quality and Safety Engineering, China Jiliang University, Hangzhou 310018, China.
² Zhejiang Scientific Research Institute of Transport, Hangzhou 310012, China.

Abstract

As the Chinese government has pledged to reach its carbon peak by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2060, it is necessary to investigate how regional sustainable development can be achieved. This paper used a 'bottom-up' model to calculate the ferry carbon emissions in Jingning, China, and proposed four measures to reduce carbon emissions, including renewing ferryboats, planting water-level-fluctuating zones, greening the ferries, and installing solar energy. Quantitative analyses were conducted to calculate the possible emissions reduction from 2021 to 2025, with the results indicating that the total emissions could be reduced by 392.67 t. Finally, a new low-carbon ferry concept is proposed, based on simultaneous carbon emission reduction and carbon sink enhancement. This study provided a theoretical and decision-making reference for the operation of green, beautiful, and low-carbon ferries.

Keywords: carbon emission; carbon sink; ferry; low carbon.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Carbon Dioxide / analysis
Carbon Sequestration*
Carbon* / analysis
China
Economic Development

Substances

Carbon Dioxide
Carbon

Grants and funding

The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support from the Science and Technology Project of Zhejiang Provincial Department of Transportation (2021016) and the Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province (Y21B060027).