Exploring the Synergistic Governance of Water Conservation and Carbon Reduction in Thermal Power Plants

Abstract

In the industrial sector, thermal power plants not only use a lot of water, but also cause more carbon emissions. In today's era of carbon neutral carbon peaking and water scarcity in China, thermal power plants should not only do a good job of water conservation, but also reduce carbon emissions. But water-saving behaviours mostly consume more energy and cause more carbon emissions. This study explores how thermal power plants can save water and reduce carbon synergistically, and introduces a carbon footprint model to study the synergistic benefits of water saving and carbon reduction in thermal power plants, and takes a thermal power plant in the south as a typical case. Considering the environmental benefits of water conservation from a more systematic perspective helps to promote the synergistic effect of water conservation and carbon reduction.