Research on Carbon Accounting Method and Economy of Electric Vehicle Charging Facilities Participating in Carbon Emission Permits Trading

Abstract

The development of electric vehicles(EV) has been widely established as an important way to ensure energy security and transform low-carbon economy in the world. However, the construction and operation cost of EV charging facilities is high and the profit channel is single, which makes operators in a long-term loss state. It is necessary to study the participation of EV charging facilities in carbon trading in order to find new profit growth points. On this background, firstly, the calculation method of carbon emission of whole life cycle of EV charging facilities is studied from the construction stage and the operation stage, which shows that the carbon emission accounting has technical feasibility. Secondly, the economic benefits of EV charging facilities participating in carbon trading market is analyzed, which shows that participating in carbon trading has economic rationality. Finally, a case study of the carbon emission accounting and economic benefits of EV charging facilities participating in carbon trading is carried out. The result shows that the economic benefits of EV charging facilities participating in carbon trading increase, and with the increase of charging amount and carbon trading price, the economic benefits increase continuously.