Abstract:

Fossil energy resources are the main fuel for China’s thermal power.This has led to severe resource depletion and environmental pollution.It is an important part of regional sustainable development to quantitative evaluation of the impact of thermal power fuel consumption on resources and environment.Based on estimates on main atmospheric pollutants of thermal power fuel generation and transportation,the paper calculated the corresponding ecological footprint by using component method.The results show that during consuming 1 kW〖DK〗·h thermal power,CO2，CH4，NOx，SO2 and dust were 107 kg，993×10-3 kg，646×10-3 kg，260×10-3 kg，202×10-2 kg,respectively.China’s ecological footprint of thermal power fuel consumption  increased from 50 674.44×104hm2 in 2000 to 123 84208×104hm2 in 2007.Average annual growth rate was 1362％.The proportion of the ecological footprint of CO2 and NOx was as high as 836%.The total proportion of ecological footprint of SO2,dust and CH4 was only 164%,and the impact was small.