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China has embarked on an ambitious and unprecedented programme of energy reform and climate change mitigation. Yet the … motivations for this important shift remain unclear. This paper surveys key central government documents and articles by China …'s leading energy academics to investigate the ideas influencing China's new energy and climate policies. Three key ideas in …
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The Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) performed for the China Energy Technology Program (CETP) has established streamlined …
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Trends in China's energy future will have considerable consequences for both China and the global environment. Though … China's carbon emissions are low on a per capita basis, China is already ranked the world's second largest producer of … carbon, behind only America. China's buildings sector currently accounts for 23% of China's total energy use and is projected …
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The Renewable Energy Law has been formulated by China government in 2005. During the next few years, there has been … dramatic progress in China's renewable energy industries, along with the formation of the policy system of renewable energy in … China. It is widely recognized that a reasonable and effective policy system can lay the solid foundation for the …
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Since 2005, there has been dramatic progress in China's wind power industry. The annual growth rate of newly … 2010, which has exceeded the target of China's energy long-term planning for 2020. During the 11th Five-Year-Plan (FYP … policies of wind power industry in China. Firstly the current status including achievements and shortcomings is presented, and …
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This paper aims to present a snapshot of some of the best practices in the promotion and use of renewable energy, and provide practical examples of the development of renewable energy markets that countries in Latin America and the Caribbean can replicate. This brief study provides an overview...
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While carbon taxes and other market-based instruments are widely regarded as optimal for climate mitigation, political constraints have prevented governments from using them. Instead, narrower instruments, including the feed-in tariff (FIT) for renewable electricity generation, have become...
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Energy efficiency is often defined as delivered energy service per unit of energy supplied into a system. Supply-side energy efficiency refers to decreasing energy losses in the supply chain, for improved performance in the production and delivery of electricity and heat. Demandside energy...
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Information and communication technology plays an important role in achieving a higher level of energy efficiency. In particular, energy efficiency can be achieved by integrating information technology into electricity networks to enable the interaction between suppliers and customers (smart...
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The high cost of energy in Jamaica, one of the highest in the Caribbean region, is usually cited as a hindrance to industrial development and efficiency, especially in the manufacturing sector. High energy cost is also considered to be a national energy security issue and the government is...
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