China's Envisaged Renewable Energy Target : The Green Leap Forward

This policy note is a summary of the findings of a joint study of the Energy Research Institute of the National Development and Reform Commission, and the World Bank. The policy note is organized as follows: the next section, 'in the shadow of king coal,' provides a brief history of the development of renewable energy (RE) in China during the last three decades, which were characterized by the dominance of coal. 'Optimizing RE targets' is dedicated to the calculation of the optimal RE solutions (share of primary energy consumption and technology mix). 'China's envisaged RE target: aiming high' focuses on the evaluation of the existing and envisaged government RE targets based on the same economic, technical, and externality assumptions used for the optimization. 'Two birds with one stone: environmental protection and industrial development' is dedicated to the comparison of the government targets and optimal solutions and the analysis of incremental costs associated with them. 'The policy fundamentals on the right track' focuses on the impact of the development of RE programs on the costs of electricity generation and how to pay for it. 'Someone has to pay!' provides high-level policy recommendations that could speed up the scale-up of RE and reduce incremental costs to society. The final section, 'toward a greener future,' provides recommendations based on the results of the study to achieve scale-up of RE at minimal cost.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Policy Note biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2010
Subjects:	ALTERNATIVE ENERGY, ALTERNATIVE ENERGY PROGRAM, ANNUAL CAPACITY FACTOR, ANNUAL ELECTRICITY, ANNUAL ELECTRICITY SALES, APPROACH, BIOGAS, BIOGAS UTILIZATION, BIOMASS, BIOMASS FUEL, BIOMASS GENERATION, BIOMASS INDUSTRY, BIOMASS MIGHT, BIOMASS PRICE, BIRDS, CALCULATION, CAPACITY FACTOR, CAPACITY FACTORS, CARBON DIOXIDE, CARBON DIOXIDE EQUIVALENT, CERTIFIED EMISSION REDUCTIONS, CLEAN DEVELOPMENT, CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM, CLIMATE, CLIMATE CHANGE, CO2, COAL, COAL CONSUMPTION, COAL GENERATION, COAL PLANT, COAL PRICE, COLORS, COST OF COAL, COST OF ELECTRICITY, COST PER KILOWATT, COSTS OF ELECTRICITY, ELECTRIC SYSTEM, ELECTRICITY, ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION, ELECTRICITY DEMAND, ELECTRICITY GENERATION, ELECTRICITY PRICE, ELECTRICITY PRICES, ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION, ELECTRICITY SALES, ELECTRICITY TARIFFS, EMISSION, EMISSIONS, ENERGY DEMAND, ENERGY INTENSITY, ENERGY NEEDS, ENERGY PRICES, ENERGY RESEARCH, ENERGY SECURITY, ENERGY SUPPLY, ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS, ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS, ENVIRONMENTAL EXTERNALITIES, ENVIRONMENTAL EXTERNALITY, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS, ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS, FOSSIL, FOSSIL FUEL, FUEL COST, FUEL ETHANOL, GENERATION CAPACITY, GENERATION UNITS, GLOBAL POLLUTANTS, GREENHOUSE, GREENHOUSE GASES, GRID CONNECTION, GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT, HYDROPOWER, HYDROPOWER PLANT, HYDROPOWER REHABILITATION, INCOME, KILOWATT-HOUR, NEGATIVE IMPACTS, NITROUS OXIDE, NOX, NUCLEAR CAPACITY, NUCLEAR ENERGY, ONSHORE WIND, PARTICULATES, PEAK LOAD, PHOTOVOLTAIC CAPACITY, PHOTOVOLTAICS, POLLUTANTS, POLLUTION, POWER ENGINEERING, POWER GENERATORS, POWER GRIDS, POWER PLANTS, POWER SECTOR, PP, PRICE OF COAL, PRIMARY ENERGY, PRIMARY ENERGY CONSUMPTION, PRIMARY ENERGY SUPPLY, REGIONAL GRID, RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY, RENEWABLE ENERGY, RENEWABLE ENERGY CONFERENCE, RENEWABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT, RENEWABLE ENERGY POLICY, RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES, RURAL ELECTRIFICATION, SMALL HYDROPOWER, SO2, SOLAR POWER, SOLID BIOMASS, SOLID WASTE, SULFUR, SULFUR DIOXIDE, SUPPLY CURVE, SUPPLY CURVES, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, SUSTAINABLE ENERGY, THERMAL PLANTS, THERMAL POWER, THERMAL POWER PLANTS, TONS OF CARBON, TONS OF COAL EQUIVALENT, TOTAL ENERGY, TOTAL ENERGY DEMAND, TURBINES, WIND, WIND CAPACITY, WIND DEVELOPMENT, WIND FARMS, WIND INDUSTRY, WIND POWER, WIND POWER CAPACITY, WIND POWER DEVELOPMENT, WIND PROJECT, WIND RESOURCES,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/409621468212990907/Chinas-envisaged-renewable-energy-target-the-green-leap-forward http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27851
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