Sustainable Energy in China : The Closing Window of Opportunity

This report proposes the development of a coordinated and comprehensive national policy within the Energy Law that is presently under preparation based on four foundational themes: reducing energy growth below economic growth, making better use of national energy resources, safeguarding the environment, and making the energy system robust to withstand potential disruptions. It stresses that the policy measures and program to achieve sustainability will have to be the subject of careful consultation within government and extend to mobilizing China's civil society. The scope of and potential for fruitful international cooperation is also explored, but the detail must be worked out in a cooperative framework. The main body of the report is arranged in six chapters. The first examines what the projections say about the future of China's energy consumption and concludes that urgent action is needed to avoid locking the country into an unsustainable energy development path. Chapter two evaluates end-use efficiency and finds that a less energy-intensive path can be founded on the most advanced technologies. The third chapter examines the damaging environmental impacts of the huge prospective energy growth, which dictate the need for a less-intensive path, a larger share of clean energy sources, and dramatically more clean coal. Chapter four assesses security of energy supply and proposes means to improve it and ensure the safety of national energy supply sources and networks. The fifth chapter emphasizes getting right the pricing fundamentals of the sector. The last chapter draws conclusions from the first five on matters requiring urgent policy attention and proposes development of a coordinated and comprehensive national policy for energy sustainability.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Berrah, Noureddine, Feng, Fei, Priddle, Roland, Wang, Leiping
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC : World Bank 2007
Subjects:	ADVERSE EFFECTS, AIR POLLUTANTS, AIR POLLUTION, APPROACH, ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION, BIOMASS, BIOMASS ENERGY, BIOMASS ENERGY USE, BIOMASS RESOURCES, BIOMASS TECHNOLOGIES, BIOMASS USE, CARBON, CARBON DIOXIDE, CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS, CARBON FINANCE, CERTIFIED EMISSION REDUCTION, CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, CLEAN COAL, CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM, CLEAN ENERGY, CLIMATE CHANGE, CLIMATE CHANGE ISSUE, COAL, COAL GASIFICATION, COAL INDUSTRY, COAL OUTPUT, COAL PLANTS, COAL PRODUCTION, COAL SUPPLY, COAL TRANSPORTATION, COMPETITIVE MARKETS, COMPETITIVE PRICES, COMPREHENSIVE ENERGY POLICY, CONVENTIONAL COAL, COSTS OF ELECTRICITY, CRUDE OIL, DECISION MAKING, DISTORTED INCENTIVES, DISTRIBUTION COMPANY, DOMESTIC ENERGY, DOMESTIC OIL, ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMICS, EFFICIENT USE, ELASTICITIES, ELECTRIC POWER, ELECTRICITY, ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION, ELECTRICITY GENERATION, ELECTRICITY SUPPLY, EMISSION LEVELS, EMISSIONS OF POLLUTANTS, END-USE, END-USE ENERGY, END-USE ENERGY EFFICIENCY, ENERGY BALANCE, ENERGY CONSUMPTION, ENERGY COSTS, ENERGY DEMAND, ENERGY DEMAND GROWTH, ENERGY DEVELOPMENT, ENERGY EFFICIENCIES, ENERGY EFFICIENCY, ENERGY INDUSTRIES, ENERGY INDUSTRY, ENERGY INTENSITY, ENERGY MARKETS, ENERGY MIX, ENERGY NEEDS, ENERGY POLICIES, ENERGY PRICES, ENERGY PRICING, ENERGY PRODUCERS, ENERGY PRODUCTS, ENERGY REQUIREMENTS, ENERGY RESEARCH, ENERGY RESOURCES, ENERGY SCENARIOS, ENERGY SECURITY, ENERGY SERVICE, ENERGY SOURCES, ENERGY STRATEGIES, ENERGY STRUCTURE, ENERGY SUPPLY, ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES, ENERGY TECHNOLOGY, ENERGY USE, ENVIRONMENTAL, ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS, ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS, ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS, ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE, ENVIRONMENTAL EXTERNALITIES, ENVIRONMENTAL GOALS, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES, ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY, EXTERNALITIES, FERROUS METALS, FINAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION, FINAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION BY SECTOR, FLUE GAS, FLUE GAS DESULFURIZATION, FUEL, FUEL TYPE, FUTURE ENERGY CONSUMPTION, GAS, GAS DISTRIBUTION, GAS INDUSTRY, GAS PRICE, GAS RESERVES, GAS SECTORS, GAS SUPPLY, GAS UTILITY, GENERATING CAPACITY, GLOBAL CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS, GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE, GREENHOUSE, GREENHOUSE GAS, GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION, GREENHOUSE GASES, GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT, HIGH ENERGY PRICES, HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES, HUMAN HEALTH, HYDROPOWER, INCOME, INCREASE IN ENERGY CONSUMPTION, INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE, INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY, LNG, MARGINAL COSTS, MARKET PRICES, METALS, MIDDLE EAST, MOTOR VEHICLES, NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, NATURAL GAS, NATURAL GAS INDUSTRY, NATURAL GAS MARKET, NATURAL GAS SUPPLY, NET OIL, NITROGEN, NITROGEN OXIDES, OIL, OIL COMPANY, OIL CONSUMPTION, OIL EQUIVALENT, OIL IMPORTS, OIL OUTPUT, OIL PRICE, OIL PRICE SPIKE, OIL PRICES, OIL PRODUCTS, OIL RESERVE, OIL RESERVES, OIL SHOCK, OIL SUPPLY, OPEC, ORGANIZATION OF PETROLEUM EXPORTING COUNTRIES, PACIFIC REGION, PARTICULATES, PER CAPITA ENERGY, PER CAPITA ENERGY CONSUMPTION, PER CAPITA INCOME, PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM EXPORTING COUNTRIES, POLLUTANT EMISSION, POLLUTION, POLLUTION LEVELS, POWER, POWER GENERATION, POWER INDUSTRY, POWER PLANTS, POWER PRICING, POWER SHORTAGES, POWER TRADE, PRICES OF ENERGY, PRIMARY ENERGY, PRIMARY ENERGY CONSUMPTION, PRIMARY ENERGY PRODUCTION, PRODUCERS, PRODUCTIVITY, RENEWABLE ENERGIES, RENEWABLE ENERGY, RESOURCE USE, SAVINGS, SECURITY OF ENERGY SUPPLY, SOCIAL COSTS, SULFUR, SULFUR DIOXIDE, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, SUSTAINABLE ENERGY, TAXATION, TONS OF COAL EQUIVALENT, TOTAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION, TOTAL PRIMARY ENERGY CONSUMPTION, VEHICLES,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/01/7461964/sustainable-energy-china-closing-window-opportunity https://hdl.handle.net/10986/6625
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