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1 online resource (331 pages)
ISBN:
9780821367544
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9780821367537
Series Statement:
Directions in development. Energy and mining
Content:
This timely new book uses historical data from 1980 and alternative scenarios through 2020 to assess China's future energy requirements and the resources available to meet them. Current trends are putting China on an unsustainable and insecure energy growth path, characterized by the use of enormous quantities of "dirty" coal and an alarming oil import dependence. The authors find that what is urgently needed is a high-level commitment to an integrated, coordinated, and comprehensive policy that is set in the framework of the energy law currently being prepared.
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Contents -- Foreword -- Foreword -- Foreword -- Preface -- About the Authors -- Acknowledgments -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Executive Summary -- The Problems China Faces -- Sustainability: A Challenging but Feasible Goal -- The Path to Sustainability -- Sequencing the Steps to Sustainability -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- An Impressive Foundation of Past Achievements -- Growing Concerns about China's Energy Future -- The Four Pillars of Energy Sustainability -- The Closing Window of Opportunity -- Structure of the Report -- Chapter 2 China's Energy Future: The Challenge of Recent Trends -- Sustained Consumption Growth, 1980-2000 -- High Growth Forecast for 2000 to 2020 -- Recent Signs of an Unsustainable Energy Growth Path -- The Urgency for Policy Action -- Chapter 3 Reining in Future Energy Consumption -- Achievements in Energy Efficiency -- Concerns about Energy Consumption Trends of the 10th Five-Year Plan -- Bold New Directions of the 11th Five-Year Plan -- The Closing Window of Opportunity for Reducing Long-Term Energy Intensity -- The Missing Link: An Improved Policy and Institutional Framework -- Chapter 4 Greening the Energy Sector -- Pollution Levels Still a Major Concern -- Environmental Impacts of the Energy Scenarios -- The Energy Path to Greener Development -- Chapter 5 Securing Energy Supply -- China's Growing Sense of Insecurity -- Options for Securing Oil and Gas Supply -- Options for Securing Electricity Supply -- Choosing the Right Mix and Amount of Energy Supply Security Measures -- Chapter 6 Getting the Fundamentals Right -- Furthering the Reform Agenda and Developing a Sound Pricing Framework -- Energy Pricing in Competitive Markets -- Setting Sound Regulated Tariffs -- Taxing Energy Commodities -- Measures to Mitigate the Environmental Effects of Energy Use -- Energy Commodity Price Policy: Status and Necessary Changes.
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Contents; Foreword; Foreword; Foreword; Preface; About the Authors; Acknowledgments; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Executive Summary; Chapter 1 Introduction; Boxes; Chapter 2 China's Energy Future: The Challenge of Recent Trends; Tables; Figures; Chapter 3 Reining in Future Energy Consumption; Chapter 4 Greening the Energy Sector; Chapter 5 Securing Energy Supply; Chapter 6 Getting the Fundamentals Right; Chapter 7 Shaping the Future toward Sustainability; Appendix A Gross Domestic Product and Energy Consumption in China, 1980-2005; Appendix B Biomass Energy Use in China
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Appendix C The Chinese System for Energy Statistics: History, Current Situation, and Ways to Improve the SystemAppendix D Energy Costs as a Proportion of Gross Domestic Product: Estimates for China, Japan, and the United States; Appendix E Feedback from the Dissemination Workshop; Appendix F Life-Cycle Costs of Electricity Generation Alternatives with Environmental Costs Factored In; Appendix G International Experience of Insecurity of Energy Supply; Appendix H Strategic Oil Reserves for China
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Appendix I Predominant Approaches for Setting Regulated Tariffs for Gas and Electricity Transmission and DistributionAppendix J Lessons from International Experience: Relevant Examples of Losses Derived from Unsound Energy Pricing; Appendix K Gas Price Formation and Gas Subsector Reform; Appendix L Pricing System to Support Adequate Implementation of State Council Document No. 5 on Power Subsector Reform; Index;
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780821367537
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Sustainable energy in China Washington, D.C : World Bank, 2007 ISBN 0821367536
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0821367544
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780821367537
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780821367544
Language:
English
Subjects:
Economics
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Geography
Keywords:
China
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Energieversorgung
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China
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Energiepolitik
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Nachhaltigkeit
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