China's continuing green shift in the electric power sector: evidence from 2016 data

Title: China's continuing green shift in the electric power sector: evidence from 2016 data
Creator: Mathews, John A.; Tan, Hao
Relation: Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus Vol. 15, Issue 10, p. 1-14
Relation: http://apjjf.org/2017/10/Mathews.html
Publisher: Japan Focus
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2017
Description: Over the past decade, China has been greening its electric power system faster and more thoroughly than any other industrial power. In the course of the years 2007 to 2016, China’s dependence on thermal power capacity declined from 77% to 64%, and can be expected to tip below 50% within another decade if the trend continues. In terms of electricity generated, the contribution of thermal power has dipped from 82% to 72% over the last decade. But it is also true that China’s growth model continues to pump out greenhouse gases. The issue: is the green transformation happening fast enough?
Subject: electric power; renewable energy; greenhouse gases
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1346368
Identifier: uon:29850
Identifier: ISSN:1557-4660
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Language: eng
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