Author Archive

Presentations of the December 5th 2011, RE Grid Integration Workshop

Abstract In order to promote communication and knowledge-sharing on RE grid integration between US and China experts, the Energy Foundation’s China Sustainable Energy Program (CSEP) has organized workshops on a yearly basis since 2009.  On Dec 5, 2011, CSEP prepared and held a workshop entitled “U.S.-China Renewable Energy Grid Integration Workshop” in Beijing. This workshop gathered seven highly respected international experts from the US and Europe and more than fifty participants from the related Chinese research institutes, universities, local grid companies, wind developers and wind energy equipment manufacturers. Two Chinese national experts and three international experts delivered presentations to introduce the latest research findings and progress on integration issues in China, US and Ireland; and in-depth discussions were held among the participants. As requested by the many domestic participants and permitted by the authors, CSEP posted the five international  presentations (in both English and Chinese) on our website for the benefit of the larger RE community.
Author Energy Foundation’s China Sustainable Energy Program
Publisher
Link http://www.efchina.org/FReports.do?act=detail&id=320
Attachment
6 Renewable Energy, 6.1.5 Integration of Renewable Energy to the Grid

Up-grading Renewable Electrical Energy Program for Village Levels in China by Use of Government Financing and Bidding Based on Market Regulation

Abstract China is a developing country with a large territory of 9.6 million square kilometers and 1.28 billion people, among whom 0.8 billion live in rural areas. The Chinese government has committed itself to supplying electricity to remote areas by various technical means, including the extension of power grids and the establishment of local level systems. China has now achieved a remarkable 95 percent electrification rate. Even so, this challenge of rural electrification remains a high Government priority. Today, over 40 million people in China still lack access to modern energy services and their communities are typically located far from existing grids, mainly in the western regions.
Author Asia-Pacific Environmental Innovation Strategies (APEIS) Research on Innovative and Strategic Policy Options (RISPO) Good Practices Inventory, 2003
Publisher
Link http://www.frankhaugwitz.info/doks/policy/2003_03_China_Township_CRED.pdf
Attachment
6 Renewable Energy, 6.1.4 Rural Renewable Energy Use

Renewable Energy in China: Township Electrification Program

Author National Renewable Energy Laboratory, (NREL), April 2004
Publisher
Link http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy04osti/35788.pdf
Attachment
6 Renewable Energy, 6.1.4 Rural Renewable Energy Use

The Brightness and Township Electrification Program of China

Abstract China is a developing country with about 70% rural population； Rural infrastructure is poor, it needs be improved with a great efforts; In recent years, more than RMB 280 billion (EURO 28 billion) have been invested for rural grid improvement including extensions. However, by the end of 2003, there are still about 29,000 villages with about 7 million rural households (about 3.55% of the total population) which are not connected to the grid. The “Brightness Program of China ” was drawn up under the leadership of former State Development Planning Commission during 1996 till 1999 The plan is to speed up the activity of decentralized electrification of remote rural areas; it is also a positive response to the proposal of the world solar summit in Zimbabwe. It is planned that 23 million people in remote area shall be electrified by wind and PV technologies till 2010 with an average capacity of 100 W per capita. The total installed capacity will reach 2,300 MW then.
Author Prof. Ma Shenghong, Beijing Jikedian Renewable Energy Development Center, June 2004
Publisher
Link www.frankhaugwitz.info/doks/general/2004_06_Ma_Presentation_Bonn_Brightness.pdf
Attachment
6 Renewable Energy, 6.1.4 Rural Renewable Energy Use

Renewable Energy Options for Poor Rural Western Areas of China

Abstract As a developing country with both large area and tremendous population, although China’s economy is growing rapidly, there are still large quantities of population in poverty, the majority of who are dispersed in the remote western part of China. The western provinces enjoy the best renewable resources in China. The harnessing of RE resources to serve the rural residents, particularly the poor in remote areas is the requirement of building a well-off society. Furthermore, RE resource utilization will help the ecology protection that is becoming significant. More specific, it is the government’s obligations to find solutions to supply the unelectrified population clean energies. This paper is trying to provide a justification in harnessing the RE resources to reduce the poverty from the energy supply point of view. An overall initial assessment will be presented regarding the poverty situation in China, RE resources, RE technologies, as well as motivations and barriers in developing RE resources. Barriers analysis will be drawn from some selected case studies. At last, the paper attempts to show the policy outlines to address these problems.
Author Renewable Energy Technologies/ Global Network on Energy for Sustainable Development, by Gao Hu, Wang Zhong Ying, Zhao Yong Qiang, Energy Research Institute (ERI) of National Development and Reform Commission (NRDC), 14 December 2005
Publisher
Link http://www.frankhaugwitz.info/doks/general/2005_12_China_RE_Options_For_Western_Rural_Poor_GNESD.pdf
Attachment
6 Renewable Energy, 6.1.4 Rural Renewable Energy Use

Rural Electrification, Human Development and the Renewable Energy Potential of China

Abstract Recognizing the successes of other countries, including Bangladesh and Chile, the Chinese government focused on rural electrification programs as a means of stimulating industrial growth and movement towards further modernization. Since the inception of efforts at rural electrification, China has been successful in electrifying 98% of its population. This was accomplished while maintaining high rates of growth and improved human development indicators, like literacy and infant mortality rates, as well as per capita income. Because of China’s electrification programs, it has achieved incredible success in moving towards its own development goal, as well as those of the United Nations Millennium; however, there is plenty of room for improvement.
Author Global Energy Network Institute (GENI), by Peter Meisen and Nicole Cavino , October 2007
Publisher
Link http://www.frankhaugwitz.info/doks/general/2007_10_China_RE_Rural_Electrification_GENI.pdf
Attachment
6 Renewable Energy, 6.1.4 Rural Renewable Energy Use

Financing Rural Renewable Energy: A Comparison Between China and India

Abstract This paper analyses the current status of rural renewable energy in China and India, develops and employs an analysis framework to study the environment, channels, instruments and innovative mechanisms of financing rural renewable energy in China and India.
Author ISAS Working Paper No 44, 23rd May 2008, by Huang Liming
Publisher
Link http://www.frankhaugwitz.info/doks/general/2008_05_23_China_RE_Finance_Comparison_India.pdf
Attachment
6 Renewable Energy, 6.1.4 Rural Renewable Energy Use

The Rural Electrification in China and the Impact of Renewable Energies

Author EU-China Business Management Training Project, Tomás Hevia MBA 2009, China Europe International Business School, Student Research Projects/Outputs No. 042
Publisher
Link http://www.ceibs.edu/bmt/images/20110221/30210.pdf
Attachment
6 Renewable Energy, 6.1.4 Rural Renewable Energy Use

Renewable Power for China: Past, Present, and Future

Abstract This paper briefly examines the history, status, policy situation, development issues, and prospects for key renewable power technologies in China. The country has become a global leader in wind turbine and solar photovoltaic (PV) production, and leads the world in total power capacity from renewable energy. Policy frameworks have matured and evolved since the landmark 2005 Renewable Energy Law, updated in 2009. China’s 2020 renewable energy target is similar to that of the EU. However, China continues to face many challenges in technology development, grid-integration, and policy frameworks. These include training, research and development, wind turbine operating experience and performance, transmission constraints, grid interconnection time lags, resource assessments, power grid integration on large scales, and continued policy development and adjustment. Wind and solar PV targets for 2020 will likely be satisfied early, although domestic demand for solar PV remains weak and the pathways toward incorporating distributed and building-integrated solar PV are uncertain. Prospects for biomass power are limited by resource constraints. Other technologies such as concentrating solar thermal power, ocean energy, and electricity storage require greater attention.
Author Eric Martinot , Frontiers of Energy and Power Engineering in China Vol. 4, No. 3, 2010
Publisher
Link http://www.martinot.info/Martinot_FEPE4-3.pdf
Attachment
6 Renewable Energy, 6.1.3 Recommendations and International Lessons

International Experience with Public Benefit Funds: A Focus on Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency

Abstract Renewable energy and energy efficiency investments have long been supported through public policy efforts in a wide array of countries. Public benefits funds (PBFs) are one of several policy tools that might be used to provide this support, and PBFs have become increasingly common in recent years, especially as competition in the electricity industry has increased. While the objectives of different PBF programs are often similar, the structures and means to deliver energy efficiency and renewable energy services through PBFs show much wider variation across countries and U.S. states. This report summarizes international experience with PBF policies that target renewable energy (RE) and energy efficiency (EE) investments, and identifies lessons learned from these experiences that are applicable to the Chinese context.
Author Energy Foundation, China Sustainable Energy Program, by Ryan Wiser, Catherine Murray, Jan Hamrin, Rick Weston, 16 October 2013
Publisher
Link http://www.efchina.org/csepupfiles/report/2006102695218803.9727694829052.pdf/China_PBF_101603_final.pdf
Attachment
6 Renewable Energy, 6.1.3 Recommendations and International Lessons