| Author | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Report (LBNL-53856); Sinton, Jonathan E.; Fridley, David G.; 2003 |
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| Link | http://eetd.lbl.gov/sites/all/files/publications/lbl-53856-energy-statisticsoct-2003.pdf |
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| Abstract | In the process of industrializing, countries typically increase energy consumption during periods of rapid economic growth. China has been no exception, until recently. According to official statistics, China’s energy consumption rose at an average annual rate of 6% between 1990 and 1996, flattened in 1997, and then suddenly dropped by more than 9% over the next two years before beginning to rebound in 2000. This paper is a preliminary examination of the causes of this decline, examining the energy forms, economic sectors, and localities for which the decline was most pronounced. It attributes the decline in energy consumption solely to a decline in coal end-use, primarily in the industrial sector. Between 1996 and 2000, GDP continued to increase – both at the national aggregate level as well as in the industrial sectors of the provinces that experienced the largest magnitudes of decline in industrial energy use: Hunan, Liaoning, Jilin, Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Jiangsu. This paper also identifies the subsectors of industry where the decline was most pronounced, including textiles, chemicals, ferrous and nonferrous metals production, building materials, and coal extraction, where state control allowed for greater intervention. The paper concludes that government industrial policy was a primary factor in the energy decline, supported by ongoing programs to increase energy efficiency. Implications of this decline for international climate change efforts are offered. |
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| Author | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Joanna I. Lewis, David G. Fridley, Jonathan E. Sinton, Jieming Lin; Proceedings of the ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Industry, Rye Brook, New York, July 29-August 1, 2003 |
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| Link | http://eaei.lbl.gov/sites/all/files/ACEEE_Sectoral_Energy_Decline.August.2003_1.pdf |
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| Author | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Report (LBNL-52271); Fridley, David; Sinton, Jonathan; Lewis, Joanna; 2003 |
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| Link | http://publications.lbl.gov/fedora/repository/ir%3A120885 |
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| Abstract | A tremendous amount of statistical material on China’s energy system has become available since the 1980s. In this article, we provide an overview of the published sources on China’s energy statistics, mainly concerning energy production and consumption. Aggregate statistics and balances are available through publications of the National Bureau of Statistics, and specialized publications present information on sectors and individual enterprises in greater detail. Some materials are available in English, while most are only in Chinese, and some key information is available on the internet. While shortcomings in coverage and quality affect many energy indicators, China’s statistics can be used for meaningful analysis, provided that the factors affecting data quality are given due to consideration, and checks using other indicators are performed. |
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| Author | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Report (LBNL-49024); Sinton, Jonathan E.; Fridley, David G.; 2001 |
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| Link | http://eaei.lbl.gov/sites/all/files/lbl-49024-energy-statistics-guideapril-2001.pdf |
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| Abstract | To support the development of building energy standards in China, the authors have recently developed a set of Typical Meteorological Year (TMY) weather data for 26 locations. These TMY weather data have been produced from 16 years of historical weather (1982-1997) reported by Chinese airports and recorded by the US Climatic Data Service. Since the weather data records only cloud conditions at various heights, a substantial effort was made towards estimating the total and direct solar radiation from the cloud information, combined with information on temperature, humidity, and wind speed. Comparisons of the estimated solar to actual measured hourly solar for three locations and daily totals for all 26 locations showed good agreement to with 20% for hourly and 10% for daily values. the 26 weather files are available as either ASCII files in SI units, or as packed DOE-2.1E weather files. |
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| Author | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Report (LBNL-51435); Zhang, Qingyuan; Huang, Joe; Lang, Siwei; 2001 |
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| Link | http://eetd.lbl.gov/sites/all/files/publications/lbl-51435-weather-data-building-energy2001.pdf |
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| Abstract | The government of China views energy efficiency as one of the key approaches to ensuring that China has adequate energy to support economic growth, and to reducing environmental impacts from energy production. The 10th Five Year Plan will include a series of recommendations for new policies and programs to encourage energy efficiency. The Beijing Energy Efficiency Center and several US national laboratories are teaming up to develop models and analyses to assist in formulating recommended policies and support those policies throughout the discussions and debates that will produce the final Five Year Plan |
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| Author | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Report (LBNL-48044), Lamont, Alan; Sinton, Jonathan; Guo, Yuan; 2000 |
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| Link | http://china.lbl.gov/sites/all/files/lbl-48044-energy-modeling-10fyp2000.pdf |
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| Abstract | Since 1996, China’s energy output has dropped by 17%, while primary energy use has fallen by 4%, driven almost entirely by shrinking output from coal mines and declining direct use. Since China is the world’s second-largest emitter of greenhouse gases, it is important to understand the sources of this apparent transformation, and whether it portends a permanent change in patterns of energy use. This remarkable reversal of the long-term expansion of energy use has occurred even as the economy has continued to grow, albeit more slowly than in the early 1990s. Generation of electric power has risen, implying a steep fall in end uses, particularly in industry. Available information points to a variety of forces contributing to this phenomenon, including rapid improvements in coal quality, structural changes in industry, shutdowns of factories in both the state-owned and non-state segments of the economy, improvements in end-use efficiency, and greater use of gas and electricity in households. A combination of slowing economic growth, industrial restructuring, broader economic system reforms, and environmental and energy-efficiency policies has apparently led to at least a temporary decline in, and perhaps a long-term reduction in the growth of energy use, and therefore greenhouse gas emissions |
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| Author | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Report (LBNL-44283); Sinton, Jonathan E.; Fridley, David G., 2000 |
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| Link | http://china.lbl.gov/sites/all/files/lbl-44283-energy-use-trendfeb-2000.pdf |
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| Abstract | Internationally, there is a growing trend in employing market-based approaches through demand response (DR) to effectively manage electricity supply and demand particularly during the peak power use. China can significantly benefit by localizing international experiences in DR. Such international experiences, when integrated in the ongoing pilot demand-side management (DSM) programs in China, can provide greater flexibility to electricity customers and help China identify a potential solution in addressing the peak load issues. After the discussion of why China needs a new approach to meet its peak demand, this paper highlights international experience in adopting enabling policies to promote DR and in employing practical DR strategies geared toward the industrial sector. Through these experiences, we provide recommendations for how to integrate DR in China’s DSM programs. |
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| Author | Shen, Bo; Ni, Chun Chun; Ghatikar, Girish; Price, Lynn; 2012 |
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| Link | http://drrc.lbl.gov/sites/drrc.lbl.gov/files/LBNL-5578E.pdf |
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| Abstract | China’s success in promoting clean energy technology has been a hot story over the past year as the China Environment Forum team pulled together this special Energy and Climate issue of the China Environment Series. We ambitiously aimed to create; and hope our readers think we succeeded;in creating an issue that takes a snapshot of major energy trends in China and understand some of the complexities in the U.S.-China energy and climate relations. This eleventh issue is our biggest yet, due not just to our inability to say no to so many great paper proposals, but also because of the dynamism in clean energy developments in China and many exciting developments in U.S.-China energy cooperation;in both government, NGO, and business spheres. We hope you enjoy this issue! This special Energy and Climate issue was made possible through a grant from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, as well as support from the Blue Moon Fund, USAID, Vermont Law School, Western Kentucky University, and the ENVIRON Foundation |
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| Author | Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, China Environment Series, Issue 11, 2010/2011 |
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| Link | http://www.wilsoncenter.org/publication/china-environment-series-1120102011 |
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| Abstract | Thank you for the opportunity to contribute to the deliberations of this Commission. My name is Deborah Seligsohn, and I am Senior Advisor to the China Climate and Energy Program at the World Resources Institute. The World Resources Institute is a non-profit, non-partisan environmental think tank that goes beyond research to provide practical solutions to the world’s most urgent environment and development challenges. We work in partnership with scientists, businesses, governments, and non-governmental organizations in more than seventy countries to provide information, tools and analysis to address problems like climate change, the degradation of ecosystems and their capacity to provide for human well-being. I am delighted to speak with you today about China’s systems for measuring, monitoring, and reporting energy and climate data, how these systems have been implemented and the opportunities for continuing to build capacity and improve these systems |
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| Author | World Resources Institute; Deborah Seligsohn; April 1, 2010 |
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| Link | http://www.chinafaqs.org/files/chinainfo/deborah_seligsohn_testimony_4-1-10.pdf |
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