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.

Author: Feng, Fei
Author: Priddle, Roland
Author: Berrah, Noureddine
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Illustration: Y
Language: ENG
Title: Sustainable Energy in China: The Closing Window of Opportunity
Pages: 00000 (Encrypted PDF)
On Sale: 2007-03-19
SKU-13/ISBN: 9780821367537
Category: Science : Energy
Category: Business & Economics : Industries - Energy
Category: Technology & Engineering : Power Resources - Nuclear