@article {2148, title = {China Energy and Emissions Paths to 2030 (2nd Edition)}, year = {2012}, month = {08/2012}, institution = {Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory}, abstract = {

After over two decades of staggering economic growth and soaring energy demand, China has started taking serious actions to reduce its economic energy and carbon intensity by setting short and medium-term intensity reduction targets, renewable generation targets and various supporting policies and programs. In better understanding how further policies and actions can be taken to shape China{\textquoteright}s future energy and emissions trajectory, it is important to first identify where the largest opportunities for efficiency gains and emission reduction lie from sectoral and end-use perspectives. Besides contextualizing China{\textquoteright}s progress towards reaching the highest possible efficiency levels through the adoption of the most advanced technologies from a bottom-up perspective, the actual economic costs and benefits of adopting efficiency measures are also assessed in this study.




}, keywords = {China, China 2050, China Energy, China Energy Group, data, emissions, energy, Energy Analysis and Environmental Impacts Division, International Energy Department, modeling, scenarios}, author = {David Fridley and Nina Zheng and Nan Zhou and Jing Ke and Ali Hasanbeigi and William R. Morrow III and Lynn K. Price} }