The challenge of reducing energy consumption of the Top-1000 largest industrial enterprises in China

Energy Policy

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 6485-6498

  Price, Lynn ^a   Wang, Xuejun ^b   Yun, Jiang ^c  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c China Energy Conservation Association   (China)

Author keywords

China; Industrial energy efficiency; Top 1000

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS; CHINA; CHINESE GOVERNMENT; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY USE; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTS; INDUSTRIAL ENERGY; INDUSTRIAL ENERGY EFFICIENCY; INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE; INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCES; LIMITED INFORMATION; PER UNIT; PROGRAM DESIGN; PROGRAM MODIFICATIONS; REDUCING ENERGY CONSUMPTION;

CARBON DIOXIDE; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GLOBAL WARMING; INDUSTRY;

ENERGY UTILIZATION;

ECONOMIC GROWTH; ENERGY BUDGET; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY POLICY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; GROWTH RATE; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION;

CHINA;

EID: 77957306224     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2009.02.036     Document Type: Article

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