The changing structure of energy supply, demand, and CO2 emissions in China

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 795-805

  Kuby, Michael ^a   He, Canfei ^b   Trapido Lurie, Barbara ^a   Moore, Nicholas ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Coal; Electricity; Energy flow diagram; Energy intensity

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; COAL; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY RESOURCE; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT;

CHINA;

EID: 79958726092     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00045608.2011.567944     Document Type: Article

References (59)

1. Andrews-Speed, P., S. Dow, and Z. Gao. 2000. The ongoing reforms toChina's government and state sector:The case of the energy industry. Journal of Contemporary China 9:5-20.
2. British Petroleum (BP). 2010. Statistical review of world energy 2010. London: British Petroleum.
3. Chai, J., J. Guo, S. Wang, and K. Lai. 2009. Why does energy intensity fluctuate in China? Energy Policy 37:5717-31.
4. Cherni, J. A., and J. Kentish. 2007. Renewable energy policy and electricity market reforms in China. Energy Policy 35:3616-29.
5. Cornelius, P., and J. Story. 2007. China and global energy markets. Orbis 51:5-20.
6. Downs, E. S. 2000. China's quest for energy security. Monograph MR-1244-AF. Santa Monica, CA: Rand Corporation.
7. Fan, Y., H. Liao, and Y. Wei. 2007. Can market-oriented economic reforms contribute to energy efficiency improvement? Evidence from China. Energy Policy 35: 2287-95.
8. Farla, J. C. M., and K. Blok. 2001. The quality of energy intensity indicators for international comparisons in the iron and steel industry. Energy Policy 29:523-43.
9. Fisher-Vanden, K., G.H. Jefferson, H. Liu, and Q. Tao. 2004. What is driving China's decline in energy intensity? Resource and Energy Economics 26:77-97.
10. Fisher-Vanden, K., G. H. Jefferson, J. Ma, and J. Xu. 2006. Technology development and energy productivity in China. Energy Economics 28:690-705.
11. Garbaccio, R. F., S. Mun, and D. W. Jorgenson. 1999. Why has the energy-output ratio fallen in China. The Energy Journal 20:63-91.
12. Glomsrød, S., and T. Wei. 2005. Coal cleaning: A viable strategy for reduced carbon emissions and improved environment in China? Energy Policy 33:525-42.
13. Hang, L., and M. Tu. 2007. The impact of energy prices: Evidence from China. Energy Policy 35:2978-88.
14. Hanson, S. 2008. China, Africa, and oil. New York: Council on Foreign Relations. http://www.cfr.org/publication/9557/ (last accessed 16 December 2009).
15. He, C., and J. Wang. 2007. Energy intensity in light of China's economic transition. Eurasian Geography and Economics 48:439-68.
16. Huang, J. 1993. Industry energy use and structural change: A case study of the People's Republic of China. Energy Economics 15:131-36.
17. International Energy Agency (IEA). 2000. China's worldwide quest for energy security. http://www.iea.org/textbase/nppdf/free/2000/china2000.pdf (last accessed 16 December 2009).
18. International Energy Agency (IEA). 2007. World energy outlook 2007: China and India insights. http://www.iea.org/textbase/nppdf/free/2007/weo 2007.pdf (last accessed 18 February 2010).
19. Kambara, T. 1992. The energy situation in China. China Quarterly 131:608-36.
20. Konan, D., and J. Zhang. 2008. China's quest for energy resources on global markets. Pacific Focus 23:382-99.
21. Kuby, M., and P. Cook. 1997. The implications of structural change, reform and congestion for freight traffic in China. Asian Profile 25:1-21.
22. Kuby, M., Q. Shi, W. Thawat, X. Sun, W. Cao, Z. Xie, D. Zhou, et al. 1995. Planning China's coal and electricity delivery system. Interfaces 25:41-68.
23. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. 2010. Energy flow charts. https://flowcharts.llnl.gov/# (last accessed 28 December 2010).
24. Levine, M. 2005. Energy efficiency in China: Glorious history, uncertain future. Berkeley: University of California Energy Resources Group Colloquium.
25. Liao, H., Y. Fan, and Y. Wei. 2007. What induced China's energy intensity to fluctuate: 1997-2006? Energy Policy 35:4640-49.
26. Lin, X., and K.R. Polenske. 1995. Input-output anatomy of China's energy use changes in the 1980s. Economic System Research 7 (1): 67-84.
27. Ma, C., and D. I. Stern. 2008. China's changing energy intensity trend: A decomposition analysis. Energy Economics 30:1037-53.
28. Ma, H., and L. Oxley. 2009. China's energy economy: A survey of the literature. Working Paper No. 02/2009, Department of Economics, University of Canterbury, New Zealand.
29. Ma, H., L. Oxley, and J. Gibson. 2009. China's energy situation in the new millennium. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 13:1781-99.
30. Ma, H., L. Oxley, J. Gibson, and B. Kim. 2008. China's energy economy: Technical change, factor demand and interfactor /interfuel substitution. Energy Economics 30:2167-83.
31. Ministry of Commerce. 2008. China commerce yearbook. Beijing: Ministry of Commerce.
32. National Statistical Bureau (NSB). 1988. China energy statistical yearbook 1987. Beijing: China Statistical Publishing House.
33. National Statistical Bureau (NSB). 2008. China energy statistical yearbook 2007. Beijing: National Statistical Bureau.
34. National Statistical Bureau (NSB)2009. Statistical yearbook of China 2008. Beijing: National Statistical Bureau.
35. Osnos, E. 2009. Green giant: Beijing's crash program for clean energy. The New Yorker December 21-28: 54-63.
36. Rawski, T. G. 2001. What is happening to China's GDP statistics? China Economic Review 12:347-54.
37. Shi, D. 2009. Analysis of China's renewable energy development under the current economic and technical circumstances. China & World Economy 17:94-109.
38. Sinton, J. E. 2001. Accuracy and reliability of China's energy statistics. China Economic Review 12:373-83.
39. Sinton, J. E., and D. G. Fridley. 2000. What goes up: Recent trends in China's energy consumption. Energy Policy 28:671-87.
40. Sinton, J. E., and D. G. Fridley. 2002. A guide to China's energy statistics. Journal of Energy Literature 8:22-35.
41. Sinton, J. E., and M. D. Levine. 1994. Changing energy intensity in Chinese industry: The relative importance of structural shift and intensity change. Energy Policy 22:239-55.
42. Smil, V. 1997. China shoulders the cost of environmental change. Environment 39:33-37.
43. Smith, G., and C. Schmollinger. 2010. China passes U.S. as world's biggest energy consumer, IEA says. Bloomberg News July 20. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-07-19/china-passes-u-s-as-biggest-energy-consumer-asoil- imports-jump-iea-says.html (last accessed 27 August 2010).
44. Thomson, E. 2003. The Chinese coal industry: An economic history. London and New York: RoutledgeCurzon. U.K. Department of Business Innovation and Skills. 2010. Energy flow chart. http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http://www.berr.gov.uk/energy /statistics/publications/flowchart/page37716.html (last accessed 28 December 2010).
45. U.S. Energy InformationAdministration (EIA). 2009. Country analysis briefs: China, electricity. http://www.eia.doe.gov/cabs/China/Electricity.html (last accessed 23 July 2010).
46. U.S. Energy InformationAdministration (EIA). 2010. Annual energy review. http://www.eia. doe.gov/aer (last accessed 28 December 2010).
47. 2 emissions in China, 1957-2000. Energy 30:73-83.
48. Wang, Q., H. Qiu, and Y. Kuang. 2009. Market-driven energy pricing necessary to ensure China's power supply. Energy Policy 37:2498-2504.
49. World Bank. 1994. China: Issues and options in greenhouse gas emissions control. Washington, DC: The World Bank.
50. World Bank, China and Mongolia Department, Transport Operations Division. 1995. Investment strategies for China's coal and electricity delivery system. Report No. 12687-CHA, World Bank, Washington, DC.
51. Wu, Y. 2003. Deregulation and growth in China's energy sector: A review of recent development. Energy Policy 31:1417-25.
52. Xia, C., and Z. Song. 2009. Wind energy in China: Current scenario and future perspectives. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 13:1966-74.
53. Xie, Z., and M. Kuby. 1997. Supply side-demand side optimization and cost-environment tradeoffs forChina's coal and electricity delivery system. Energy Policy 25:313-26.
54. Xinhua News Agency. 2009. China to cut 40 to 45 percent GDP unit carbon by 2020. China Daily 26 November:1.
55. 2 emissions over 1991-2006 in China. Ecological Economics 68:2122-28.
56. Zhang, P., Y. Yang, J. Shi, Y. Zheng, L. Wang, and X. Li. 2009. Opportunities and challenges for renewable energy policy in China. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 13:439-49.
57. Zhang, Q. 2004. Residential energy consumption in China and its comparison with Japan, Canada, and USA. Energy and Buildings 36:1217-25.
58. Zhang, Z. X. 2003. Why did the energy intensity fall in China's industrial sector in the 1990s? The relative importance of structural change and intensity change. Energy Economics 25:625-38.
59. 2 capture and storage demonstration opportunities in China. Energy and Environmental Science 3:1153-69.