China's 2020 carbon intensity target: Consistency, implementations, and policy implications

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 4970-4981

  Yuan, Jiahai ^a   Hou, Yong ^b   Xu, Ming ^c  

^a NORTH CHINA ELECTRIC POWER UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b China Electricity Council   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

China; CO 2 intensity; Energy planning

Indexed keywords

CARBON INTENSITY; CHINA; ECONOMIC STRUCTURE; ENERGY PLANNING; INTENSITY REDUCTION; PER UNIT; POLICY IMPLICATIONS; POWER PLANNING; PRIMARY ENERGIES; REDUCTION TARGETS; SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT;

CARBON; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECONOMICS; INVESTMENTS; PUBLIC POLICY;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

EID: 84862752755     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2012.03.065     Document Type: Review

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