Why is China the world's leader of solar water heater production and consumption?

American Journal of Environmental Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 182-187

  Liu, Lee ^a   Liu, Jie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL MISSOURI   (United States)

^b Jilin Province Environmental Monitoring Center   (China)

Author keywords

Cultural factors; Developing countries; Economic incentives; Energy policy; Renewable energy; Solar water heaters; Sustainable development; Sustainable energy

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL INFLUENCE; ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; ENERGY MARKET; ENERGY POLICY; EQUIPMENT; HEATING; INCENTIVE; INNOVATION; MARKET CONDITIONS; POWER GENERATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOLAR POWER; STATE ROLE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

CHINA;

EID: 84877934969     PISSN: 1553345X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3844/ajessp.2013.182.187     Document Type: Article

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