Journey to burning half of global coal: Trajectory and drivers of China's coal use

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 58, Issue , 2016, Pages 341-346

  Wang, Qiang ^a   Li, Rongrong ^a,b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

^b XINJIANG UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

Author keywords

China coal use; Coal consumption intensity; Divisia index; driving factor

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; COAL INDUSTRY; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

CARBON EMISSIONS; CATALYSE; CHINA COAL USE; CHINESE COAL; CO 2 EMISSION; COAL CONSUMPTION; COAL CONSUMPTION INTENSITY; DIVISIA INDEX; DRIVING FACTORS; FAST GROWTHS;

COAL;

EID: 84954287119     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: 18790690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2015.12.104     Document Type: Review

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