China as a Global Clean Energy Champion Lifting the Veil /

• Main Authors: Andrews-Speed, Philip (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Zhang, Sufang (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Palgrave Series in Asia and Pacific Studies
• Subjects: Public policy.; Renewable energy resources.; Political economy.; Energy policy.; Energy and state.; Public Policy.; Renewable and Green Energy.; International Political Economy.; Energy Policy, Economics and Management.

This book considers China's role as a rising champion of clean energy and document the policy decisions and actions which have underpinned this evolution. It considers the construction of the world's largest fleets of advanced coal-fired power stations, wind farms and solar photovoltaic ar...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. China as a Global Clean Energy Champion: Goals and Achievements
• 3. Transitions, Institutions and Public Policy
• 4. Governance in China
• 5. Low-Carbon Electricity
• 6. Low-Carbon Electricity Technology, Innovation, Manufacturing and Internationalisation
• 7. Fossil Fuels
• 8. Energy Efficiency and Conservation
• 9. The Water-Energy-Food Nexus
• 10. Carbon Pricing
• 11. Conclusions.