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7. Fossil Fuels

Authors : Philip Andrews-Speed, Sufang Zhang

Published in: China as a Global Clean Energy Champion

Publisher: Springer Nature Singapore

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Abstract

Fossil fuels still dominate China’s energy supply. This chapter will explain why the shift away from fossil fuels is proving difficult. Key factors include the continued preference for maximising the degree of self-reliance in energy supply, the nature of economic incentives and the interests of different actors. The focus is on the growing efficiency of coal-fired power generation and on the steady rise of gas production and consumption, as the management of these two industries will play a key role in the reduction of air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. Improvements in these fields have been driven mainly by administrative policy instruments backed by funding, but this approach tends to be less effective when enforcement is insufficiently rigorous or the incentives are weak.

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Metadata
Title
Fossil Fuels
Authors
Philip Andrews-Speed
Sufang Zhang
Copyright Year
2019
Publisher
Springer Nature Singapore
Book
China as a Global Clean Energy Champion

Print ISBN: 978-981-13-3491-7

Electronic ISBN: 978-981-13-3492-4

Copyright Year: 2019

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-3492-4_7