China’s energy—challenges and strategies

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  • Department of Thermal Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China;

Published date: 05 Mar 2007

Abstract

In this century, China started facing five major challenges in the energy field: energy supply, shortage of liquid fuel, environmental pollution, green house gas (GHG) emission, and energy supply in rural areas. In this paper, the Chinese energy development strategy and general technical scheme (including energy conservation, utilization of coal, alternative fuel and renewable energy) are discussed, and some key scientific problems in the fundamental research of energy are put forward.

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NI Weidou . China’s energy—challenges and strategies[J]. Frontiers in Energy, 2007 , 1(1) : 1 -8 . DOI: 10.1007/s11708-007-0001-2

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