China’s capacity to manufacture renewable energy equipment has grown dramatically, but the application of this technology to the delivery of renewable energy within China has been slower.
Philip spent two weeks at the North China Electric Power University, at the invitation of Professor Zhou Feng’ao, Director of the Beijing Energy Development Centre. This Centre was founded three years ago with the aim of becoming an inter-disciplinary centre for expertise in energy law and policy, undertaking research, post-graduate teaching and advisory services.
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Despite the Fukushima accident, China’s government seems ready to press ahead with ambitious plans for its nuclear energy industry, though with more care.
“Institutions of energy governance and implications for China’s transition to a low-carbon economy”
Philip gave a lecture to an audience of about 25 staff and post-graduate students at UESTC.
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China’s draft five-year plan presents ambitions to radically constrain economic growth and energy demand, and to restructure the economy.
China’s ambitious plans for natural gas consumption and import will result in the country becoming an important force in international gas markets, as it is now for oil and coal.