Technological Learning, Energy Efficiency, and CO2 Emissions in China's Energy Intensive Industries

Since the onset of economic reforms in 1978, China has been remarkably successful in reducing the carbon dioxide intensities of gross domestic product and industrial production. Most analysts correctly attribute the rapid decline in the carbon diox...

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Main Authors:	Rock, Michael T., Toman, Michael, Cui, Yuanshang, Jiang, Kejun, Song, Yun, Wang, Yanjia
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ACID RAIN AIR POLLUTANTS ALTERNATIVE FUELS ALUMINUM INDUSTRY APPROACH AUDITS AUTOMATION AVAILABILITY BASIC BIDDING BLACK LIQUOR BLAST FURNACES BUILDING MATERIALS BURNING FOSSIL FUELS BUSINESS PROCESSES CAPITAL GOODS CAPITAL MARKETS CARBON CARBON DIOXIDE CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS CEMENT CEMENT INDUSTRY CEMENT PLANTS CEMENT PRODUCTION CENTRAL PLANNING CHEMICAL TREATMENT CITIES CLEAN ENERGY CLEANER PRODUCTION COAL COAL MINING COAL USE COAL WASHING CODES COGENERATION COGENERATION EFFICIENCY COLLABORATION COMPONENTS COMPUTERS DATA SERVICES DEBT DEMAND FOR ENERGY DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRICITY ECONOMICS ECONOMIES OF SCALE EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS EFFICIENT USE ELECTRICITY GENERATION ELECTRONICS ELECTROSTATIC PRECIPITATORS EMISSION EMISSIONS EMISSIONS REDUCTION ENERGY AUDITS ENERGY CONSERVATION ENERGY CONSUMPTION ENERGY EFFICIENCY ENERGY INTENSITY ENERGY INTENSIVE ENERGY MANAGEMENT ENERGY PRICES ENERGY REQUIREMENTS ENERGY RESEARCH ENERGY SAVINGS ENERGY SUPPLY ENERGY USE ENERGY USERS ENGINEERING ENGINEERING DESIGN ENGINEERS ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION EQUIPMENT EXPENDITURES FOSSIL FOSSIL FUELS FUEL FUEL USE GAS GENERATION GENERATION OF ELECTRICITY GLOBAL EMISSIONS GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HEAT HEAVY OIL HUMAN HEALTH HYDRO-POWER IMPROVEMENTS IN ENERGY EFFICIENCY IMPROVING ENERGY EFFICIENCY INDUSTRIAL BOILERS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INNOVATIONS INVESTMENTS IN ENERGY KEY INDUSTRIES KNOW-HOW METALS MINES NATURAL GAS NEW PLANT NEW TECHNOLOGY NUCLEAR FUEL OIL OIL DEMAND OIL EQUIVALENT OIL EXPORTS ORGANIC WASTE OXYGEN PARTICULATE PARTICULATE MATTER PATENTS PETROLEUM PILOT PROJECTS POLICY MAKERS POLLUTION POWER PRICE SETTING PRODUCERS PRODUCTION COSTS PRODUCTION PROCESSES PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS RAW MATERIAL RAW MATERIALS REAL TIME RECYCLING REGULATORY FRAMEWORK ROM SOFTWARE COMPANY TECHNICIANS TECHNOLOGICAL CAPABILITIES TECHNOLOGICAL CAPABILITY TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT TECHNOLOGICAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGICAL LEARNING TECHNOLOGY LICENSES TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TECHNOLOGY TRANSFERS TONS OF COAL EQUIVALENT URBAN POPULATION VIABLE TECHNOLOGY WASTEWATER EMISSIONS WASTEWATER TREATMENT industrial modernization decarbonization
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/06/17881790/technological-learning-energy-efficiency-co2-emissions-chinas-energy-intensive-industries http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15851