China : 40-Year Experience in Renewable Energy Development - Policies, Achievements, and Lessons Learned

China made impressive progress in developing renewable energy to provide access to clean energy and electricity to its predominantly rural population before the economic boom that followed the open door policy, by improving energy supply to the eco...

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Main Authors: De Gouvello, Christophe, Berrah, Noureddine, Jufeng, Li, Song, Yanqin
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Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2021
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spelling okr-10986-366682021-12-08T05:10:49Z China : 40-Year Experience in Renewable Energy Development - Policies, Achievements, and Lessons Learned De Gouvello, Christophe Berrah, Noureddine Jufeng, Li Song, Yanqin RENEWABLE ENERGY ENERGY MANAGEMENT RESOURCE ASSESSMENT INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION SUSTAINABILITY MARKET ORIENTATION ENERGY EFFICIENCY WIND POWER SOLAR ENERGY PHOTOVOLTAIC INDUSTRY HYDROPOWER BIOMASS ENERGY China made impressive progress in developing renewable energy to provide access to clean energy and electricity to its predominantly rural population before the economic boom that followed the open door policy, by improving energy supply to the economy as the country industrialized and urbanized at an extremely fast pace and finally by fighting debilitating local pollution and mitigating the impact of climate change. Through that journey, China has accumulated a considerable amount of experience and learned many lessons. Its evolution from a low-income to a middle-high income country and its wide geographical diversity brought about extensive challenges, many of which are similar to those facing a wide range of developing countries who are willing to further rely on renewable energy to address their energy needs. This report attempts to present the Chinese rich and diversified experience and draw the lessons learned that may inform decision-making in these countries. 2021-12-07T19:41:27Z 2021-12-07T19:41:27Z 2021-12-03 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/119221626083896086/China-40-Year-Experience-in-Renewable-Energy-Development-Policies-Achievements-and-Lessons-Learned http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36668 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Energy Study East Asia and Pacific China
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topic RENEWABLE ENERGY
ENERGY MANAGEMENT
RESOURCE ASSESSMENT
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
SUSTAINABILITY
MARKET ORIENTATION
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
WIND POWER
SOLAR ENERGY
PHOTOVOLTAIC INDUSTRY
HYDROPOWER
BIOMASS ENERGY
spellingShingle RENEWABLE ENERGY
ENERGY MANAGEMENT
RESOURCE ASSESSMENT
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
SUSTAINABILITY
MARKET ORIENTATION
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
WIND POWER
SOLAR ENERGY
PHOTOVOLTAIC INDUSTRY
HYDROPOWER
BIOMASS ENERGY
De Gouvello, Christophe
Berrah, Noureddine
Jufeng, Li
Song, Yanqin
China : 40-Year Experience in Renewable Energy Development - Policies, Achievements, and Lessons Learned
geographic_facet East Asia and Pacific
China
description China made impressive progress in developing renewable energy to provide access to clean energy and electricity to its predominantly rural population before the economic boom that followed the open door policy, by improving energy supply to the economy as the country industrialized and urbanized at an extremely fast pace and finally by fighting debilitating local pollution and mitigating the impact of climate change. Through that journey, China has accumulated a considerable amount of experience and learned many lessons. Its evolution from a low-income to a middle-high income country and its wide geographical diversity brought about extensive challenges, many of which are similar to those facing a wide range of developing countries who are willing to further rely on renewable energy to address their energy needs. This report attempts to present the Chinese rich and diversified experience and draw the lessons learned that may inform decision-making in these countries.
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author De Gouvello, Christophe
Berrah, Noureddine
Jufeng, Li
Song, Yanqin
author_facet De Gouvello, Christophe
Berrah, Noureddine
Jufeng, Li
Song, Yanqin
author_sort De Gouvello, Christophe
title China : 40-Year Experience in Renewable Energy Development - Policies, Achievements, and Lessons Learned
title_short China : 40-Year Experience in Renewable Energy Development - Policies, Achievements, and Lessons Learned
title_full China : 40-Year Experience in Renewable Energy Development - Policies, Achievements, and Lessons Learned
title_fullStr China : 40-Year Experience in Renewable Energy Development - Policies, Achievements, and Lessons Learned
title_full_unstemmed China : 40-Year Experience in Renewable Energy Development - Policies, Achievements, and Lessons Learned
title_sort china : 40-year experience in renewable energy development - policies, achievements, and lessons learned
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2021
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/119221626083896086/China-40-Year-Experience-in-Renewable-Energy-Development-Policies-Achievements-and-Lessons-Learned
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