Renewable power for China: Past, present, and
future

doi:10.1007/s11708-010-0120-z

Front. Energy

2010, Vol. 4

Issue (3) : 287-294 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11708-010-0120-z

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Renewable power for China: Past, present, and future

Eric MARTINOT¹, ²,

1.Tsinghua-BP Clean Energy Research and Education Center, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China; 2.2010-10-22 15:26:32;

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Abstract This paper briefly examines the history, status, policy situation, development issues, and prospects for key renewable power technologies in China. The country has become a global leader in wind turbine and solar photovoltaic (PV) production, and leads the world in total power capacity from renewable energy. Policy frameworks have matured and evolved since the landmark 2005 Renewable Energy Law, updated in 2009. China’s 2020 renewable energy target is similar to that of the EU. However, China continues to face many challenges in technology development, grid-integration, and policy frameworks. These include training, research and development, wind turbine operating experience and performance, transmission constraints, grid interconnection time lags, resource assessments, power grid integration on large scales, and continued policy development and adjustment. Wind and solar PV targets for 2020 will likely be satisfied early, although domestic demand for solar PV remains weak and the pathways toward incorporating distributed and building-integrated solar PV are uncertain. Prospects for biomass power are limited by resource constraints. Other technologies such as concentrating solar thermal power, ocean energy, and electricity storage require greater attention.

Keywords renewable energy wind power solar power sustainable energy policy green industry

Issue Date: 05 September 2010

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Eric MARTINOT,管理员. Renewable power for China: Past, present, and future[J]. Front. Energy, 2010, 4(3): 287-294.

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