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Enhancing energy efficiency in China: assessment of sectoral potentials

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  • Author(s)/Creator(s):
    Zhiyu Tian
    Xiliang Zhang
    Xianli Zhu
    Quan Bai
    Guanyun Fu
    Jingru Liu
    Qingbing Pei
    Yuyan Weng
    Huawen Xiong
    Wenjing Yi
    Jianguo Zhang
    Sheng Zhou
  • Publisher(s)/Producter(s):
    Copenhagen Centre on Energy Efficiency
Description

This book uses energy and economic models to assess the potential for further energy-efficient improvements in the transport, building, industry and power sectors of China. The report starts with a modelling assessment of the role of energy efficiency in supporting China to achieve its Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC) of reaching a peak in its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by around 2030. It concludes that the contribution of improvements in energy efficiency to China reducing its GHG emissions is between 67% and 80%, depending on whether the country reaches this peak in 2025, 2030, or 2035. The report continues to use the Long-Range Energy Alternatives Planning (LEAP) model to assess the potential for improvements in energy efficiency in the four key sectors. For each sector, the study identifies key high-impact opportunities (HIOs) for improvements in energy efficiency, some technical, others structural. The technical HIOs are those based on specific technological improvements, such as more energy-efficient housing and more fuel-efficient cars. The structural HIOs involve changes in product mix and service mix, such as reducing the overcapacity in energy-intensive industries and increasing the use of public transit for passenger transport. Moreover, for each sector, the report also identifies barriers to the realization of the HIOs and offers a set of recommendations for how to address them.

Funder
UN Environment
Policy Quality
6
Subject(s)
Sustainable development
energy
Energy conservation
Sustainable building design and construction
Industrial efficiency
Power resources
Energy efficiency
Transport
Building energy codes

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