Coal for Electricity
Tianjin Briefing Oct. 5, 2010: Jiang Kejun - Coal Scenario
Posted by Nick Price on Oct 5, 2010
Download from the link above “Coal in the Low Carbon Scenario”, a presentation by Jiang Kejun from “Coal Use in China: Future Use and Emissions Control”, A Briefing in Tianjin, China on October 5, 2010.
WRI Hosts "Coal Use in China: Future Use and Emissions Control", A Briefing in Tianjin, China
Posted by Nick Price on Oct 4, 2010
Many ask how China can control its CO2 emissions given its reliance on coal and its continued need for more energy. This briefing will look at future use scenarios and at current programs to make coal use more efficient and to develop the technology to capture and store the CO2.
Download the agenda and presentations by the panelists below.
Edward Steinfeld
Edward Steinfeld is an professor of political economy in the MIT Department of Political Science. Steinfeld directs the MIT China Program (MISTI), and co-directs the MIT Industrial Performance Center’s China Energy Group.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department of Political Science
edstein@mit.edu
(617) 253-4130
Edward Cunningham
Edward Cunningham is an Assistant Professor at Boston University’s Geography and Environment & Center for Energy and Environmental Studies. His research focuses on the political economy of development and, more specifically, comparative energy governance. He employs surveys and qualitative case studies to examine the relationship between political structure and industrial structure, and the strategies states and firms adopt to manage risk in economic development. His current work assesses the impact of governance decentralization on the environmental sustainability and productivity of energy markets, particularly in China and Indonesia.
617-358-0208
Struggling to Keep the Lights On
Posted by Deborah Seligsohn on Jan 19, 2010
China seems finally to be emerging from a very cold spell, but not before struggling to cope with the increased energy demands associated with extreme cold. The Chinese press reported rationing of both gas and power in a number of Chinese cities and suggested the problems stemmed from coal shortages after the closure of 1000 coal mines in the past year for safety and environmental reasons.
After Copenhagen, China Strengthens Domestic Clean Energy Policies
Posted by Deborah Seligsohn on Jan 6, 2010
Since the Copenhagen Conference the Chinese government has engaged in international debate on the meeting’s meaning, but the external tumult does not appear to have affected its efforts to move forward on policies to reduce carbon intensity.
WRI: New Supercritical and Ultra-Supercritical Coal-Fired Power Plants Installed Annually, by Capacity
Posted by World Resources Institute on Dec 10, 2009
In 2008, China’s National Development and Reform Commission adopted a standard requiring all new coal-fired power plants to be state-of-the-art commercially available or better technology. As a result, today most of the world’s most efficient (supercritical and ultra-supercritical) coal-fired power plants are being built in China.
WRI: Average Coal-Fired Power Plant Fleet Efficiency in China and the U.S.
Posted by World Resources Institute on Dec 9, 2009
Improving energy efficiency and reducing carbon intensity in the power sector have been major goals for the Chinese government. This trend contrasts with the United States, where new coal-fired power plants built in the 1980s and 1990s were actually less efficient than those built in the 1970s. While China is still increasing its overall electricity output at a rapid rate - slightly more than one power plant per week - new power plants both add to capacity and replace less efficient, smaller power plants and direct (and very dirty) coal-burning at industrial sites.
Obama’s China Trip: US-China Joint Statement, Clean Energy Projects, and Environmental Capacity-Building MOU
Posted by Deborah Seligsohn on Nov 17, 2009
President Obama and his team look like they’ve had a productive day in Beijing, even if Press Secretary Robert Gibbs had to remind the media that the Obama team was not expecting “that the waters would part and everything would change over our almost two-and-a-half day trip to China.” The just-released U.S.-China Joint Statement is almost encyclopedic in its coverage of the challenges facing these two world leaders, with commitments to work together more closely on them.
ChinaFAQs: A Quest to Curb Coal Use
Posted by ChinaFAQs on Oct 22, 2009
Key Points
- China burns more coal than any other nation – a major reason it has become the world’s leading annual emitter of greenhouse gases.
- China is also an emerging leader in deploying cleaner-coal technologies. It has built more high-efficiency coal-fired power plants than any country, for instance, helping improve the technology and drive down costs.
- China is pioneering technologies that could enable power plants to capture and store warming gases such as carbon dioxide.
Expert Blog Posts
Experts In the News
Experts
- Nathaniel Aden , World Resources Institute
- Edward Cunningham , Boston University
- Erica Downs , The Brookings Institution
- Meredydd Evans , Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
- Barbara Finamore , Natural Resources Defense Council
- Jerry Fletcher , West Virginia University
- Sarah Forbes , World Resources Institute
- David Fridley , Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Kelly Sims Gallagher , Tufts University
- Banning Garrett , Atlantic Council
- Melanie Hart , Center for American Progress
- Mikkal Herberg , The National Bureau of Asian Research
- Isabel Hilton , Chinadialogue
- Trevor Houser , Peterson Institute for International Economics
- S.T. Hsieh , Tulane University
- Angel Hsu , Yale Center for Environment and Policy
- Daniel Kammen , University of California, Berkeley
- Robert Kapp , Robert A. Kapp and Associates
- Albert Keidel , Atlantic Council
- David Kline , National Renewable Energy Laboratory
- Bo Kong , Johns Hopkins University
- Michael Levi , Council on Foreign Relations
- Mark Levine , Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
- Joanna Lewis , Georgetown University
- Kenneth Lieberthal , The Brookings Institution
- Haibing Ma , Worldwatch Institute
- Denise Mauzerall , Princeton University
- Irving Mintzer , Potomac Energy Fund
- Chris Nielsen , Harvard University
- Rose Niu , The Paulson Institute
- Stephanie Ohshita , Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Huei Peng , University of Michigan
- Lynn Price , Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- David Pumphrey , Center for Strategic and International Studies
- JingJing Qian , Natural Resources Defense Council
- Rod Quinn , Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
- Luke Schoen , Tsinghua-Berkeley Inter-University Program
- Deborah Seligsohn , World Resources Institute
- Monisha Shah , National Renewable Energy Laboratory
- Bo Shen , Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Edward Steinfeld , Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Jennifer Turner , Woodrow Wilson Center
- Alex Wang , UC Berkeley Boalt Law School
- Elizabeth Wilson , University of Minnesota
- Julian Wong , Green Leap Forward
- Ailun Yang , World Resources Institute
- Zhang Xiaoquan , The Nature Conservancy
- Nan Zhou , Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Data Sources
BP Statistical Review of World Energy
Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (ORNL)
China Energy Databook (LBNL)
Key China Energy Statistics 2011 (LBNL)
Climate Analysis Indicator Tool (CAIT)
Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research (EDGAR)
Energy Information Administration (EIA)
International Energy Agency (IEA)
The World Bank
UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
