Integration of Variable Renewables in the Energy System of EU and China – Policy Considerations NEW

China and the European Union have many things in common, many challenges to discuss together, and many good practices to share. This is particularly the case in the power sector; China leads the world in its investments into renewables generation capacity, and as the leading manufacturer of PV panels. The EU has also made enormous strides in achieving a rapid growth in installed renewables capacity, and as the main producer of wind turbines, particularly offshore. The two reports

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支持中欧可再生能源发电建设:政策考量 NEW

作为世界上最大的发展中国家和最大的能源消费国,中国正在积极推进生态文明建设,努力促进经济社会可持续发展。推动能源转型是新形势下实现可持续发展的重要支撑。 2014 年,中国国家主席习近平创造性地提出了“四个革命、一个合作”的能源安全新战略,从全局 和战略高度为中国能源高质量发展指明了方向。在发给 2019 年太原能源低碳发展论坛的贺信中指出, 能源低碳发展关乎人类未来,中国高度重视能源低碳发展,积极推进能源消费、供给、技术、体制革命。中国愿同国际社会一道,全方位加强能源合作,维护能源安全,应对气候变化,保护生态环境, 促进可持续发展,更好造福世界各国人民。中国能源

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Comments on the Draft China Energy Law – Philip Andrews-Speed

China’s government has taken a number of steps to reform its energy sector, diversify the number of actors and increase the role of market forces. However, the state retains a dominant position in the sector and so the impact of the reforms is likely to be less than hoped. Philip Andrews-Speed has been a Principal Fellow at the Energy Studies Institute (ESI) of the National University of Singapore since 2012. Until 2010 he was Professor of Energy Policy at the University of Dundee and Director of the Centre of Energ

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