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Coal remains the primary energy resource for China. For a long time, coal accounted for 80 % of total power generated.
Building coal-fired power plants has brought about much demand for domestic coal production. Meanwhile transportation and environmental problems have arisen.
To cope with climate change, China has eliminated out-dated manufacturing equipment and poor techniques that involve high energy-consumption and heavy pollution.
And it is enhancing its heating efficiency usage of coal to save on energy consumption and reduce emissions from the coal industry.
China has made tremendous progress to develop renewable and new energy such as hydro-electricity, wind power, light power, solar power, bio-power and household gas to adjust the energy structure, protect the environment and promote low-carbon development.
Yet, the plan to develop nuclear power may slow down due to the Japanese nuclear crisis in the year of 2011. However, the general direction of increasing the ratio of nuclear power in energy provision remains unchanged.
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Liu, L. (2013). Green Energy in China. In: Xue, J., Zhao, Z., Dai, Y., Wang, B. (eds) Green Low-Carbon Development in China. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01153-0_5
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