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Cleaner Coal in China [Chinese Version]

Abstract

China’s rapid economic growth has aroused intense interest around the world. Policy makers, industrialists, investors, environmentalists, researchers and others want to better understand the issues that this populous nation faces as it further develops an already thriving economy largely fuelled by coal. This study sheds light on the Chinese coal supply and transformation sectors. China’s rapid economic growth has aroused intense interest around the world. Policy makers, industrialists, investors, environmentalists, researchers and others want to better understand the issues that this populous nation faces as it further develops an already thriving economy largely fuelled by coal. This study sheds light on the Chinese coal supply and transformation sectors. China’s coal, mined locally and available at a relatively low cost, has brought enormous benefits to energy consumers in China and to those outside the country who enjoy the products of its coal-based economy. Yet from another perspective, China’s coal use has a high cost. Despite progress, health and safety in the thousands of small coal mines lag far behind the standards achieved in China’s modern, large mines. Environmental degradation is a real and pressing problem at all stages of coal production, supply and use. Adding to these burdens, emissions of carbon  More>>
Publication Date:
Jul 01, 2009
Product Type:
Miscellaneous
Subject:
29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY; CHINA; COAL; TECHNOLOGY UTILIZATION; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT; COMBUSTION; COAL MINING; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; POWER GENERATION; DEMAND; SUPPLY AND DEMAND; GOVERNMENT POLICIES; RESEARCH PROGRAMS; MARKET; COAL INDUSTRY; RECOMMENDATIONS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY; ENERGY POLICY; MEMBER STATES; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES; FOSSIL FUELS; ENERGY SOURCES
OSTI ID:
22000001
Country of Origin:
IEA
Language:
Chinese
Other Identifying Numbers:
TRN: XY12OA282
Availability:
Commercial reproduction prohibited. Available from ETDE as OSTI ID: 22000001; Free publication produced by the International Energy Agency (IEA). See also the IEA website: http://www.iea.org/publications/freepublications/publication/name,3804,en.html
Submitting Site:
ETDE
Size:
363 page(s)
Announcement Date:
Dec 05, 2012

Citation Formats

None. Cleaner Coal in China [Chinese Version]. IEA: N. p., 2009. Web.
None. Cleaner Coal in China [Chinese Version]. IEA.
None. 2009. "Cleaner Coal in China [Chinese Version]." IEA.
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abstractNote = {China’s rapid economic growth has aroused intense interest around the world. Policy makers, industrialists, investors, environmentalists, researchers and others want to better understand the issues that this populous nation faces as it further develops an already thriving economy largely fuelled by coal. This study sheds light on the Chinese coal supply and transformation sectors. China’s rapid economic growth has aroused intense interest around the world. Policy makers, industrialists, investors, environmentalists, researchers and others want to better understand the issues that this populous nation faces as it further develops an already thriving economy largely fuelled by coal. This study sheds light on the Chinese coal supply and transformation sectors. China’s coal, mined locally and available at a relatively low cost, has brought enormous benefits to energy consumers in China and to those outside the country who enjoy the products of its coal-based economy. Yet from another perspective, China’s coal use has a high cost. Despite progress, health and safety in the thousands of small coal mines lag far behind the standards achieved in China’s modern, large mines. Environmental degradation is a real and pressing problem at all stages of coal production, supply and use. Adding to these burdens, emissions of carbon dioxide are of concern to the Chinese government as it embarks on its own climate protection strategy. Technology solutions are already transforming the way coal is used in China and elsewhere. This study explores the context in which the development and deployment of these technologies can be accelerated. Providing a large amount of new data, it describes in detail the situation in China as well as the experiences of other countries in making coal cleaner. Above all, the report calls for much greater levels of collaboration – existing bi-lateral and multi-lateral co-operation with China on coal is found lacking. China’s growing openness presents many commercial opportunities. Establishing a global market for cleaner coal technologies is key to unlocking the potential of technology – one of ten major recommendations made in this study.}
place = {IEA}
year = {2009}
month = {Jul}
}