China as a Global Clean Energy Champion

Philip Andrews-Speed is a Senior Principal Fellow at the Energy Studies Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore. He has 35 years in the field of energy and resources, starting his career as a mineral and oil exploration geologist before moving into the field of energy and resource governance. Until 2010 he was Professor of Energy Policy at the University of Dundee and Director of the Centre of Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy. His main research interest is the political economy of energy and resource governance. Recent books include China, Oil and Global Politics (with Roland Dannreuther) and The Governance of Energy in China: Transition to a Low-Carbon Economy.Sufang Zhang is Professor at the School of Economics and Management, North China Electric Power University (NCEPU), China. Before joining the NCEPU in 1993, she worked in provincial government as a project officer in charge of international aid programmes. Her research field focuses on energy policy, China’s renewable energy policy in particular. She has directed and participated in many renewable energy research projects supported by China’s central and local government, as well as international organizations such as the Energy Foundation China. Recent research projects include Institutional Constraints to the Renewable Energy Development in China.

• 1. Introduction.- 2. China as a Global Clean Energy Champion: Goals and Achievements.- 3. Transitions, Institutions and Public Policy.- 4. Governance in China.- 5. Low-Carbon Electricity.- 6. Low-Carbon Electricity Technology, Innovation, Manufacturing and Internationalisation.- 7. Fossil Fuels.- 8. Energy Efficiency and Conservation.- 9. The Water-Energy-Food Nexus.- 10. Carbon Pricing.- 11. Conclusions.

“China as a Global Clean Energy Champion: Lifting the Veil adds an interesting and important set of insights … . It provides a rare peek at what is going on behind the scenes of Chinese energy transition. Aside from area scholars, it is also widely accessible to non-specialist readers, and does a great job of writing to a broader audience. Readers will have a better understanding of China and its energy transition, and of its thoughts and practices … .” (Xiao Wang and Xiufeng Zhao, Pacific Affairs, Vol. 94 (4), December, 2021)“This volume, China as a Global Clean Energy Champion (hereafter ‘the book’ or ‘China and Clean Energy’) is a substantial contribution to energy research and scholarship. … this book, which I heartily commend to my readers attention, is an enormously valuable contribution to international energy scholarship and literature in its own right.” (William F. Fox, OGEL, Oil, Gas & Energy Law Intelligence, October 07, 2019)