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As China is the world’s largest energy consumer and carbon emitter, it is under a great deal of international pressure to try to minimise its consumption of fossil fuels and to employ all possible means to minimise the resulting carbon emissions. The progress that has been made in recent years to harness solar and wind power have been very impressive.
Dr. Bin Su, Senior Fellow, Energy Studies Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore; Email: subin@nus.edu.sg.
Dr. Elspeth Thomson, Consultant; Former Senior Fellow and Head of the Energy and Environment Division, Energy Studies Institute, National University of Singapore; Email: e_bt_56@hotmail.com
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Su, B., Thomson, E. (2016). Introduction. In: Su, B., Thomson, E. (eds) China's Energy Efficiency and Conservation. SpringerBriefs in Environment, Security, Development and Peace, vol 31. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0928-0_1
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