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China, the largest energy producer and consumer in the world, has developed a comprehensive energy supply system consisting of coal, crude oil, natural gas, nuclear energy and renewable energy resources. The country has to strike a balance between satisfying its huge energy demand and safeguarding the environment in order to make its economic growth sustainable. To build a secure, economical and clean energy industry, China relies on scientific, technological and system innovation. This paper aims to introduce the current conditions and challenges in China’s energy development, its energy policies and energy revolution strategies, comprehensive measures and solutions for the energy transition, and the high-efficiency, clean and low-carbon coal utilization. China is exploring and practicing a new way in the high-efficiency, clean and low-carbon energy transition to ensure its sustainable energy development, which will offer a wide range of co-benefits in the future.
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Peng, S. (2017). China’s Long Road to the High-Efficiency, Clean and Low-Carbon Energy Transition. In: Raghavan, K., Ghosh, P. (eds) Energy Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-3102-1_6
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