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This section of the website contains information about the Energy Industry in China - with a focus on investing and technology. China is not required to implement the Kyoto Treaty based on its status as a developing nation. However, China is just now (2008) surpassing the United States as the #1 emitter of greenhouse gases. China has an energy goal of improving overall energy efficiency in 2010 by 20% over 2005 levels - 4% per year. Electricity consumption per capita in China is about 1,700 KW/H per year - about 20% of the worlds most developed economies.

In 2005, China produced 80.6% of its energy requirement from coal, 13.2% from oil, 3.4% from natural gas, 2.5% from hydropower, and .3% from nuclear. Its energy production has increased an average of 12.7% per year during 2003-2005, outpacing the 10% average annual growth rate of GDP. As a result of the high energy demand in recent years, China’s index of energy self sufficiency has dropped from 1.0 in 2001 to 0.95 in 2004. Coupled with the growing environmental problems, this growing reliance on imported energy resources lead to increased emphasis on energy conservation and renewable energy in the 11^th Five Year Plan (2006-2010) and the enactment of the Renewable Energy Law in 2006.

China

	Government - Administrations, Bureaux, Commissions, Ministries.
	Information - Information sources about China.

Fuels

	Biofuels - solid, liquid, or gas fuel consisting of, or derived from biomass.
	Coal - as a fuel and coal plants. Coal Bed Methane.
	Natural Gas - as a fuel and natural gas plants.
	Oil and Petroleum - fuels for energy production.
	Renewables - as a fuel category, fuels that replenish or are inexhaustible.
	Solar - energy from the sun.
	Water - energy from the water - see Hydro and Marine
	Wind - energy from the wind.

Generation and Transmission

	Distributed Power - power generation from the customer side, or generation within the Distribution system.
	Fuel Cells - an electrochemical energy conversion device - producing electricity from external supplies of fuel.
	Generation - high level information.
	Geothermal - using earth temperatures to heat and cool.
	Hydro - generation from dam projects.
	Marine - approaches to energy production using ocean properties.
	Nuclear - generation from nuclear fission.
	Transmission - resources and references related to Transmission of Electricity in China

Investing in Energy Companies

	Investors - Venture Capital Sources - companies investing in energy companies.
	Investing - Information on investing in China.
	NASDAQ - China companies of interest listed on the NASDAQ.
	NYSE - China companies listed on the NYSE (New York Stock Exchange)
	Public Companies - List of China companies listed on US and European Stock Exchanges.
	SPACs - Special Purpose Acquisition Companies

Miscellaneous

	Consultants - Companies providing services to support business in China.
	Demand Response - Demand side programs to react to energy prices.
	Energy General - Additional information about Energy in China.
	People - People associated with the energy business in China.
	Law - Legal firms and Laws in China.

Storage (of energy)

	Batteries - electrochemical cell that stores chemical energy and makes it available in an electrical form.
	Fuel Cells - an electrochemical energy conversion device - producing electricity from external supplies of fuel.
	Flywheels - works by accelerating a rotor (flywheel) to a very high speed and drawing off energy as it slows.

Technologies (other)

	PLC - Power Line Carrier, includes Broadband Over Power Lines (BPL)

China - Energy and Investing