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Increase in Energy Efficiencies

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The chapter aims to assess the potential for energy efficiency improvement and identify high-impact technologies in selected sectors in China, including power, industrial, building, and transportation sectors, thereby facilitating the dissemination of best practices and successful stories. First, current energy consumption and energy efficiency development are reviewed, and selecting criteria and potential technologies of energy efficiency are proposed. Second, energy efficiency technologies with high-impact opportunities are overviewed by sector, and the technical description, energy-saving potential, carbon dioxide (CO2) emission reduction, and air pollutants emission reduction of each proposed technology are discussed in detail. Finally, conclusions and policy recommendations are put forward.

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Abbreviations

CO2:

Carbon dioxide

gce:

gram of coal-equivalent energy

GDP:

Gross Domestic Product

MIIT:

Ministry of Industry and Information Technology

Mtce:

Million tons of coal-equivalent energy

NBS:

National Bureau of Statistics

NDRC:

National Development and Reform Commission

tce:

tons of coal-equivalent energy

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  1. Institute of energy environment and economy, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

    Sheng Zhou

  2. School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

    Shengyue Li, Daiwei Ouyang & Shuxiao Wang

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Zhou, S., Li, S., Ouyang, D., Wang, S. (2023). Increase in Energy Efficiencies. In: Akimoto, H., Tanimoto, H. (eds) Handbook of Air Quality and Climate Change. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-2527-8_43-1

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