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DOI	10.2172/7254726
报告编号	LBL-32275
来源ID	OSTI_ID: 7254726
	An overview of energy supply and demand in China
	Liu, F.; Davis, W.B.; Levine, M.D.
英文摘要	Although China is a poor country, with much of its population still farming for basic subsistence in rural villages, China is rich in energy resources. With the world's largest hydropower potential, and ranking third behind the US and USSR in coal reserves, China is in a better position than many other developing countries when planning for its future energy development and self-sufficiency. China is now the third largest producer and consumer of commercial energy, but its huge populace dilutes this impressive aggregate performance into a per capita figure which is an order of magnitude below the rich industrialized nations. Despite this fact, it is still important to recognize that China's energy system is still one of the largest in the world. A system this size allows risk taking and can capture economies of scale. The Chinese have maintained rapid growth in energy production for several decades. In order to continue and fully utilize its abundant resources however, China must successfully confront development challenges in many areas. For example, the geographic distribution of consumption centers poorly matches the distribution of resources, which makes transportation a vital but often weak link in the energy system. Another example -- capital -- is scarce relative to labor, causing obsolete and inefficiently installed technology to be operated well beyond what would be considered its useful life in the West. Major improvements in industrial processes, buildings, and other energy-using equipment and practices are necessary if China's energy efficiency is to continue to improve. Chinese energy planners have been reluctant to invest in environmental quality at the expense of more tangible production quotas.
出版年	1992
报告类型	Technical Report
语种	英语
国家	美国
来源学科分类	29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY ; CHINA ; ENERGY CONSUMPTION ; ENERGY SOURCES ; BIOMASS ; COAL ; ENERGY DEMAND ; GEOTHERMAL ENERGY ; HYDROELECTRIC POWER ; OIL SHALES ; PEAT ; PETROLEUM ; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT ; SOLAR ENERGY ; TIDAL POWER ; URANIUM ; WIND POWER ; ACTINIDES ; ASIA ; BITUMINOUS MATERIALS ; CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS ; DEMAND ; ELECTRIC POWER ; ELEMENTS ; ENERGY ; FOSSIL FUELS ; FUELS ; MATERIALS ; MATTER ; METALS ; ORGANIC MATTER ; POWER ; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES ; ROCKS ; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS ; SHALES 290400* -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Energy Resources ; 298000 -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Consumption & Utilization
URL	http://www.osti.gov/scitech/servlets/purl/7254726
资源类型	科技报告
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/264777
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Liu, F.,Davis, W.B.,Levine, M.D.. An overview of energy supply and demand in China,1992.