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By: China’s Coal (Part I) « China Comment

China’s Coal (Part I) « China Comment — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:06:40 +0000

[...] and the relatively higher sulfur and ash content of some Chinese coal (MIT article | summary | Green Leap Forward’s Analysis) , the mere slight CO2 production lead that China has over the US is quite interesting– [...]

By: ENN Group’s Wang Yusuo at Clinton Global Initiative 2009 | CNReviews

ENN Group’s Wang Yusuo at Clinton Global Initiative 2009 | CNReviews — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:52:24 +0000

[...] plants without any real policy-making/regulatory direction away from the current status quo. He quotes an MIT report that characterized this conventional wisdom as “China builds crap, it burns crap, and it [...]

By: The Green Leap Forward 绿跃进 » Putting China’s Coal Power Sector in its Proper Perspective

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 22:39:40 +0000

[...] The overarching trend points to a clear policy direction–China is using more coal, yes, but it is using it in an increasingly efficient way. Greenpeace seeks to accelearate a decarbonization of China’s power sector with a half a dozen recommendations. I take slight issue with the first recommendation, which calls on China to introduce a price signal through an energy tax and environmental tax on coal. This is not a bad idea in and of itself, but would spells a lose-lose strategy right now beacause utilities are unable to fully pass down the prices increase of coal to their end-users. For any sort of tax mechanism to be effective, energy price reform in the electricity sector is hugely wanting (see also pevious post “China’s Coal Industry-MIT Report Challenges the Myths“). [...]

By: The Green Leap Forward 绿跃进 » Blog Archive » Green Hops: Autos, Nukes, Agro, Recycling Woes

Thu, 01 Jan 2009 02:33:19 +0000

[...] an opportune time when coal prices have dropped by 30 to 40% since the summer, but GLF points out an earlier post (see finding #4) on a recent MIT coal report that suggests the upstream coal industry has already [...]

By: The Green Leap Forward 绿跃进 » Blog Archive » 1.7 Trillion Reasons to Clean Coal Up

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 07:09:16 +0000

[...] External costs (i.e. cost not accounted for in the price tag, such as environmental, public health and other social costs) of coal in China totaled RMB 1.7 trillion (about US$250 billion) in 2007, equivalent to 7.1% of China’s 2007 GDP, according to a landmark report commissioned by Greenpeace, Energy Foundation and World Wildlife Fund released yesterday. “The True Cost of Coal” (Chinese version; English version) is the second high profile report on the Chinese coal industry to be released this month, following one by a group of MIT researchers which we previously discussed here. [...]

By: The Green Leap Forward 绿跃进 » Blog Archive » Stanford’s David Victor on Coal

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:11:57 +0000

[...] Last week, we discussed the startling study by an MIT group on the Chinese coal industry. We dig a little deeper into the global coal industry (and of course tie it back to the Middle Kingdom), with a presentation by Stanford University’s David Victorat Google’s campus. In case you don’t have that hour or so to spare, I’ve jotted down several points from Dr. Victor’s presentation that stood out for me: [...]

By: Ugens Fem Klik fra Kina: Kul, blogs og alkohol | KINABLOG.dk

Ugens Fem Klik fra Kina: Kul, blogs og alkohol | KINABLOG.dk — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 09:25:35 +0000

[...] kul af meget ringe kvalitet, viser en ny undersøgelse som Sinobyte skriver om. Bloggen Green Leap Forward har en glimrende og grundig gennemgang af [...]

By: CER links: Melamedia, Coal, Socialist countryside - China Economic Review

CER links: Melamedia, Coal, Socialist countryside - China Economic Review — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 02:14:38 +0000

[...] The Green Leap Forward - China’s Coal Industry–MIT Report Challenges the Myths - A new report from MIT researches explains why new technology is not enough for China’s energy sector [...]