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ultra-supercritical. As a result, the CO2 emissions per kWh from 2.1
electricity generation, using coal/peat in China, has reduced to
840 kg CO2/kwh in 2010, while that in India is still more than
1100 kg CO2/kwh.
China and India have achieved an impressive overall growth in the
field of renewable energy in recent years, but they have not yet acquired
the corresponding capability at the technological level. For example,
although the installed capacity of China’s wind-driven generators has
doubled every year in the past few years and the domestic market
share of China’s wind turbine manufacturing enterprises is more than
50 per cent, most of the world’s wind power related patents are owned
by developed countries’ companies (Table 1.3), and the applications
for renewable energy-related patents have been applied for by foreign
enterprise subsidiaries in China. China’s top four applicants for wind
power patents are all developed country enterprises (Table 1.4). Among
the top ten, only four are Chinese applicants. Furthermore, although the
total amount of patent applicants from China is increasing recently, the
quality of patent applicants, e.g., share of invention patents, is still far
behind. Thus, although much wind power equipment is produced by
Chinese enterprises, the real owners of its technologies are companies
of foreign countries (mainly developed countries).
The Programme of Energy and Climate Economics (PECE) of
Renmin University of China conducted a research on energy industry,
iron and steel industry, transportation industry, construction industry,
and other important sectors of the national economy, identifying
more than 20 important low carbon technologies which include ultra-
supercritical power generation technology, renewable technology, and
high-performance pure electric vehicle technology, and so on. Through
a comparison of the status of development of these technologies at
home and abroad (the details are presented in Table 1.5), it came to
the conclusion that at present, China still lags far behind developed
countries in core technologies.
In sum, China and India cannot narrow the gap between their
countries and the developed world in the field of low carbon
technologies overnight. Against the backdrop of increasingly
pressing climate change, China and India should maintain their own
independent development of high-efficiency energy use technologies
and various clean energy technologies and also engage in technological
cooperation and support with the international community.
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electricity generation, using coal/peat in China, has reduced to
840 kg CO2/kwh in 2010, while that in India is still more than
1100 kg CO2/kwh.
China and India have achieved an impressive overall growth in the
field of renewable energy in recent years, but they have not yet acquired
the corresponding capability at the technological level. For example,
although the installed capacity of China’s wind-driven generators has
doubled every year in the past few years and the domestic market
share of China’s wind turbine manufacturing enterprises is more than
50 per cent, most of the world’s wind power related patents are owned
by developed countries’ companies (Table 1.3), and the applications
for renewable energy-related patents have been applied for by foreign
enterprise subsidiaries in China. China’s top four applicants for wind
power patents are all developed country enterprises (Table 1.4). Among
the top ten, only four are Chinese applicants. Furthermore, although the
total amount of patent applicants from China is increasing recently, the
quality of patent applicants, e.g., share of invention patents, is still far
behind. Thus, although much wind power equipment is produced by
Chinese enterprises, the real owners of its technologies are companies
of foreign countries (mainly developed countries).
The Programme of Energy and Climate Economics (PECE) of
Renmin University of China conducted a research on energy industry,
iron and steel industry, transportation industry, construction industry,
and other important sectors of the national economy, identifying
more than 20 important low carbon technologies which include ultra-
supercritical power generation technology, renewable technology, and
high-performance pure electric vehicle technology, and so on. Through
a comparison of the status of development of these technologies at
home and abroad (the details are presented in Table 1.5), it came to
the conclusion that at present, China still lags far behind developed
countries in core technologies.
In sum, China and India cannot narrow the gap between their
countries and the developed world in the field of low carbon
technologies overnight. Against the backdrop of increasingly
pressing climate change, China and India should maintain their own
independent development of high-efficiency energy use technologies
and various clean energy technologies and also engage in technological
cooperation and support with the international community.
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