China's energy policies: technological and commercial expansion of a consuming giant
29 March 2011
13.30 - 15.00 hrs
Energy Programme Asia Lecture by Dr. Eduard B. Vermeer, Affiliated senior fellow at the EPA-IIAS. Chair & discussant: Dr. Mehdi Amineh
China made a number of important strategic choices about its energy supply under its new Five-Year Plan this month. Some are a continuation of earlier trends: acquisition of overseas oil and gas resources, expansion of refineries, strategic oil reserves, ambitious GHG emission reduction targets, heavy investment in solar and wind power technologies, and LNG facilities and gas pipelines. Some are new: unconventional sources of gas, nuclear technology exports, greater emphasis on hydropower, lower economic growth rates. These choices are part of an industrial policy, but also made by Chinese companies based on world market expectations. In this lecture, China energy expert Eduard Vermeer will discuss the implications for other countries and international markets and some main conflicts of interest. How aggressively nationalistic are Chinese policies and people's attitudes?This lecture is organised within the Energy Programme Asia (EPA) Lecture Series 2011
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Dr Mehdi P. Amineh
EPA Programme Director
International Institute for Asian Studies
T +31 20 525 4567
m.p.amineh@uva.nl