Forecasting the growth of China’s natural gas consumption

Junchen Li, Xiucheng Dong, Jianxin Shangguan and Mikael Hook

Energy, 2011, vol. 36, issue 3, 1380-1385

Abstract: The use of natural gas in China is still relatively immature, as gas production only supplies a low percentage of the domestic energy system. In contrast, Chinese economy mainly relies on coal with a 67% share of the total primary energy supply. The environmental impact from this high coal dependence is significant and planners have sought for cleaner energy sources. Natural gas is both cleaner and generally more efficient than coal and gas consumption is rising quickly due to these facts.

Keywords: Natural gas consumption; System dynamics model; Scenario analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2011.01.003

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