Journal
ENERGY POLICY
Volume 39, Issue 12, Pages 8046-8050Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2011.09.059
Keywords
Renewable energy; Political economy; China
Funding
- Becas Complutense-Del Amo
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This communication displays some of our on-going research on the incompleteness of China's advances toward best practice in policy-making and institution-building for renewables. In particular, this paper: (1) summarizes how Chinese policies and institutions for the deployment of renewable electricity are only partially compliant with what is internationally recognized as best practice; and (2) contextualizes Chinese policies and institutions for renewables in the broader picture of China's political economy. Much as a political economy perspective has aided the understanding of why Chinese economic reforms were partial and unique, the said contextualization might help explain why China's policies and institutions for renewables diverge from best practice. Further, given that China proved successful in promoting its economic growth with partial and unique reforms, the partiality and uniqueness of its renewables policies and institutions need not impede the rapid development of renewable electricity. This on-going research has so far combined a review of specialized literature and the business press with semi-structured interviews held with relevant actors in policy, business, and research related to renewable energies. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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