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Renewable Energy Industry Development and Policies in China

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Resources and Sustainable Utilization".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2023) | Viewed by 2608

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Law Department, Public Administration School, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), Wuhan 430074, China
Interests: renewable energy law and policy; intellectual property law and policy; natural resources law and policy

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Research Institute of Environmental Law, Law School, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430074, China
Interests: law and policy concerning biodiversity and biotechnology; water and ocean; climate change and energy; environment and health; trans-boundary environmental issues

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Economic Law School, East China University of Political Science and Law, Shanghai, China
Interests: energy law; economic law

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Institute of Environmental and Resources Law, China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing 100088, China
Interests: environmental law; energy law

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The rapid rise of China as a dominant global player in the renewable energy industry has drawn much attention from worldwide scholars and policy-makers. However, few literatures have launched  in-depth analysis of China’s strategic promotion policy of the renewable energy industry. This special issue aims to focus on Renewable Energy Industry Development and Policies in China. The scope of this special issue includes but not limited to following topics:

  1. Renewable energy security

(1) The core issue of renewable energy energy supply and demand balance security:

① Development planning of renewable energy

② Strategic reserve of renewable energy

③ International cooperation on renewable energy

④ Renewable energy development and grid connection

⑤ Emergency and safety warning of renewable energy

(2) The core issue of renewable energy production and utilization security

⑥ Market oriented reform of renewable energy industry

⑦ Neighbor avoidance conflict in the construction of renewable energy enterprises

⑧ Information disclosure of renewable energy enterprise operation

⑨ Liability for infringement of renewable energy and power facilities

(3) The core issue of renewable energy ecological environment security

⑩ Adjustment of renewable energy structure

⑪ Carbon emission reduction of renewable energy and climate change

⑫ Environmental responsibility of renewable energy enterprises

⑬ Environmental information disclosure of renewable energy enterprises

⑭ Cross border fair sharing of renewable energy

⑮ Carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) of renewable energy

  1. Renewable energy regulatory

(1) Renewable energy ownership system

(2) Fiscal and taxation system of renewable energy

(3) Renewable energy market access system

(4) Renewable energy price control system

(5) International trade rules of renewable energy

(6) Anti monopoly and unfair competition system of renewable energy industry

  1. Renewable energy benefit coordination

(7) Universal service system of renewable energy

(8) Full guaranteed acquisition of renewable energy power generation

(9) Mediation, arbitration and litigation system of renewable energy disputes

  1. Renewable energy industry

(10) Market oriented reform of renewable energy industry

(11) International renewable energy trade guarantee system

(12) Renewable energy market access "negative list" system

(13) Incentive system for the development of renewable energy industry (Feed-in tariff, renewable portfolio standard etc.)

  1. Renewable energy and intellectual property right

(14) Intellectual property policy of digitization (transformation) of China's renewable energy industry

(15) Renewable energy efficiency and technological innovation

(16) Renewable energy innovation and low-carbon technology development

(17) Incentive system for promoting scientific and technological progress of renewable energy

(18) Legal regulation of renewable energy labeling of products

  1. Renewable energy industry and digital society

(19) Digital governance system of renewable energy industrialization

(20) System and mechanism of data circulation and utilization in renewable energy industry

(21) Legal governance system and legislative reform for digital society

Dr. Dongdong Song
Prof. Dr. Tianbao Qin
Prof. Dr. Guoxing Xiao
Prof. Dr. Wenxuan Yu
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • energy security
  • energy supply and demand
  • energy production and utilization
  • ecological environment security
  • carbon emission reduction
  • climate change
  • environmental responsibility
  • anti monopoly and unfair competition
  • market oriented reform
  • feed-in tariff
  • renewable portfolio standard
  • intellectual property right
  • industry digitization
  • carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS)
  • digital society

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Current Development Status, Policy Support and Promotion Path of China’s Green Hydrogen Industries under the Target of Carbon Emission Peaking and Carbon Neutrality
by Lei Yang, Shuning Wang, Zhihu Zhang, Kai Lin and Minggang Zheng
Sustainability 2023, 15(13), 10118; https://doi.org/10.3390/su151310118 - 26 Jun 2023
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The green hydrogen industry, highly efficient and safe, is endowed with flexible production and low carbon emissions. It is conducive to building a low-carbon, efficient and clean energy structure, optimizing the energy industry system and promoting the strategic transformation of energy development and [...] Read more.
The green hydrogen industry, highly efficient and safe, is endowed with flexible production and low carbon emissions. It is conducive to building a low-carbon, efficient and clean energy structure, optimizing the energy industry system and promoting the strategic transformation of energy development and enhancing energy security. In order to achieve carbon emission peaking by 2030 and neutrality by 2060 (dual carbon goals), China is vigorously promoting the green hydrogen industry. Based on an analysis of the green hydrogen industry policies of the U.S., the EU and Japan, this paper explores supporting policies issued by Chinese central and local authorities and examines the inherent advantages of China’s green hydrogen industry. After investigating and analyzing the basis for the development of the green hydrogen industry in China, we conclude that China has enormous potential, including abundant renewable energy resources as well as commercialization experience with renewable energy, robust infrastructure and technological innovation capacity, demand for large-scale applications of green hydrogen in traditional industries, etc. Despite this, China’s green hydrogen industry is still in its early stage and has encountered bottlenecks in its development, including a lack of clarity on the strategic role and position of the green hydrogen industry, low competitiveness of green hydrogen production, heavy reliance on imports of PEMs, perfluorosulfonic acid resins (PFSR) and other core components, the development dilemma of the industry chain, lack of installed capacity for green hydrogen production and complicated administrative permission, etc. This article therefore proposes that an appropriate development road-map and integrated administration supervision systems, including safety supervision, will systematically promote the green hydrogen industry. Enhancing the core technology and equipment of green hydrogen and improving the green hydrogen industry chain will be an adequate way to reduce dependence on foreign technologies, lowering the price of green hydrogen products through the scale effect and, thus, expanding the scope of application of green hydrogen. Financial support mechanisms such as providing tax breaks and project subsidies will encourage enterprises to carry out innovative technological research on and invest in the green hydrogen industry. Full article
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