Renewable Energy Status in China

China has become the largest energy consumer and the biggest CO2 emitter in the world. To meet the huge energy demand arising from the fast economic growth and ambitious urbanization, Chinese government plans to move away from fossil fuels and rely on renewables such as hydropower, wind power, solar power, biomass power and nuclear power. In this book, the current status of Chinäs renewable energy deployment and the ongoing development projects are summarized and discussed. Most recent developments of major renewable energy sources are clearly reviewed. Additionally, the renewable energy development policies including laws and regulations, economic encouragement, technical research and development are also summarized. To move towards a low carbon society, technological progress and policy improvements are needed for improving grid access (wind), securing nuclear fuel supplies and managing safety protocols (nuclear), integrating supply chains to achieve indigenous manufacture of technologies across supply chains (solar). Furthermore, a preliminary prediction of Chinäs future renewable energy developments, and proposes targeted countermeasures and suggestions are proposed.