Transition towards energy generation from renewable sources in the People’s Republic of China

• Authors: Brusiło Paweł

Title variants

PL

Transformacja w stronę produkcji energii ze źródeł odnawialnych w Chińskiej Republice Ludowej w latach 2000-2019

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Over the last years, the People’s Republic of China has undergone through the complex energy transition. This process sparked off because renewable energy (RE) sources became a more profitable and effective alternative for fossil fuels, which environmental, social and economic costs turned out to be incommensurate with the benefits. The increasing importance of RE sources in Chinese electricity generation has its reflection in the energy mix – in 2019 over 26% of energy was produced from renewable energy sources. The following article includes a review of the most crucial changes in the energy transition process between 2000 and 2019. This paper also attempts to find the main reasons for the growing supply of energy sourced from RE sources. Electricity generation data, used in the study, present changes in the energy mix and showing examples of relevant infrastructural projects (i.e. the Three Gorges Dam in Hubei province) allows to take a broad view at the ongoing process of energy sources diversification in China.

PL

Przez ostatnie lata Chińska Republika Ludowa przechodziła głęboką transformację energetyczną, ponieważ odnawialne źródła energii stają się coraz bardziej korzystną i efektywną alternatywą dla źródeł konwencjonalnych, których koszty środowiskowe, społeczne i ekonomiczne stają się niewspółmierne do osiąganych korzyści. Wzrost znaczenia OZE w produkcji energii elektrycznej w Chinach ma swoje odzwierciedlenie w miksie energetycznym, w którym w 2019 roku ponad 26% energii elektrycznej było pozyskiwane ze źródeł odnawialnych. Artykuł stanowi przegląd najważniejszych przemian związanych z transformacją energetyczną w Chińskiej Republice Ludowej w latach 2000-2019. Prezentowane dane dotyczące wielkości produkcji energii elektrycznej pozwalają prześledzić dotychczasowe zmiany w strukturze energetycznej, a przykłady konkretnych obiektów infrastrukturalnych (takich jak Tama Trzech Przełomów w prowincji Hubei) umożliwiają szersze omówienie skutków postępującej dywersyfikacji źródeł energii w Chinach.

Keywords

EN

China; renewable energy sources; transition

PL

Chiny; odnawialne źródła energii; transformacja

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny we Wrocławiu. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu
• Journal: Ekonomia XXI Wieku
• Year: 2019
• Issue: 2 (22)
• Pages: 85-97

Contributors

author

Brusiło Paweł

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