Displacement efficiency of alternative energy and trans-provincial imported electricity in China

oleh: Yuanan Hu, Hefa Cheng

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2017-02-01

Deskripsi

Alternative energy is widely believed to proportionally displace fossil fuels. Here, the authors analyse displacement values for China between 1995 and 2014 and show that alternative energy, primarily hydropower, displaced ∼1/4 of a unit of fossil electricity, twice the global average.