Analysis of Energy Demand and Smart Grid Policy-Making Issues of China

Abstract:

Energy demand is steadily increasing in the world. People face challenges to meet this demand. Smart grid technology is helpful to renewable energy utilization and thus is drawn more and more attention. This paper makes a comparison of several indicators among five countries or districts from 2002 to 2010. These indicators include energy use indicator, GDP per unit of energy use indicator, net energy imports indicator, CO2 emissions indicator, fossil fuel energy consumption indicator, and Alternative and nuclear energy indicator. From the trend analysis of these indicators, it can be seen that developing countries especially China has a rapid increase in energy consumption and have a high environment protection pressure. Hence smart grid development is an urgent task for China. Some issues in the development of smart grid are discussed and some policy suggestions are presented.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 260-261)
• Pages: 576-580
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.260-261.576
• Online since: December 2012
• Authors: Sheng Xia Cai
• Keywords: Energy Demand, Policy-Making, Smart Grid (SG)

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