China has the largest population and one of the fastest-growing economies on Earth, yet the country’s growth has put a huge strain on world energy supplies and China’s environment. These challenges and possibilities that China faces as it plots its energy future were outlined in an article recently published in: A Journal of the Human Environment.

High energy consumption and poor energy efficiency exacerbate China’s pollution problem, according to the paper. In 2003, two-thirds of Chinese cities didn’t meet air quality standards. China has the highest sulfur dioxide emissions in the world and ranks second in carbon dioxide emissions. Chinese industry lags behind the rest of the world in energy efficiency. Eight energy-intensive industries representing nearly three-fourths of China’s industrial energy consumption use 47 percent more energy per unit of production than the same industries in developed nations. http://chinabiomass.com/

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