China’s focus on self-sufficiency will not hold back LNG demand [Gas in Transition]
May 4, 2021 5:15:am
Summary The focus of China’s 14th Five-Year Plan is self sufficiency with an implied short-term increase in coal use and a major effort to boost domestic gas production, alongside rapidly expanding renewables and nuclear capacity in electricity generation. Yet even as gas imports along the new Power of Siberia ramp up, China’s demand for LNG is expected to grow fast. Projections of 80-110bn m3/year by 2025 could well prove low, given LNG’s flexibility in meeting demand variations, possible shortfalls in targeted domestic gas output and gradual liberalisation of the gas market. [Gas in Transition, Volume 1, Issue 1]
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China s Energy Security Fears Slow Climate Drive
Apr 17, 2021 7:30:pm
Summary China s growing concerns over energy security and potential conflicts with the United States may be slowing its efforts to fight climate change, experts and recent reports say.
by: Michael Lelyveld, Radio Free Asia
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China s Energy Security Fears Slow Climate Drive
After more than a decade of rising reliance on imported oil and gas, China s government has been reluctant to acknowledge the country s energy security risks.
In a report to the National People s Congress (NPC) last May, the government s top planning agency pledged to ensure energy security for the first time.
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