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

Authors :
Yuanan Hu
Hefa Cheng
Source :
Nature Communications, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2017)
Publication Year :
2017
Publisher :
Nature Portfolio, 2017.

Abstract

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.

Subjects

Subjects :
Science

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20411723
Volume :
8
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Nature Communications
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.9fb175f80fac46a9a06927638e3292d3
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14590