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Coal

In: China and the Global Business Revolution

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  • Peter Nolan

    (University of Cambridge
    University of Cambridge)

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Energy Demand. Despite great improvements in the technical efficiency with which energy has been used to generate output of goods and services, the world’s demand for primary energy has increased sharply since the 1980s. In the decade 1986–96, the world’s consumption of primary energy rose by 18 per cent, and excluding the former USSR, it rose by 29 per cent (Table 10-1). Fast-growing developing countries, especially those in East Asia, spearheaded the growth in energy demand. Most importantly, China’s consumption of primary energy rose by no less than 54 per cent from 1986 to 1996. However, large increases took place also in advanced economies. Primary energy consumption in Japan rose by 38 per cent, and in the USA by over 22 per cent. Indeed, the USA’s share of global primary energy consumption rose from 24.5 per cent in 1986 to 25.5 per cent in 1996. Table 10-1 Change in Primary Energy Consumption, 1986–96 (million tons of Oil Equivalent) Table 10-2 Share of Global Installed Capacity for Electricity Generation, 1990–2010 (% in brackets)

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  • Peter Nolan, 2001. "Coal," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: China and the Global Business Revolution, chapter 10, pages 695-760, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-52410-1_10
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230524101_10
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