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Waste energy recovery CDM projects in China: status, challenges and suggestions

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  • Fang Rong
  • Yuxin Lan
  • Shaojun Zeng
  • Huijin Yu

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The recovery potential for waste energy from major Chinese industries is significant. For example, the estimated waste energy recovery potential is 40 million tons of coal equivalent in the iron and steel industry, accounting for ∼10% of the total energy use in the industry. A detailed overview is presented of existing waste energy recovery Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects in China. These projects have been developed predominantly in large enterprises and rarely in small or medium-sized companies. The chance of waste energy projects being reviewed or rejected by the Executive Board is slightly higher and delivery rates of certified emission reductions are generally lower than other types of CDM projects. Several major barriers that inhibit project development are identified, such as the lack of CDM awareness or development capacity among many small or medium enterprises, low internal rates of return of the projects, increasing review risk and long delays in the registration process, the varying quality of intermediary buyers, a lack of local Chinese Designated Operational Entities, and policy implementation inconsistency at different levels. Suggestions are put forward to address these problems and such critical issues as additionality are also discussed.

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  • Fang Rong & Yuxin Lan & Shaojun Zeng & Huijin Yu, 2012. "Waste energy recovery CDM projects in China: status, challenges and suggestions," Climate Policy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 12(1), pages 98-114, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:tcpoxx:v:12:y:2012:i:1:p:98-114
    DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2011.588419
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