3

CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

65

A.  Cross-Cutting Initiatives,

66

B.  Energy Use and End-Use Efficiency,

70

C.  Clean Coal,

74

D.  Natural Gas,

78

E.  Petroleum,

81

F.  Renewable Energy,

82

G.  Nuclear Energy,

85

H.  Electricity Transmission and Distribution Systems,

87

ACRONYMS

89

ENERGY CONVERSION

92

REFERENCES

94

1-1

U.S. Commercial Energy Consumption by Fuel,

16

1-2

Chinese Commercial Energy Consumption by Fuel,

19

1-1

Regional Distribution of CBM Resources in China,

27

1-2

U.S. Baseline Case Renewable Energy Generating Capacity,

39

1-3

Development Status of Renewable Energy in China,

40

1-4

Projections for Renewable Energy Development in China,

41

3-1

Commercial Status of U.S. Clean Coal Technologies (CCTs),

74

3-2

Chinese Technical and Economic Evaluation of Different Desulfurization Measures for High-Sulfur Coal,

75

1-1

Potential Collaboration in the Coalbed Methane (CBM) Industry,

28

1-2

Chinese Technology Priorities in the Petroleum Industry,

32

2-1

Challenges to China’s Renewable Energy Development,

52

2-2

Barriers to Investment in Energy Efficiency in China,

61