TY - SER
KW - China
KW - Energy
KW - CO2
AU - David Fridley
AU - Hongyou Lu
AU - Xu Liu
AB - <h2>2014 Highlights</h2><ul><li>China’s total primary energy consumption reached 4.26 billion tonnes of coal equivalent (tce), up 2.1% over 2013, and accounting for 23 percent of global energy consumption.</li><li>Primary energy grew only 29 percent as fast as the rate of GDP growth</li><li>China accounted for 27.5 percent of global energy-related CO<sub>2</sub> emissions.</li><li>China’s per capita CO<sub>2</sub> emissions were 6.6 tonnes/person, 49 percent above the world average but 59 percent below that of the United States.</li><li>China accounted for over half of total world coal consumption.</li><li>In contrast, China’s oil consumption was 12 percent of world demand and natural gas was 5.5 percent.</li><li>Since 2000, China’s natural gas consumption grew at a rate of 15.3 percent per year.</li><li>China’s Western region continues to be the dominant source of increased production of oil and natural gas.</li><li>China added 113 gigawatts (GW) of new power plant generation capacity, of which 48 percent was fossil-fuel-based. Wind power capacity rose by 20 GW and solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity by 9 GW. Wind generation accounted for 22 percent of the global total, and PV was 16 percent of the global total.</li><li>Natural gas imports reached 60 billion cubic meters (m<sup>3</sup>), up 13 percent, including a 15 percent rise in pipeline gas from Central Asia, and a 10 percent increase in liquefied natural gas imports. Crude oil imports rose 9.5 percent to 6.7 million barrels/day, and coal imports fell 15 percent to 156 million tonnes.</li></ul>
CY - Berkeley, CA
DA - 05/2017
N2 - <h2>2014 Highlights</h2><ul><li>China’s total primary energy consumption reached 4.26 billion tonnes of coal equivalent (tce), up 2.1% over 2013, and accounting for 23 percent of global energy consumption.</li><li>Primary energy grew only 29 percent as fast as the rate of GDP growth</li><li>China accounted for 27.5 percent of global energy-related CO<sub>2</sub> emissions.</li><li>China’s per capita CO<sub>2</sub> emissions were 6.6 tonnes/person, 49 percent above the world average but 59 percent below that of the United States.</li><li>China accounted for over half of total world coal consumption.</li><li>In contrast, China’s oil consumption was 12 percent of world demand and natural gas was 5.5 percent.</li><li>Since 2000, China’s natural gas consumption grew at a rate of 15.3 percent per year.</li><li>China’s Western region continues to be the dominant source of increased production of oil and natural gas.</li><li>China added 113 gigawatts (GW) of new power plant generation capacity, of which 48 percent was fossil-fuel-based. Wind power capacity rose by 20 GW and solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity by 9 GW. Wind generation accounted for 22 percent of the global total, and PV was 16 percent of the global total.</li><li>Natural gas imports reached 60 billion cubic meters (m<sup>3</sup>), up 13 percent, including a 15 percent rise in pipeline gas from Central Asia, and a 10 percent increase in liquefied natural gas imports. Crude oil imports rose 9.5 percent to 6.7 million barrels/day, and coal imports fell 15 percent to 156 million tonnes.</li></ul>
PB - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
PP - Berkeley, CA
PY - 2017
TI - Key China Energy Statistics 2016
ER -