China
RAP assists China's decision-makers in developing and implementing policies that promote economic development, reliability, improved air quality and public health, which in turn produce substantial and permanent reductions in the country's greenhouse gas emissions.
Working with the Energy Foundation's China Sustainable Energy Program (CSEP), we provide technical and international expertise on energy efficiency, market and regulatory reform, renewable resources and environmental policy. Our network of international experts includes Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's China Energy Group, the Center for Resource Solutions and the Natural Resources Defense Council.
Featured Work
Improving Air Quality in Key Urban Areas
In the early stages of establishing systems for air quality regulation, China has an opportunity to develop programs and institutions that simultaneously address the interrelated problems of climate change and air pollution cost-effectively. An important step in this direction occurred in May 2010, when China’s highest decision-making body, the State Council, issued a first-ever regulation on regional air quality management.
Learn MoreAdvising on China's Efficiency Efforts
RAP and its partners advised Chinese officials on the development of new and much-anticipated demand-side management (DSM) regulations, which define energy efficiency as a resource and require that it be given priority over supply-side investments to meet electricity demand growth
Learn MoreMarket Mechanisms to Support Climate Goals
The most successful market-based mechanisms support programs that invest directly in energy efficiency. At a two-day workshop held in Beijing, RAP's David Crossley, Max Dupuy and Eoin Lees were among the international speakers who explored how market mechanisms could support China's climate change goals.
Learn MoreRenewable Gains and Challenges
While non-hydro renewable resources still only account for some 2 percent of China’s installed generation fleet, renewable energy in China has skyrocketed over the last decade.
Learn MoreChina-US Seminars on Smart Grid, Renewable Energy
RAP helped organize a series of meetings and seminars that brought Jon Wellinghoff, chairman of the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), together with more than a dozen representatives from China's regulatory agencies.
Learn MoreEnergy Efficiency Calculator
RAP, in partnership with the Energy Foundation and NRDC, commissioned E3, a consulting firm in San Francisco, to develop an energy efficiency assessment calculator tailored for use in China.
Learn More
Modeling a More Efficient Power Plant
In 2003, RAP first developed the concept of the efficiency power plant (EPP), a set of integrated energy efficiency programs whose savings mirror the output of a conventional power plant. Since then, we’ve worked with our Chinese partners to further refine the idea,develop funding sources and initiate pilot programs in six provinces.
Learn MoreClean First: Aligning Regulation with Environmental Goals
Power sector regulators will play a vital role in efforts to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the years ahead. Neither carbon taxes nor cap-and-trade policies alone will achieve the sizeable reductions of GHG emissions that are needed. RAP proposes that in regulatory decisions, clean resources should get every reasonable preference over resources that have greater environmental impact.
Learn MoreContact Our Team
Looking for more information? Find China team members here
