New energy road map lays out way to hit growth goal

China can meet its ambitious, sixfold 2050 economic growth target using the same amount of energy in 2050 as in 2010 with substantially more renewable energy and less coal, a report launched at a sub-forum of the G20 Summit said.

One day after the Hangzhou G20 Summit, the Chinese top energy institute - the Energy Research Institute of the National Development and Reform Commission - together with its US counterparts released a new China energy road map to achieve pledged goals on climate change and energy efficiency. The US counterparts are the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Rocky Mountain Institute and the Energy Foundation China, which is part of the Energy Foundation based in San Francisco, California.

"This road map not only lays out the concept and provides the method to achieve the target, but also reinforces the imperative for a Chinese and global energy revolution," said Dai Yande, director general of the ERI.