The last twenty years have seen a growth of both solar PV manufacturing capacity and the deployment of solar PV in China, yet this growth has followed a very erratic path. This study applies the concept of socio-technical regime to identify factors which have made this path so erratic. We...

This paper analyzes China's policy approach to renewable energies and assesses how effectively China has met the ideal of appropriate interactions between renewable energy policy and renewable energy industrial policy. First we briefly discuss the interactions between these two policies. Then we...

China pledges to have its carbon emissions peak before 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality before 2060 (“Dual Carbon” targets). Beijing, the capital of China, needs to take the lead in promoting carbon emissions reduction so as to provide an example for other cities. Based on the extended...