Jul 29, 2021
Guidance for Event Sustainability Evaluation
In July 2022, the General Planning Department of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, GoldenBee Consulting, and Yudao Engineering Consulting (Beijing) Co., Ltd. jointly released this guidance document for how to evaluate the sustainability of major events.
Feb 7, 2021
Leveraging Water-Energy Nexus to Address Climate Change: Pumped-Storage Hydroelectricity as a Solution for Mitigating Renewables Curtailment in China
In October 2020, the World Resources Institute released this report on pumped-storage hydroelectricity (PSH), with support from Energy Foundation China. After analyzing current PSH policy and practice in China, the report identifies opportunities to develop more PSH as a viable solution for reducing renewable energy curtailment and coal demand. It also provides policy recommendations for accelerated PSH growth, so as to help healthy renewable energy expansion in the country.
Feb 7, 2021
Understanding the Effects of Thermal Power Plants on Regional Water Quality Based on Satellite-Derived Data in Yunnan
In 2020, Energy Foundation China supported Planet-Data Inc. to investigate consequences that thermal power plants have on water temperature, chlorophyll concentration, and transparency in China’s southwestern province of Yunnan.
Feb 7, 2021
Evaluating Social Health Costs of Air Pollution
Supported by Energy Foundation China, Peking University and the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention assessed health effects of air pollution and corresponding medical and mortality costs, to lend support to decisions relevant to air pollution control and public health improvement strategies. In September 2020, the National School of Development at Peking University released this report with their findings.
Nov 3, 2020
Coordinated Governance of Air and Climate Pollutants: Lessons From the California Experience
With support from Energy Foundation China, UCLA School of Law published this report in August 2020, which studies the coordinated governance of ozone, PM2.5, and greenhouse gases experience of California.
Nov 3, 2020
Multi-Plans Integration: Role of Water Resources for the National Territory Spatial Plan
During 2019 to 2020, Energy Foundation China supported the Institution of Green Economy of the Counsellor’s Office of the State Council to carry out a research on integrated national territory spatial planning and the role of key environmental element in this process. The findings were released in this report in July.
Nov 3, 2020
Energy and Water Nexus in Typical Regions and Policy Implications
With support from Energy Foundation China, Beijing Normal University released this report in July 2020, with analysis on the energy and water nexus in typical regions and cities and its policy implications.
Nov 3, 2020
Water Efficiency of Coal-Fired Power Generating Units in China and the Effect of Strengthening Water Withdrawal Quotas
In August 2020, Tongji University released this report with its research findings on the impacts of the upgraded water withdraw standards have on water efficiency in China’s coal-fired power industry. The research was supported by Energy Foundation China.
Jul 31, 2020
Reaching WHO-III Air Quality Levels in the Pearl River Delta Region
In 2020, Energy Foundation China supported the Guangdong Provincial Academy of Environmental Sciences to design a medium- and long-term air quality strategy for the Pearl River Delta region in the province.
In this report, researchers first identified the air quality and pollution control gap between international leading level and the current practice in the Pearl River Delta region, one of the most densely urbanized areas in the world, then they proposed pathways for the region and the entire Guangdong Province to achieve WHO-III air quality standards by 2030–2035.
The report provides forward-looking guidance and impetus for regulators at all levels to raise air quality ambition and enhance green development in Guangdong.
Apr 13, 2020
China’s Medium- and Long-term Air Quality Improvement Pathways and Health Benefits
In 2019, Energy Foundation China supported Tsinghua University to explore ambitious clean air targets and their achievement pathways in China for 2030 and 2050. The findings were published in this report in January 2020.
