Overview of the Policy Instruments for Renewable Energy Development in China
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Abstract
The current legal and policy system of renewable energy in China has set up a framework of policy instruments, which provides an important foundation for dealing with climate change and promoting the healthy development of the renewable energy industry with the goal of “carbon neutrality” and “emission peak”. However, the current policy instruments cannot meet the needs for rapid development of the renewable energy industry. This paper investigates, analyzes, and concludes the status of renewable energy development along with related policy instruments in different renewable energy sources by literature and points out the problems of current policy instruments, and puts forward corresponding countermeasures. Moreover, from the perspective of energy consumption market transformation, the authors carried out an analysis of China’s challenges of policy instruments, pointing out that China’s renewable energy policy instruments have the potential to take one step further in the areas of the regulatory system, legal system and legal security system.Keywords
Funding Information
- Key Project from National Social Science Foundation of China (20&ZD178, 18ZDA053, YJG2021204)
- Key Project from National Social Science Foundation of China (20&ZD178, 18ZDA053, YJG2021204)
- Graduate Education and Teaching Reform Research Project of China University of Geosciences (Wuhan) (20&ZD178, 18ZDA053, YJG2021204)
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