Source: CCTV News
Carnegie–Tsinghua’s Wang Tao spoke to CCTV News’ China 24 to discuss potential alternative energy routes for China and the challenges the nation will encounter in implementing such energy practices. While Beijing has already made improvements in developing cleaner energy, China’s use of coal as its primary source of energy still poses a considerable challenge.
Wang acknowledged that finding alternative forms of energy will be difficult. Natural gas is not readily available in China and is only a minor improvement over coal with regard to how cleanly it burns. Solar and wind energy could be strong potential options, but these require further development.