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Which Energies for Which Transition? China, United States, Germany, and U.K.

A new energy transition faces the United States as it shifts from oil scarcity to potential abundance.

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By Deborah Gordon, Andreas Löschel, Jim Skea, Wang Tao
Published on Dec 6, 2013
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Source: Université Total - Energy Days

Carnegie’s Deborah Gordon joined Andreas Löschel, Jim Skea, and Wang Tao of the Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy on a panel at Université Total - Energy Days to discuss the future of energy. Gordon discussed the new energy transition facing the United States as it shifts from oil scarcity to potential abundance. She identified the number of unknowns still affecting this transition and the future of these new resources, including fossil fuel price variability, changes in energy efficiency, and possible climate policy. Andreas Löschel, Jim Skea, and Wang Tao offered insights on the energy transitions that Germany, the U.K., and China are facing.

About the Authors

Deborah Gordon

Former Director and Senior Fellow, Energy and Climate Program

Gordon was director of Carnegie’s Energy and Climate Program, where her research focuses on oil and climate change issues in North America and globally.

Andreas Löschel

Jim Skea

Wang Tao

Former Nonresident Scholar, Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy

Wang Tao was a nonresident scholar in the Energy and Climate Program based at the Carnegie–Tsinghua Center for Global Policy.

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Deborah Gordon
Former Director and Senior Fellow, Energy and Climate Program
Deborah Gordon
Andreas Löschel
Jim Skea
Wang Tao
Former Nonresident Scholar, Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy
Wang Tao
Climate ChangeNorth AmericaUnited StatesEast AsiaChinaWestern EuropeUnited KingdomFrance

Carnegie does not take institutional positions on public policy issues; the views represented herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Carnegie, its staff, or its trustees.

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