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Carnegie China

Central Asia Pipeline to Secure Gas for China

While China has great ambitions in clean energy, the country is still a long way off from transitioning the majority of its power source to renewables.

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By Wang Tao
Published on Jun 18, 2014

Source: CCTV English

Speaking on CCTV, Carnegie’s Wang Tao explained that the recent gas deal struck between China and Russia has been met with much excitement. However, until this deal is enacted, the pipeline from Central Asia to China will remain China's only source of imported national gas.

While China has great ambitions in clean energy, the country is still a long way off from transitioning the majority of its power source to renewables, he added. He said that natural gas remains the much more flexible and cheaper energy source and can serve as a transition between China's coal reliance and a greener future.

This interview originally aired with CCTV English.

About the Author

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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