04453nam 2200709 450 991081404950332120200520144314.00-231-15331-70-231-52687-310.7312/lewi15330(CKB)2670000000298234(EBL)1028075(OCoLC)818814895(SSID)ssj0000784905(PQKBManifestationID)11501068(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000784905(PQKBWorkID)10783292(PQKB)11183179(StDuBDS)EDZ0000099578(DE-B1597)459060(OCoLC)979628724(DE-B1597)9780231526876(Au-PeEL)EBL1028075(CaPaEBR)ebr10956849(CaONFJC)MIL667239(OCoLC)820330905(MiAaPQ)EBC1028075(EXLCZ)99267000000029823420141030h20132013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrGreen innovation in China China's wind power industry and the global transition to a low-carbon economy /Joanna I. LewisNew York :Columbia University Press,2013.©20131 online resource (305 p.)Contemporary Asia in the WorldDescription based upon print version of record.1-322-35957-1 0-231-15330-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Chronology of Wind Power Development in China -- 1. Green Innovation in China -- 2. China's Energy and Climate Challenge -- 3. China in the Global Wind Power Innovation System -- 4. The Role of Foreign Technology in China's Wind Power Industry Development -- 5. Goldwind and the Emergence of the Chinese Wind Industry -- 6. Wind Energy Leapfrogging in Emerging Economies -- 7. Engaging China on Clean Energy Cooperation -- Notes -- Bibliography -- IndexAs the greatest coal-producing and consuming nation in the world, China would seem an unlikely haven for wind power. Yet the country now boasts a world-class industry that promises to make low-carbon technology more affordable and available to all. Conducting an empirical study of China's remarkable transition and the possibility of replicating their model elsewhere, Joanna I. Lewis adds greater depth to a theoretical understanding of China's technological innovation systems and its current and future role in a globalized economy. Lewis focuses on China's specific methods of international technology transfer, its forms of international cooperation and competition, and its implementation of effective policies promoting the development of a home-grown industry. Just a decade ago, China maintained only a handful of operating wind turbines-all imported from Europe and the United States. Today, the country is the largest wind power market in the world, with turbines made almost exclusively in its own factories. Following this shift reveals how China's political leaders have responded to domestic energy challenges and how they may confront encroaching climate change. The nation's escalation of its wind power use also demonstrates China's ability to leapfrog to cleaner energy technologies-an option equally viable for other developing countries hoping to bypass gradual industrialization and the "technological lock-in" of hydrocarbon-intensive energy infrastructure. Though setbacks are possible, China could one day come to dominate global wind turbine sales, becoming a hub of technological innovation and a major instigator of low-carbon economic change.Contemporary Asia in the world.Wind power industryChinaWind power industryTechnological innovationsElectric power productionTechnology transferChinaWind power industryWind power industryTechnological innovations.Electric power productionTechnology transfer333.9/20951QG 860BVBrvkLewis Joanna I.1692963MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910814049503321Green innovation in China4070431UNINA