This book describes the scale and complexity of China s energy system, using Sankey diagrams to visualize the energy flows across the economy and categorizing the differences between provinces. China s provinces extend over a vast area and are at different stages of economic development. Regional planning and inter-regional optimization will be essential for planning a future infrastructure that will allow China as a whole to optimize and avoid overcapacity and inefficiency.
In this context, it introduces a new energy systems modeling approach and demonstrates its application in the power...