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China

Country Scorecard

[2011 Grades]

CO₂ Trend:	C
CO₂ Intensity:	D
CO₂ Footprint:	D-

Grade Explanation

TREND: In 2011 the annual CO2 footprint of China worsened by 4.74% but the CO2 intensity of the economy improved by -4.49%. This indicates that the increase in CO2 was driven by GDP growth. INTENSITY & FOOTPRINT: The CO2 intensity of its economy is in the highest category of countries and its annual CO2 footprint is among the top 10 globally.

[2008 Grades]

CO₂ Trend:	C
CO₂ Intensity:	D
CO₂ Footprint:	D-

[Data Source: EIA-US] View grading methodology

Grade Explanation

TREND: In 2008 the annual CO2 footprint of China worsened by 4.59% but the CO2 intensity of the economy improved by -4.00%. This indicates that the increase in CO2 was driven by GDP growth.

LEVEL: The CO2 intensity of its economy is in the highest category of countries and its annual CO2 footprint is among the top 10 globally.

Key Trends and Summary

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CO2 EMISSIONS: China released 8,715 million metric tons of CO2 in the year 2011, and is ranked #1 out of 216 countries. With per capita CO2 emissions of 6.52 metric tons per year, it is in the 3rd quartile globally. Its CO2 intensity (kg per unit GDP 2005 PPP $) is 0.86, which is higher than the average of 0.47 for its income group--the Upper middle income countries. Regarding the trend, the total CO2 emissions have increased by 4.74% during 2010-11. Over the past five years , the total CO2 emissions has worsened by 49.82%, and over the last decade the total CO2 emissions has gone up by 193.49%.

POWER GENERATION: The total net generation for China in 2010 was 3,904 million Mwh. Power supply from conventional thermal sources accounted for 92.11% of the total. In comparison, renewable sources including hydroelectricity contributed 20.43% of the total. The share of the non-hydro renewable component in the total generation was 2.83%. Finally, nuclear generation contributed 2.13% of the total supply nationally (83.03 million Mwh).

[Data Source: EIA-US and World Bank-WDI]

CO₂ and Energy Intensity Ratios

1	CO2 per capita (metric tons) [EIA 2011]	6.52	3rd Quartile
2	CO2 per unit GDP (kg per 2005 PPP $ of GDP) [EIA 2011]	.86	Highest Quartile
3	CO2 per unit energy consumed (kg per mill BTU) [EIA 2011]	79.51	Highest Quartile
4	Primary Energy Consumption per Capita (Million Btu per Person) [EIA 2011]	82.01	2nd Quartile
5	Primary Energy Consumption per unit GDP (Btu per 2005 PPP $) [EIA 2011]	10,842.24	Highest Quartile

CO₂ Emissions by Fuel Type and Energy Mix

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1	CO2 Emissions-Totals
	Key Indicators	Source	Year	Value	1 Yr Ch	5 Yr Ch	10 Yr Ch	Ch 1990
1.1.a	CO2 emissions fossil fuels (mill metric tons)	BP	2012	9,208	6.33%	42.36%	152.41%	271.70%
1.1.b	CO2 emissions fossil fuels (mill metric tons)	CDIAC	2012	8,521	6.34%	45.35%	155.72%	261.70%
1.1.c	CO2 emissions fossil fuels (mill metric tons)	EDGAR/PBL	2012	9,864	3.31%	42.01%	199.05%	354.64%
1.1.d	CO2 emissions fossil fuels (mill metric tons)	EIA	2011	8,715	4.74%	49.82%	193.49%	283.98%
1.1.e	CO2 emissions fossil fuels (mill metric tons)	IEA	2011	8,000	9.67%	42.66%	159.37%	261.76%
1.1.f	CO2 emissions fossil fuels (mill metric tons)	WDI	2010	8,287	7.73%	47.73%	143.57%	237.04%
2	CO2 Intensities and Ratios
	Key Indicators	Source	Year	Value	1 Yr Ch	5 Yr Ch	10 Yr Ch	Ch 1990
2.1.a	CO2 per capita (metric tons)	CDIAC	2010	6.16	7.00%	43.59%	127.03%	184.75%
2.1.b	CO2 per capita (metric tons)	EIA	2011	6.52	4.22%	46.18%	179.00%	229.88%
2.1.c	CO2 per capita (metric tons)	IEA	2011	5.92	9.16%	38.42%	144.14%	203.92%
2.1.d	CO2 per capita (metric tons)	WDI	2010	6.19	7.21%	43.98%	129.90%	186.01%
2.2	CO2 per unit GDP (kg per 2000 US$ of GDP)	WDI	2010	2.16	-2.42%	-26.53%	-23.94%	-60.96%
2.3	CO2 per unit GDP (kg per 2005 US$ of GDP)	EIA	2011	2.08	-4.48%	-9.16%	7.37%	-51.88%
2.4.a	CO2 per unit GDP (kg per 2005 PPP $ of GDP)	EIA	2011	0.86	-4.49%	-9.16%	7.36%	-51.88%
2.4.b	CO2 per unit GDP (kg per 2005 PPP $ of GDP)	WDI	2010	0.91	-2.42%	-13.13%	-10.07%	-53.84%
2.5	CO2 per unit energy consumed (kg per mill BTU)	EIA	2011	79.51	-3.61%	-0.38%	2.84%	-5.43%
2.6	CO2 intensity (kg per kg of oil equivalent energy use)	WDI	2010	3.29	-2.14%	-0.81%	5.70%	15.58%
2.7	CO2 intensity (kg per kg of oil equivalent TPES)	IEA	2008	3.08	0.04%	7.81%	5.67%	20.01%
2.8	CO2 per unit electricity (Kg /MWh)	IEA	2008	744.84	-1.80%	-3.98%	-9.49%
3	CO2 Emissions by Source
	Key Indicators	Source	Year	Value	1 Yr Ch	5 Yr Ch	10 Yr Ch	Ch 1990
3.1.a	CO2 solid fuel (million metric tons)	CDIAC	2012	6,991	6.39%	48.44%	172.88%	253.41%
3.1.b	CO2 solid fuel (million metric tons)	EIA	2011	7,178	3.34%	50.21%	217.95%	276.82%
3.3.a	CO2 gas fuel (million metric tons)	CDIAC	2012	264.79	10.20%	90.77%	262.89%	803.02%
3.3.b	CO2 gas fuel (million metric tons)	EIA	2011	257.33	23.16%	132.82%	376.40%	752.36%
3.4.a	CO2 liguid fuel (million metric tons)	CDIAC	2012	1,265	5.29%	24.77%	81.45%	263.22%
3.4.b	CO2 liguid fuel (million metric tons)	EIA	2011	1,280	9.79%	37.92%	94.53%	282.53%
3.5	CO2 cement (million metric tons)	CDIAC	2012	1,108	2.43%	64.02%	206.36%	957.66%
4	Energy Consumption and Intensity
	Key Indicators	Source	Year	Value	1 Yr Ch	5 Yr Ch	10 Yr Ch	Ch 1990
4.1	Total Primary Energy Consumption (Quad BTU)	EIA	2011	109.62	8.66%	50.39%	185.38%	306.02%
4.2	Primary Energy Consumption per Capita (Million Btu per Person)	EIA	2011	82.01	8.13%	46.74%	171.29%	248.81%
4.3	Primary Energy Consumption per unit GDP (Btu per 2005 US$)	EIA	2011	26,131	-0.54%	-8.81%	4.41%	-49.12%
4.4	Primary Energy Consumption per unit GDP (Btu per 2005 PPP $)	EIA	2011	10,842	-0.54%	-8.82%	4.40%	-49.12%
5	Electricity/Energy Total Supply
	Key Indicators	Source	Year	Value	1 Yr Ch	5 Yr Ch	10 Yr Ch	Ch 1990
5.1.a	Total Net Generation (million Mwh)	EIA	2010	3,904	13.29%	64.74%	204.90%	561.33%
5.1.b	Total Net Generation (million Mwh)	WDI	2011	4,716	12.06%	64.64%	220.27%	659.13%
5.2	Total Primary Energy Supply (Quad BTU)	EIA	2011	97.83	8.23%	46.49%	160.85%	232.93%
6	Thermal Generation
	Key Indicators	Source	Year	Value	1 Yr Ch	5 Yr Ch	10 Yr Ch	Ch 1990
6.1	Total Conventional Thermal (million Mwh)	EIA	2011	3,596	17.38%	61.59%	217.56%	672.88%
6.2	Electricity production from coal sources (% of total)	WDI	2011	78.95	2.22%	-1.75%	3.61%	10.77%
6.3	Electricity production from natural gas sources (% of total)	WDI	2011	1.78	8.62%	258.96%	433.12%	300.59%
6.4	Electricity production from oil sources (% of total)	WDI	2011	0.17	-47.10%	-90.73%	-94.82%	-97.89%
6.5	Electricity production from coal sources (million Mwh)	WDI	2011	3,723	14.55%	61.77%	231.82%	740.91%
6.6	Electricity production from natural gas sources (million Mwh)	WDI	2011	84.02	21.72%	491.00%	1,607.42%	2,940.97%
6.7	Electricity production from oil sources (million Mwh)	WDI	2011	7.86	-40.72%	-84.73%	-83.40%	-83.95%
7	Hydroelectric Generation
	Key Indicators	Source	Year	Value	1 Yr Ch	5 Yr Ch	10 Yr Ch	Ch 1990
7.1.a	Hydroelectric (million Mwh)	EIA	2011	687.06	-3.74%	59.25%	150.15%	449.05%
7.1.b	Hydroelectric (million Mwh)	WDI	2011	698.95	-3.22%	60.39%	151.93%	451.57%
7.2	Hydroelectric (% of total)	WDI	2011	14.82	-13.63%	-2.58%	-21.34%	-27.34%
8	Renewables Generation
	Key Indicators	Source	Year	Value	1 Yr Ch	5 Yr Ch	10 Yr Ch	Ch 1990
8.1	Total Renewables (million Mwh)	EIA	2011	797.42	3.44%	82.28%	187.14%	537.22%
8.2	Total Renewables (% of total)	EIA	2010	19.75	17.95%	17.77%	13.33%	-6.85%
8.3	Total Renewables non-hydro (million Mwh)	EIA	2011	110.36	93.18%	1,729.73%	3,511.20%	2,758,950.00%
8.4	Total Renewables non-hydro (% of total)	EIA	2010	1.46	80.56%	709.56%	544.33%	215,863.15%
8.5	Wind (million Mwh)	EIA	2011	73.20	64.04%	1,892.05%	10,180.90%	3,659,900.00%
8.6	Solar, Tide and Wave (million Mwh)	EIA	2011	3.00	219.49%	2,906.01%	10,614.29%	149,900.00%
8.7	Biomass and Waste (million Mwh)	EIA	2011	34.00	198.09%	1,406.29%	1,367.98%
8.8	Geothermal (million Mwh)	EIA	2011	0.16	0.00%
9	Nuclear Generation
	Key Indicators	Source	Year	Value	1 Yr Ch	5 Yr Ch	10 Yr Ch	Ch 1990
9.1.a	Nuclear (millionMwh)	EIA	2011	83.03	18.27%	51.39%	400.27%
9.1.b	Nuclear (millionMwh)	WDI	2011	86.35	16.88%	57.45%	394.22%
9.2	Electricity production from nuclear sources (% of total)	WDI	2011	1.83	4.30%	-4.37%	54.32%
10	Installed Capacity and Utilization
	Key Indicators	Source	Year	Value	1 Yr Ch	5 Yr Ch	10 Yr Ch	Ch 1990
10.1	Total Electricity Installed Capacity (Million Kilowatts)	EIA	2010	987.94	10.89%	90.37%	208.70%	616.46%
10.10	Geothermal capacity cumulative (MW)	BP	2012	24.00	0.00%	-13.67%		-22.08%
10.2	Installed Capacity-Thermal (million Kilowatts)	EIA	2010	706.60	8.36%	80.54%	197.47%	593.80%
10.3	Capacity Utilization-Conventional Thermal (%)	EIA	2010	49.48	0.86%	-11.74%	-1.13%	-5.10%
10.4	Installed Capacity-Renewables (million Kilowatts)	EIA	2010	255.42	18.18%	111.76%	218.42%	608.57%
10.5	Capacity Utilization-Renewables (%)	EIA	2010	34.46	13.08%	-8.37%	8.52%	-13.06%
10.6	Installed Capacity-Renewables-non hydro (million Kilowatts)	EIA	2010	36.42	88.45%	1,027.46%	4,129.62%	3,641,600.00%
10.7	Capacity Utilization-Renewables-non-hydro (%)	EIA	2010	17.91	8.55%	18.29%	-53.55%	-60.78%
10.8	Solar Photovoltaic (PV) capacity cumulative (MW)	BP	2012	8,300	151.52%	8,200.00%	18,344.44%
10.9	Wind turbine capacity cumulative (MW)	BP	2012	75,372	20.77%	1,182.93%	15,834.88%
11	Socio Economic Indicators
	Key Indicators	Source	Year	Value	1 Yr Ch	5 Yr Ch	10 Yr Ch	Ch 1990
11.1	Population, Total	WDI	2012	1,350,695,000	0.49%	2.49%	5.49%	18.98%
11.2	GDP (2000 US$)	WDI	2012	4,522,140,211,400	7.80%	84.07%	219.34%	917.12%
11.3	GDP (2005 PPP $)	WDI	2012	12,268,638,111,000	9.68%	66.40%	234.66%	1,259.81%
11.4	GDP growth (annual %)	WDI	2012	7.80	-16.13%	-45.07%	-14.29%	105.26%
11.5	GDP per capita (2000 US$)	WDI	2012	3,348	7.28%	79.60%	202.72%	754.84%
11.6	GDP per capita (2005 PPP $)	WDI	2012	7,958	7.28%	51.90%	156.03%	622.99%

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