The [US] Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory released their China Energy Primer [220 page, 6.6MB PDF] in November.
From the preface:
Based on extensive analysis of the China Energy Databook Version 7 (October 2008) (here after Databook v.7.0), this Primer for China’s Energy Industry (here after Primer) draws a broad picture of China’s energy industry with the two goals of helping users read and interpret the data presented in Databook v.7.0 and understand the historical evolution of China’s energy industry. Primer provides comprehensive historical reviews of China’s energy industry including its supply and demand, exports and imports, investments, environment, and most importantly, its complicated pricing system, a key element in the analysis of China’s energy sector.
Most of the data cited from Databook v.7.0 and analyzed in this Primer was collected between 1980 and 2006; however, in order to provide more accuracy and completeness of coverage, this author has also looked outside the Databook v.7.0 and obtained hard-to-find information regarding energy pricing in China and the complicated pricing mechanisms used by authorities. Simplified flow charts of pricing mechanisms for each energy source, including renewables, are presented in a clear and, hopefully, readily-useable format for readers keen to analyze China’s energy market from their own perspectives. This Primer also compares China’s domestic energy prices with international energy prices to provide both a window into differences between China’s energy prices and those of international markets and an overview of the variations in these market differences.
No attempt has been made to question or rectify any of China’s published official data.
Primer aims to provide a wider understanding of China’s fluctuating and fast changing energy industry, to allow energy analysts and experts, policymakers and enterprises to play more informed roles in both the Chinese and international energy arenas.
Also available, albeit only via a free CD(!) by mail(!!!) is the China Energy Databook. From the disk’s page:
China Energy Databook
Reliable and accurate data are critical to good analysis for policy and business. In 1992, we released the first edition of the China Energy Databook, acknowledged to be the most comprehensive and authoritative sourcebook of its kind. We continue to collaborate with Chinese researchers, and several revised and expanded editions have been released.
China Energy Databook Version 7.0
We are currently distributing the China Energy Databook v. 7.0, a comprehensive electronic version. The Databook consists of two products. The first is a fully relational database of national and provincial energy balances, plus detailed sectoral energy end-use tables, developed in Microsoft Access 2000, and containing over 103,000 data points. The second is a set of several hundred tables and figures in Microsoft Excel and PDF formats, organized into ten chapters, including extracts from the database and standalone spreadsheets containing data that can not be treated on a relational basis. The data series cover available information from 1949. Most data are updated through 2006.
Errata: early distributions of the databook double counted cement-related carbon emissions. Corrected data can be downloaded here in PDF, or in Excel spreadsheet.
The Databook is available at no cost on CD (only). To order it, please fill in the following request form or call (510) 486-7698.
