Greening China’s Rural Energy : New Insights on the Potential of Smallholder Biogas

Greening China’s Rural Energy : New Insights on the Potential of Smallholder Biogas

Clean, safe energy for rural areas is an important component of green growth and sustainable development. Biogas could be an important contributor, if its record in reality lives up to its expected potential. This paper provides a preliminary asses...

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Main Authors:	Christiaensen, Luc, Heltberg, Rasmus
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ADVERSE EFFECTS AIR AIR POLLUTION AIR QUALITY ANAEROBIC DIGESTION ANIMAL WASTE APPROACH AVAILABILITY BIOGAS BIOGAS DIGESTER BIOGAS DIGESTERS BIOGAS PRODUCTION BIOGAS PROMOTION BIOGAS SUPPLY BIOGAS SYSTEMS BIOGAS TECHNOLOGY BIOMASS BIOMASS COMBUSTION BIOMASS FUELS BIOMASS STOVES BURNING BIOMASS CANCER CARBON CARBON FINANCING CARBON INTENSITY CEMENT CHARCOAL CLEAN ENERGY CLEAN FUELS CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CO COAL COAL CONSUMPTION COAL USE COMMERCIAL ENERGY CONSUMER ACCEPTANCE COOKING CORN CROP CROP RESIDUE CROP RESIDUES CROP WASTE CULTIVATED LAND DEFORESTATION DIRTY FUEL DOMESTIC ENERGY DUNG ELECTRICITY EMISSIONS EMISSIONS OF METHANE ENERGY CONSUMPTION ENERGY DEMAND ENERGY ECONOMICS ENERGY EXPENDITURES ENERGY MIX ENERGY OUTLOOK ENERGY POLICY ENERGY SOURCE ENERGY SOURCES ENERGY SUBSTITUTION ENERGY USE ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH ENVIRONMENTAL PRESSURES ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY ENERGY FEEDSTOCK FERMENTATION FERTILIZERS FIRE FOREST FOREST CONSERVATION FOREST DEGRADATION FORESTS FUEL FUEL COLLECTION FUEL DEMAND FUEL MIX FUEL SWITCHING FUEL USE FUEL WOOD FUELWOOD GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GROWTH IN ENERGY DEMAND HEATING HOUSEHOLD ENERGY HOUSEHOLD ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES HOUSEHOLD ENERGY TECHNOLOGY HOUSEHOLD ENERGY USE HOUSEHOLD FUEL INCOME INSECTICIDES LARGE-SCALE BIOGAS MANURE MEASUREMENTS PER CAPITA INCOME PRICE OF COAL PRICES OF COAL QUANTITY OF GAS RENEWABLE ENERGY RENEWABLE ENERGY OPTIONS RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGY RURAL AREAS RURAL ENERGY RURAL ENERGY USE RURAL HOUSEHOLD RURAL HOUSEHOLDS SIGNS SOLID BIOMASS SOLID BIOMASS FUELS SOLID FUEL SOLID FUELS STRUCTURES SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE ENERGY TECHNICIANS TEMPERATURE VILLAGE LEVEL WOOD WORLD ENERGY WORLD ENERGY OUTLOOK
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/06/16402333/greening-chinas-rural-energy-new-insights-potential-smallholder-biogas http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9318

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