As 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.
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