The Energy Foundation China, a charitable organization registered in California, U.S., has been working since 1999 on furthering China's sustainable development. Three separate grant projects by the Harvard-China Project were chosen for funding by EF China, allowing for a research focus on energy-technology innovations; carbon targets; and the decarbonization of heavy industry.
The first grant is for "The Project on Technological Systems and Innovation Policy for Climate Neutrality," which is a three year project focused on deep-decarbonization pathways in the United States and China. The project aims to identify the energy-technology options that could play a large role in meeting both countries' mid-century emission reduction targets. The research is a collaboration between the Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program at the Harvard Kennedy School; the Harvard-China Project; and the Institute of Climate Change and Sustainable Development at Tsinghua University.
The second project, "China Industry Relocation and Regional Development under the Double Carbon Targets," will work with collaborators at Tsinghua University to evaluate the future scenarios of China's low-carbon regional development and potential relocation. The project endeavors to help plan for meeting the dual-carbon targets by using scenario analysis tools, and it will guide local governments to invest and plan for low-carbon industries based on the national conditions.
The third project, "Advanced Technologies for Decarbonization of China’s Iron and Steel Sector," assesses advanced mitigation technologies to reduce carbon emissions in heavy industries in the coming decades. This project adopts a comprehensive framework to explore the important and challenging issues in China’s iron and steel sector; evaluate the particular potential of clean hydrogen in China’s iron and steel sector; and provide policy and technology recommendations based on the cost-effectiveness of advanced technologies.