TY - JOUR
T1 - Overview of public-private partnerships in the waste-to-energy incineration industry in China: Status, opportunities, and challenges
AU - Cui, Caiyun
AU - Liu, Yong
AU - Xia, Bo
AU - Jiang, Xiaoyan
AU - Skitmore, Martin
N1 - Funding Information:
Several support policies to facilitate R&D activities related to WTE incineration technologies have also been issued by the central government [ 13 ]. As early as 2014, WTE incineration technologies were included in the National Catalogue for Emphatically Popularized Low-carbon Technology, and a cumulative funding of CNY 26 billion was planned for investment in promoting R&D and innovation in the WTE incineration industry. Meanwhile, the central government, especially the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), supported the industry's R&D and technical updates by establishing such special research funding as the “863” research program and the China Torch Program (CTP).
Funding Information:
This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (Grant No. 72072165 , 771672180 and in part by Grant No. 71471166 ), the Soft Science Research Program of Hebei Province (Grant No. 19456107D ), the Humanities and Social Science Program of Hebei Province (Grant No. SD192001 ), and the Fundamental Research Funds of Zhejiang Sci-Tech University (Grant No. 2019Q054 ).
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PY - 2020/11
Y1 - 2020/11
N2 - To accommodate the rapidly increasing amount of municipal solid waste (MSW) sustainably and effectively, public-private partnership (PPP) waste-to-energy (WTE) incineration has achieved rapid growth in China. This study provides an insight into current practice and identifies key opportunities and major challenges in the further development of PPP implemented in China's WTE incineration industry. The results show that the public-private-partnership market is currently under a period of rapid expansion, with a large number of well-funded and highly professional public-private partnership suppliers emerging in recent decades, but at a level of market concentration that is significantly lower than in mature markets such as in the United States and Japan. Meanwhile, excellent market potential and preferential policies, as well as booming technological innovations, provide sufficient motivation for further development. However, the quality and quantity of municipal solid waste supplied, emerging public opposition, policy changes and the development dilemmas involved are major challenges to the sustainable and healthy development of the waste-to-energy incineration industry in China. These findings make strong contributions and have both theoretical and practical implications for researchers and practitioners, including policymakers and incineration professionals in the PPP WTE incineration industry.
AB - To accommodate the rapidly increasing amount of municipal solid waste (MSW) sustainably and effectively, public-private partnership (PPP) waste-to-energy (WTE) incineration has achieved rapid growth in China. This study provides an insight into current practice and identifies key opportunities and major challenges in the further development of PPP implemented in China's WTE incineration industry. The results show that the public-private-partnership market is currently under a period of rapid expansion, with a large number of well-funded and highly professional public-private partnership suppliers emerging in recent decades, but at a level of market concentration that is significantly lower than in mature markets such as in the United States and Japan. Meanwhile, excellent market potential and preferential policies, as well as booming technological innovations, provide sufficient motivation for further development. However, the quality and quantity of municipal solid waste supplied, emerging public opposition, policy changes and the development dilemmas involved are major challenges to the sustainable and healthy development of the waste-to-energy incineration industry in China. These findings make strong contributions and have both theoretical and practical implications for researchers and practitioners, including policymakers and incineration professionals in the PPP WTE incineration industry.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.esr.2020.100584
DO - 10.1016/j.esr.2020.100584
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85096822047
SN - 2211-467X
VL - 32
JO - Energy Strategy Reviews
JF - Energy Strategy Reviews
M1 - 100584
ER -