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David Fridley

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Staff Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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Mr. Fridley has 30 years of experience working and living in China. Prior to 1993, Mr. Fridley led the China Energy Project at the East-West Center in Hawaii primarily in the area of petroleum supply and demand, refinery analysis and ...

Mr. Fridley has 30 years of experience working and living in China. Prior to 1993, Mr. Fridley led the China Energy Project at the East-West Center in Hawaii primarily in the area of petroleum supply and demand, refinery analysis and modeling, international oil trade and energy policy, and concurrently was a petroleum industry consultant with Fesharaki Associates, now FACTS Global Energy. From 1993 to 1995, he was Business Development Manager in refining and marketing for Caltex China. Since 1995, Mr. Fridley has been a staff scientist and deputy of the China Energy Group at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in Berkeley, California, where his work involves extensive collaboration with the Chinese on end-use energy efficiency, end-use energy modeling, industrial energy use, government energy management programs, data compilation and analysis, life-cycle analysis, medium and long term energy policy research, as well as research on alternative energy development. He is also a Fellow with the Post-Carbon Institute of Santa Rosa, CA. He is a Mandarin speaker.

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May 25, 2011

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China's Energy Future and the Shale Gas Question [5/25 @ 11 am]

What are the specific steps China should take to become more efficient in energy consumption?

China already has in place what is probably the world's most comprehensive set of energy efficiency policies. Because 70% of China's energy is consumed in the industrial sector, the focus is necessarily on industrial energy efficiency. This includes policies such as requiring enterprise energy audits, ... more

May 24, 2011

David Fridley and 1 other person answered this question at this roundtable

China's Energy Future and the Shale Gas Question [5/25 @ 11 am]

Any thoughts on how China's water shortage will impact its ability to extract shale gas?

Northern and Western China are in chronic water deficit, among the worst on a per-capita basis in the world. This is already affecting China's ability to extract conventional energy--such as Inner Mongolia's coal deposits--and would likely limit development of potential shale gas resources in Xinjiang. ... more

May 24, 2011

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China's Energy Future and the Shale Gas Question [5/25 @ 11 am]

When will China's energy consumption stabilize?

Assuming business-as-usual conditions, China's energy consumption is unlikely to flatten out until the mid 2020s. China is planning for the urbanization of an additional 300 million people over the next 15 years--the equivalent of the entire US population--and each of these new urban residents will ... more

May 17, 2011

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China's Energy Future and the Shale Gas Question

April 28, 2011

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Will shale gas production be able to meet China's growing fuel needs?

China potentially has extensive shale gas resources, but the portion of it that is recoverable--the reserves--is speculative at this point as the Chinese have only begun exploration and drilling work. From the angle of the substantial water demand of shale gas, the Sichuan basis resources ... more

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