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New Energy Geopolitics?: China, Renewable Energy, And The "Greentech Race", Joel B. Eisen
New Energy Geopolitics?: China, Renewable Energy, And The "Greentech Race", Joel B. Eisen
Chicago-Kent Law Review
Commentators believe that programs in China promoting development of new renewable energy capacity have produced astonishing achievements in a short period of time. Evoking the "space race" between the United States and the U.S.S.R. after the launch of the Sputnik satellite in 1957, observers contend that the United States and China are in a "greentech race" to secure international leadership in the development and deployment of renewable energy. As U.S. Energy Secretary Chu has put it, many believe this is a modern "Sputnik moment." This Article finds that China's programs and initiatives are indeed leading to considerable success, but, using …