Mr. Fridley has 25 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 consultant with Fesharaki Associates. From 1993 to 1995, he worked as Business Development Manager in refining and marketing for Caltex China. Currently, Mr. Fridley is a staff scientist at the China Energy Group where his research involves extensive collaboration with the Chinese on end-use energy efficiency, industrial energy use, government energy management programs, data compilation and analysis, medium and long term energy policy research. He is a Mandarin speaker.
David Fridley
Publications
2019
"A roadmap for China to peak carbon dioxide emissions and achieve a 20% share of non-fossil fuels in primary energy by 2030." Applied Energy 239 (2019) 793 - 819. .
"Intertwined Impacts of Water, Energy Development, and Carbon Emissions in China." Applied Energy 238 (2019) 78 - 91. .
"Modeling India’s energy future using a bottom-up approach." Applied Energy 238 (2019). .
2018
"Has coal use peaked in China: Near-term trends in China's coal consumption." Energy Policy 123 (2018) 208 - 214. .
2017
"2015 China Green Low-Carbon City scorecard." ECEEE Summer Study 2017 2017. .
"China’s Trajectories beyond Efficiency: CO2 Implications of Maximizing Electrification and Renewable Resources through 2050." ECEEE Summer Study 2017. Presqu'ile Giens, Hyeres France, 2017. Presqu'ile Giens, Hyeres France, 2017. .
Key China Energy Statistics 2016. Berkeley, CA: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 2017. .
"Reinventing Fire: China – the Role of Energy Efficiency in China’s Roadmap to 2050." ECEEE Summer Study 2017. Presqu'ile Giens, Hyeres, France , 2017. .
2016
CERC-BEE Impact Model. 2016. .
"Estimating China’s Urban Energy Demand and CO2 Emissions: A Bottom-up Modeling Perspective." 2016 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings. Pacific Grove, CA, 2016. .
"Impact Analysis of Developing Net Zero Energy Buildings in China." 2016 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in BUildings 2016. .
"Quantifying the potential impacts of China's power-sector policies on coal input and CO2 emissions through 2050: A bottom-up perspective." Utilities Policy 41 (2016) 128-138. .
"Building stock dynamics and its impacts on materials and energy demand in China." Energy Policy 94 (2016) 47 - 55. .
Low-Carbon City Policy Databook. 2016. LBNL-1006326. .
2015
"Understanding China's non-fossil energy targets." Science 350.6264 (2015) 1034 - 1036. .
The Role of Chinese Cities in Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction. Stockholm Environment Institute and Bloomberg Philanthropies, 2015. .
The Role of Chinese Cities in Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction. 2015. LBNL-1001680. .
"Transformative Pathway for Chinese Buildings by 2050." European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ECEEE) Summer Study on Energy Efficiency, June 1-6, 2015. 2015. .
"Promoting Energy Efficiency as the First Fuel Through Enabling Local Government Action in China." European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ECEEE) Summer Study on Energy Efficiency, June 1-6, 2015. 2015. .