Jiang Lin

Jiang Lin

Dr. Jiang Lin is a Research Professor in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of California, Berkeley. His research examines energy policy and emission trajectories, focusing on methane, nitrous oxide, and fluorinated gases. He also leads work on electricity market design and resource planning, with an emphasis on analytical methods that support decision-making by regulatory agencies, utilities, and other public and private-sector stakeholders.

Contact Information

Phone: 510-495-8886

Publications

2025

Cost-effectiveness of removing the last 10%–20% emissions of China’s power sector

Authors: Luo, Qian; Liqun Peng; Gang He, and Jiang Lin.
03/2025

2024

An assessment of China’s methane mitigation potential and costs and uncertainties through 2060

Authors: Khanna, Nina; Jiang Lin; Xu Liu, and Wenjun Wang.
11/2024

Regional disparities in health and employment outcomes of China's transition to a low-carbon electricity system

Authors: Yang, Haozhe; Qian Luo; Gang He; Jiang Lin; Jeremiah X Johnson; Fernando Garcia-Menendez; Olivier Deschenes; Ana Mileva, and Ranjit Deshmukh.
04/2024

Changing economics of China’s power system suggest that batteries and renewables may be a lower cost way to meet peak demand growth than coal

Authors: Kahrl, Fritz, and Jiang Lin.
02/2024

Role of Pumped Hydro Storage in China’s Power System Transition

Authors: Peng, Liqun; Gang He, and Jiang Lin.
02/2024

2023

Measurement, reporting and Verification (MRV) of non-CO2 greenhouse gases: International Best Practices and Suggestions for China

Authors: Wang, Wenjun; Nina Khanna; Xu Liu, and Jiang Lin.
12/2023

Unequal residential heating burden caused by combined heat and power phase-out under climate goals

Authors: Wang, Zhaohua; Hao Li; Bin Zhang; Bo Wang; Hao Li; Xin Tian; Jiang Lin, and Wei Feng.
07/2023

Assessing the roles of efficient market versus regulatory capture in China’s power market reform

Authors: Xiang, Chenxi; Xinye Zheng; Feng Song; Jiang Lin, and Zhigao Jiang.
06/2023

Black carbon emissions and reduction potential in China: 2015–2050

Authors: Wang, Wenjun; Nina Khanna; Jiang Lin, and Xu Liu.
03/2023

The Health and Climate Benefits of Economic Dispatch in China’s Power System

Authors: Luo, Qian; Fernando Garcia-Menendez; Haozhe Yang; Ranjit Deshmukh; Gang He; Jiang Lin, and Jeremiah X Johnson.
02/2023

Declining Renewable Costs, Emissions Trading, and Economic Growth: China’s Power System at the Crossroads

Authors: Chen, Yidan; Jiang Lin; David Roland-Holst; Xu Liu, and Can Wang.
01/2023

2022

Achieving an 80% carbon-free electricity system in China by 2035

Authors: Abhyankar, Nikit; Jiang Lin; Fritz Kahrl; Shengfei Yin; Umed Paliwal; Xu Liu; Nina Khanna; Qian Luo; David Wooley; Mike O'Boyle; Olivia Ashmoore; Robbie Orvis; Michelle Solomon, and Amol A Phadke.
10/2022

Opportunities to tackle short-lived climate pollutants and other greenhouse gases for China

Authors: Lin, Jiang; Nina Khanna; Xu Liu; Wenjun Wang; Jessica Gordon, and Fan Dai.
10/2022

Pathways of clean energy heating electrification programs for reducing carbon emissions in Northwest China

Authors: Ding, Tao; Yuge Sun; Can Huang; Chenlu Mu; Yuqi Fan; Jiang Lin, and Yining Qin.
09/2022

Achieving an 80% Carbon Free Electricity System in China by 2035

Authors: Abhyankar, Nikit; Jiang Lin; Fredrich Kahrl; Shengfei Yin; Umed Paliwal; Xu Liu; Nina Khanna; Amol A Phadke; Qian Luo; David Wooley; Mike O’Boyle; Olivia Ashmoore; Robbie Orvis, and Michelle Solomon.
07/2022

Large balancing areas and dispersed renewable investment enhance grid flexibility in a renewable-dominant power system in China

Authors: Lin, Jiang; Nikit Abhyankar; Gang He; Xu Liu, and Shengfei Yin.
02/2022

2021

Challenges and opportunities for carbon neutrality in China

Authors: Liu, Zhu; Zhu Deng; Gang He; Hailin Wang; Xiang Zhang; Jiang Lin; Ye Qi, and Xi Liang.
12/2021

Enhancing grid flexibility under scenarios of a renewable-dominant power system in China

Authors: Lin, Jiang; Nikit Abhyankar; Gang He; Xu Liu, and Shengfei Yin.
08/2021

Evaluating the ancillary services market for large-scale renewable energy integration in China's northeastern power grid

Authors: Hu, Junfeng; Qingyou Yan; Fredrich Kahrl; Xu Liu; Peng Wang, and Jiang Lin.
01/2021

Sunsetting coal power in China

Authors: Kahrl, Fredrich; Jiang Lin; Xu Liu, and Junfeng Hu.
01/2021

2020

China Energy Outlook: Understanding China’s Energy and Emissions Trends

Authors: Zhou, Nan; Hongyou Lu; Nina Khanna; Xu Liu; David Fridley; Lynn K Price; Wei Feng; Jiang Lin; Carolyn Szum, and Chao Ding.
04/2020

Energy-Efficiency Improvement Potential of Multi-split Air Conditioning Systems in China

Authors: Karali, Nihan; Chao Ding; Won Young Park; Nihar Shah, and Jiang Lin.
04/2020

Rapid cost decrease of renewable energy and storage offers an opportunity to accelerate the decarbonization of China’s power system

Authors: He, Gang; Jiang Lin; Froylan Sifuentes; Xu Liu; Nikit Abhyankar, and Amol A Phadke.
03/2020

Rapid cost decrease of renewable energy and storage offers an opportunity to accelerate the decarbonization of China’s power system

Authors: He, Gang; Jiang Lin; Froylan Sifuentes; Xu Liu; Nikit Abhyankar, and Amol A Phadke.
03/2020

A modified total equivalent warming impact analysis: Addressing direct and indirect emissions due to corrosion

Authors: O'Neill, Nicholas F; James Minh Ma; David Charles Walther; Lance R Brockway; Chao Ding, and Jiang Lin.
01/2020

Chinese policy leadership would cool global air conditioning impacts: Looking East

Authors: Phadke, Amol A; Nihar Shah; Jiang Lin; Won Young Park; Yongsheng Zhang; Durwood Zaelke; Chao Ding, and Nihan Karali.
01/2020

Economic and environmental benefits of market-based power-system reform in China: A case study of the Southern grid system

Authors: Abhyankar, Nikit; Jiang Lin; Xu Liu, and Froylan Sifuentes.
01/2020

Enabling a Rapid and Just Transition away from Coal in China

Authors: He, Gang; Jiang Lin; Ying Zhang; Wenhua Zhang; Guilherme Larangeira; Chao Zhang; Wei Peng; Manzhi Liu, and Fuqiang Yang.
01/2020

Improving the energy efficiency of room air conditioners in China: Costs and benefits

Authors: Karali, Nihan; Nihar Shah; Won Young Park; Nina Khanna; Chao Ding; Jiang Lin, and Nan Zhou.
01/2020

Rapid cost decrease of renewables and storage accelerates the decarbonization of China’s power system

Authors: He, Gang; Jiang Lin; Froylan Sifuentes; Xu Liu; Nikit Abhyankar, and Amol A Phadke.
01/2020

Regional electricity demand and economic transition in China

Authors: Lin, Jiang; Xu Liu, and Gang He.
01/2020

2019

Economic and environmental benefits of market-based power-system reform in China: provincial versus regional grid optimization

Authors: Abhyankar, Nikit; Jiang Lin; Xu Liu, and Froylan Sifuentes.
08/2019

A cooperative game-based mechanism for allocating ancillary service costs associated with wind power integration in China

Authors: Hu, Junfeng; Qingyou Yan; Xingmei Li; Zhong-Zhong Jiang; Fredrich Kahrl; Jiang Lin, and Peng Wang.
06/2019

Market Assessment of Multi-split Air Conditioning Systems in the Chinese and Global Market

Authors: Khanna, Nina; Chao Ding; Won Young Park; Nihar Shah, and Jiang Lin.
04/2019

Low carbon growth in China: The role of emissions trading in a transitioning economy

Authors: Springer, Cecilia; Sam Evans; Jiang Lin, and David Roland-Holst.
02/2019

Challenges and strategies for electricity market transition in China

Authors: Lin, Jiang; Fredrich Kahrl; Jiahai Yuan; Xu Liu, and Weirong Zhang.
01/2019

China’s Non-CO2 Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Future Trajectories and Mitigation Options and Potential

Authors: Lin, Jiang; Nina Khanna; Xu Liu; Fei Teng, and Xin Wang.
01/2019

Economic and carbon emission impacts of electricity market transition in China: A case study of Guangdong Province

Authors: Lin, Jiang; Fredrich Kahrl; Jiahai Yuan; Qixin Chen, and Xu Liu.
01/2019

Economic Transition, Technology Change, and Energy Consumption in China: A Provincial-Level Analysis

Authors: Liu, Xu; Jiang Lin; Junfeng Hu; Hongyou Lu, and Jiaru Cai.
01/2019

Emissions Trading Systems and Social Equity: A CGE Assessment for China

Authors: Huang, Hai; David Roland-Holst; Cecilia Springer; Jiang Lin; Wenjia Cai, and Can Wang.
01/2019

Identifying the driving factors of energy-water nexus in Beijing from both economy- and sector-wide perspectives

Authors: Li, Hao; Jiang Lin; Yuhuan Zhao, and Jia-Ning Kang.
01/2019

2018

Curtailment of renewable energy in Northwest China and market-based solutions

Authors: Liu, Shiyu; Zhaohong Bie; Jiang Lin, and Xifan Wang.
12/2018

China’s electricity switch won’t be swift or painless

Authors: Lin, Jiang.
10/2018

A regional analysis of excess capacity in China’s power systems

Authors: Lin, Jiang; Fredrich Kahrl, and Xu Liu.
02/2018

Has coal use peaked in China: Near-term trends in China's coal consumption

Authors: Lin, Jiang; David Fridley; Hongyou Lu; Lynn K Price, and Nan Zhou.
01/2018

Challenges to addressing non-CO2 greenhouse gases in China’s long-term climate strategy

Authors: Wang, Xin; Fei Teng; Jingjing Zhang; Nina Khanna, and Jiang Lin.
12/2017

2017

Effects of bus transit-oriented development (BTOD) on single-family property value in Seattle metropolitan area

Authors: Shen, Qing; Simin Xu, and Jiang Lin.
10/2017

2016

Excess Capacity in China's Power Systems: A Regional Analysis

Authors: Lin, Jiang; Xu Liu, and Fredrich Kahrl.
11/2016

Distributed Generation: Trends and Solutions in US

Authors: Lin, Jiang; Ryan H Wiser; Wei Feng, and Chris Marnay.
10/2016

Toward future's clean power system: lessons from the past

Authors: Lin, Jiang, and Andrew Satchwell.
10/2016

Economic Rebalancing and Electricity Demand in China

Authors: Lin, Jiang; Gang He, and Alexandria Yuan.
04/2016

2008

Stay cool with less work: China's new energy-efficiency standards for air conditioners

Authors: Lin, Jiang, and Gregory J Rosenquist.
03/2008

China Refrigerator Information Label: Specification Development and Potential Impact

Authors: Fridley, David; Nina Zheng; Nan Zhou; Nathaniel T Aden; Jiang Lin; Jianhong Cheng; Tomoyuki Sakamoto, and Nina Khanna.
02/2008

2007

The Reality and Future Scenarios of Commercial Building Energy Consumption in China

Authors: Zhou, Nan, and Jiang Lin.
08/2007

Taking out One Billion Tons of CO2: The Magic of China’s 11th Five Year Plan?

Authors: Lin, Jiang; Nan Zhou; Mark D Levine, and David Fridley.
06/2007

Impacts of China’s Current Appliance Standards and Labeling Program to 2020

Authors: Fridley, David; Nathaniel T Aden; Nan Zhou, and Jiang Lin.
03/2007

Energy Conservation Investments: a Comparison Between China and the US

Authors: Lin, Jiang.
02/2007

Energy Use in China: Sectoral Trends and Future Outlook

Authors: Zhou, Nan; Michael A McNeil; David Fridley; Jiang Lin; Lynn K Price; Stephane de la Rue du Can; Jayant A Sathaye, and Mark D Levine.
01/2007

2006

Achieving China’s Target for Energy Intensity Reduction in 2010: An exploration of recent trends and possible future scenarios

Authors: Lin, Jiang; Nan Zhou; Mark D Levine, and David Fridley.
12/2006

Mitigating Carbon Emissions: the Potential of Improving Efficiency of Household Appliances in China

Authors: Lin, Jiang.
07/2006

2005

A Light Diet for a Giant Appetite: an Assessment of China's Fluorescent Lamp Standard

Authors: Lin, Jiang.
07/2005

CFL Labeling Harmonization in the United States, China, Brazil and ELI Member Countries: Specifications, Testing, and Mutual Recognition

Authors: Fridley, David; Jiang Lin; Andrea Denver; Peter J Biermayer, and Tyler J Dillavou.
07/2005

Trends in Energy Efficiency Investments in China and the US

Authors: Lin, Jiang.
06/2005

Evaluation of China's Energy Strategy Options

Authors: Sinton, Jonathan E; Rachel E Stem; Nathaniel T Aden; Mark D Levine; Tyler J Dillavou; David Fridley; Yu Joe Huang; Joanna I Lewis; Jiang Lin; Aimee T McKane; Lynn K Price; Ryan H Wiser; Nan Zhou, and Jean Y Ku.
05/2005

Cold or Hot Wash: How technological choices lead to cultural change and potential increase in clothes washing energy use in China

Authors: Lin, Jiang, and Maithili Iyer.

Financing the Growth of Energy Efficiency Service Industry in Shanghai

Authors: Lin, Jiang; Donald Gilligan, and Yinghua Zhao.

2004

Clothes washer standards in China -- The problem of water and energy trade-offs in establishing efficiency standards

Authors: Biermayer, Peter J, and Jiang Lin.
05/2004

Developing an Energy Efficiency Service Industry in Shanghai

Authors: Lin, Jiang; Charles A Goldman; Mark D Levine, and Nicole C Hopper.
02/2004

A Tale of Five Cities: The China Residential Energy Consumption Survey

Authors: Brockett, Debbie; David Fridley; Jieming Lin, and Jiang Lin.

2002

A Trickle Turns into a Flood: Standby Power Loss in China

Authors: Lin, Jiang.
01/2002

Made for China: Energy Efficiency Standards and Labels for Household Appliances

Authors: Lin, Jiang.
01/2002

Energy-Efficient Appliance Labeling in China: Lessons for Successful Labeling Programs in Varied Markets

Authors: Lin, Jiang; Jeanne Townend; David Fridley; Tony Silva, and Robin Clark.

2001

Energy Saving Potential of Standards and Labeling in China

Authors: Fridley, David, and Jiang Lin.
04/2001

Technical and Economic Analysis of Energy Efficiency of Chinese Room Air Conditioners

Authors: Fridley, David; Gregory J Rosenquist; Jiang Lin; Li Aixian; Xin Dingguo, and Cheng Jianhong.
02/2001

1999

Status Report on Energy Efficiency Policy and Programs in China

Authors: Sinton, Jonathan E; Mark D Levine; David Fridley; Fuqiang Yang, and Jiang Lin.
12/1999

China Green Lights Program: A Review and Recommendations

Authors: Lin, Jiang.