Adjunct Professor
Dr. Jiang Lin is the Nat Simons Presidential Chair in China Energy Policy at the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, and a Staff Scientist at its China Energy Group. Dr. Lin's research is focused on energy and climate policy, energy and emissions pathways, electricity market and planning, low-carbon economics transition and appliance efficiency issues in China. He is a co-Director of the Berkeley-Tsinghua Joint Research Center on Energy and Climate Change, a collaborative initiative between Berkeley Lab, the University of California-Berkeley, and Tsinghua University in China.
From 2007-2016, Dr. Lin was the Director of the Energy Foundation's China Sustainable Energy Program (2007-2013) and Senior Vice President for Strategy and Analysis (2014-2016). Dr. Lin managed the growth of Energy Foundation China into one of the largest international NGOs devoted to promoting clean energy and climate solutions in China. Before joining the Energy Foundation, Dr. Lin was previously at LBNL from 1994-2007, conducting research in the Appliance Standards and China Energy Groups.
Dr. Lin has a PhD in Demography from the University of California-Berkeley, an MS in Population Studies and BS from the Department of Cybernetics Engineering from Xi'an Jiaotong University, China.
林江博士是劳伦斯伯克利国家实验室（LBNL）Nat Simons讲席科学家(中国能源政策)， 中国能源研究室科学家。林江博士的主要研究领域包括中国能源和气候政策、能源和排放路径、电力市场和规划、低碳经济转型和家电效率。林江博士还是由LBNL、加州大学伯克利分校和清华大学联合创办的伯克利清华能源和气候变化联合研究中心的联合主任。
林江博士于2007-2016年任能源基金会中国可持续能源项目主任（2007-2013）和战略分析高级副总裁（2014-2016）。林博士帮助能源基金会中国成为国际上最大的致力于中国清洁能源和气候变化解决方案的非政府组织之一。加入能源基金会前，林博士在劳伦斯伯克利实验的家电标准和中国能源组从事研究工作（1994-2007）。
林博士拥有加州大学伯克利分校人口统计学博士，西安交通大学人口学硕士学位和控制工程学士学位。
Ph.D., Demography, University of California at Berkeley
M.S., Operations Research, Xi'an Jiaotong University
B.S., Cybernetics Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University
He, Gang, Jiang Lin, Froylan Sifuentes, Xu Liu, Nikit Abhyankar, and Amol Phadke. “Rapid cost decrease of renewables and storage accelerates the decarbonization of China’s power system”. Nature Communications, 11, 2486 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16184
Amol Phadke, Nihar Shah, Jiang Lin, Won Young Park, Yongsheng Zhang, Durwood Zaelke, Chao Ding and Nihan Karali, “Chinese Policy Leadership Would Cool Global Air Conditioning Impacts: Looking East,” 2020, Energy Research & Social Sciences, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2020.101570
NF O’Neill, JM Ma, DC Walther, LR Brockway, C Ding, J Lin, 2020, "A Modified Total Equivalent Warming Impact Analysis: Addressing Direct and Indirect Emissions Due to Corrosion", STOTEN, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140312
Gang He; Jiang Lin; Ying Zhang; Wenhua Zhang; Guilherme Larangeira; Chao Zhang; Wei Peng; Manzhi Liu; Fuqiang Yang, 2020, “Enabling a rapid and just transition away from coal in China,” One Earth, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2020.07.012
W Du, M Li, Ke Li, and J Lin, “Impact of Energy Market Distortions on the Productivity of Energy Enterprises in China,” September, 2020, the Energy Journal.
Jiang Lin, Xu Liu, G He, 2020, “Regional electricity demand and economic transition in China,” Utilities Policy, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jup.2020.101047
Nikit Abhyankar, Jiang Lin*, Xu Liu, Froylan Sifuentes, 2020, “Economic and environmental benefits of market-based power-system reform in China: a case study of the Southern grid system,” Resources, Conservation and Recycling. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2019.104558
N Karali, N Shah, WY Park, N Khanna, C Ding, J Lin, N Zhou, 2020, “Improving the energy efficiency of room air conditioners in China: Costs and benefits,” Applied Energy.
Jiang Lin*, Nina Khana, Xu Liu, Fei Teng, and Xin Wang, 2019, “China’s Non-CO2 Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Future Trajectories and Mitigation Options and Potential,” Scientific Reports
Jiang Lin*, Fredrich Kahrl, Jiahai Yuan, Xu Liu and Weirong Zhang. "Challenges and strategies for electricity market transition in China." Energy Policy 133 (2019) 110899.
Li, Hao, Jiang Lin*, Yuhuan Zhao, and Jia-Ning Kang. “Identifying the driving factors of energy-water nexus in Beijing from both economy- and sector-wide perspectives.” Journal of Cleaner Production, July 2019. DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.07.001
Hao Li, Yuhuan Zhao*, Jiang Lin*. A review of the energy–carbon–water nexus: Concepts, research focuses, mechanisms, and methodologies. WIREs Energy and Environment, 2019, https://doi.org/10.1002/wene.358
Hao Li, Yuhuan Zhao*, Song Wang, Jiang Lin. Scenario analysis of ETS revenue allocation mechanism of China: based on a dynamic CGE model. Environ Science and Pollution Research, 2019, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-019-05964-8
Xu Liu, Jiang Lin*, Junfeng Hu*, Hongyou Lu, and Jiaru Cai. "Economic Transition, Technology Change, and Energy Consumption in China: A Provincial-Level Analysis." Energies 12.13 (2019) 2581
Hu, Junfeng, Qingyou Yan, Xingmei Li, Zhong-Zhong Jiang, Fredrich Kahrl, Jiang Lin*, and Peng Wang*. “A cooperative game-based mechanism for allocating ancillary service costs associated with wind power integration in China.” Utilities Policy vol 58, June 2019. DOI: 10.1016/j.jup.2019.05.008
Jiang Lin, F. Kahrl, JH Yuan, QX Chen, and X Liu, 2019, “Economic and carbon emission impacts of electricity market transition in China: A case study of Guangdong Province,” Applied Energy, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2019.01.128
Jiang Lin, 2018, “China’s electricity switch won’t be swift or painless,” Nature, DOI: 10.1038/d41586-018-06894-0
CH Springer, S Evans, J Lin, and D Roland-Holst, 2018, “Low Carbon Growth in China: The Role of Emissions Trading in a Transitioning Economy,” Applied Energy. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.11.046
H Huang, D Roland-Holst, C Springer, J Lin, W Cai, C Wang, 2019, “Emissions trading systems and social equity: A CGE assessment for China.” Applied Energy, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.11.056
J Lin, DG Fridley, HY Lou, LK Price, and N Zhou, 2018, "Has coal use peaked in China: Near-term trends in China’s coal consumption," Energy Policy
SY Liu, CH Bie, J Lin, XF Wang, 2018, “Curtailment of renewable energy in Northwest China and market-based solutions, Energy Policy 123
Wang Xin, Teng Fei, Zhang Jingjing, Nina Khana, and Jiang Lin, 2017, “Challenges to addressing non-CO2 greenhouse gases in China’s long-term climate strategy,” Climate Policy
Jiang Lin, Fredrich Kahrl, Xu Liu, 2018, "A Regional Analysis of Excess Capacity in China’s Power Systems," Resources, Conservation, and Recycling 129 (2018) 93-101
Qing Shen, Simin Xu, and Jiang Lin, 2017, “Effects of Bus Transit-Oriented Development (BTOD) on Single-Family Property Value in Seattle Metropolitan Area,” Urban Studies. https://doi.org/10.1177/0042098017729078
Jiang Lin, Gang He, and Alexandria Yuan, 2016, “Economic Rebalancing and Changing Electricity Demand in China,” the Electricity Journal 29 (2016), pp 48-54
