This book gathers the main scientific outputs of POREEN, a four-year project on partnering opportunities between Europe and China in the renewable energy and environmental industries. It investigates the main challenges and opportunities related to Sino-European dialogue and cooperation in the green sector with a focus on sustainable growth.

PART I EUROPE AND CHINA INTEGRATION THROUGH TRADE AND FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS 1. Policies That Promote Environmental Industry in China - Haitao Yin, Francesca Spigarelli, Xuemei Zhang and Hui Zhou 2. The Environmental Goods Trade between China and the EU: Development and Influencing Factors - Ruxiao Qu and Yanping Zeng 3. International Integration and Uneven Development: An Enquiry into the Spatial Distribution of Foreign Firms in China - Hongbo Cai and Eleonora Cutrini 4. The Liability of Foreignness of EU Environmental Protection Companies in China: Manifestations and Mitigating Strategies - Lee Keng Ng and Louise Curran 5. The Renewable Energy Industry in Europe: Business and Internationalization Models. A Focus on the Chinese Market - Elena Cedrola and Loretta Battaglia 6. China’s FDI in the EU’s Environmental Protection Industries - Chunming Zhao, Mi Dai, Qun Zhang and Lei Wen 7. Chinese OFDI to Germany in the Environmental Industries: A Multiple Case Study - Katiuscia Vaccarini, Francesca Spigarelli, Christoph Lattemann, Federico Salvatelli and Ernesto Tavoletti PART II ENVIRONMENT AND REGULATIONS 8. China: The Long March toward a Virtuous Environmental Legal Framework - Lihong Zhang 9. Chinese Environmental Protection: Between National Laws and Governance System - Federica Monti 10. Efficient Energy Systems in the Chinese Electricity Sector: Some Legal Issues - Fabio Lorusso 11. Corporate Social Responsibility Standards in Green Energy Industry: A Comparison between European Union and China - Giuseppe A. Policaro and Paolo Rossi 12. Energy Investments in China and the Role of Environmental Regulation: The Legal Perspective - Changmian Zhang and Piercarlo Rossi PART III ALTERNATIVE FUELS AND LOW CARBON BUILDINGS: RESEARCH TRENDS IN EUROPE AND CHINA 13. The Feasibility of Liquefied Methane as an Alternative Fuel in Europe and China - Marco Spitoni, Fabio Polonara and Alessia Arteconi 14. Vapor Compression Heat Pumps and District Thermal Energy Networks for Efficient Building Heating and Cooling - Neil Hewitt, Ye Huang, Mingjun Huang and Caterina Brandoni 15. Research on Biomass Energy Utilization in Chinese Rural Area - Xu Zhang, Mingling Zhai, Yanyan Wang, Yulei Gao, Haoliang Zhao, Xiang Zhou and Jun Gao 16. Novel Energy Systems for Smart Houses - Yong Li and Ruzhu Wang