Foreword
Energy provides an important physical foundation of socioeconomic development. Mankind’s exploitation of energy has evolved over time, from firewood to fossil fuels, such as coal, oil, and natural gas, and then to clean energy resources derived from hydropower, wind power, and solar power. Each evolution has seen tremendous progress in productivity and human civilization. As a motive power for modernization, energy is closely associated with the national economy as well as people’s livelihood and human well-being. Countries all over the world now share a strategic goal to expedite the development of a safe, reliable, economical, efficient, clean, and environment-friendly modern energy supply system by capitalizing on a new round of energy ...
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