Directives to boost clean energy
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March 5, 2011, Saturday
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China will set directives for greater use of clean energy and lower carbon emissions to put its economy on the track of sustainable development, Zhang Guobao, a political adviser and former head of the National Energy Administration, said yesterday.
China aims to increase the proportion of non-fossil fuels in overall primary energy use to 11.4 percent by 2015 from the current 8 percent, Zhang said. The target has been included in the draft of the 12th Five-Year Program (2011-2015) and will be mandatory, said Zhang, a member of the Standing Committee of the 11th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
It will keep China on course to achieve its pledge to up its use of non-fossil fuels to 15 percent by 2020, he said.
The draft will be reviewed and is expected to be approved by the country's lawmakers attending the annual session of the National People's Congress, which opens in Beijing today.
Zhang said coal accounts for around 70 percent of China's energy mix, 30 percentage points higher than the world average.
To achieve a greener economy, China should trim its dependency on coal and promote greater use of cleaner fuels, he said, referring to nuclear power and wind, solar and biomass energy.
By the end of last year, China's installed wind power capacity exceeded 41 million kilowatts to be the world's largest. China is also constructing 28.71 million kilowatts of nuclear power capacity, also the most in the world.
Zhang said the five-year plan will aim to boost the development of nuclear power while ensuring safety. China will start building its first inland nuclear power plant this year, he said, in either Hubei, Hunan or Jiangxi Province.
By 2020, more than half of the 15 percent non-fossil share will come from hydropower, he added.
Greater use of clean and renewable fuels is part of the government's efforts to promote energy saving and environmental protection as economic success has come with steep costs: unsustainable growth and pollution.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said last month that the government must not sacrifice the environment for the sake of rapid growth any longer.
China aims to increase the proportion of non-fossil fuels in overall primary energy use to 11.4 percent by 2015 from the current 8 percent, Zhang said. The target has been included in the draft of the 12th Five-Year Program (2011-2015) and will be mandatory, said Zhang, a member of the Standing Committee of the 11th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
It will keep China on course to achieve its pledge to up its use of non-fossil fuels to 15 percent by 2020, he said.
The draft will be reviewed and is expected to be approved by the country's lawmakers attending the annual session of the National People's Congress, which opens in Beijing today.
Zhang said coal accounts for around 70 percent of China's energy mix, 30 percentage points higher than the world average.
To achieve a greener economy, China should trim its dependency on coal and promote greater use of cleaner fuels, he said, referring to nuclear power and wind, solar and biomass energy.
By the end of last year, China's installed wind power capacity exceeded 41 million kilowatts to be the world's largest. China is also constructing 28.71 million kilowatts of nuclear power capacity, also the most in the world.
Zhang said the five-year plan will aim to boost the development of nuclear power while ensuring safety. China will start building its first inland nuclear power plant this year, he said, in either Hubei, Hunan or Jiangxi Province.
By 2020, more than half of the 15 percent non-fossil share will come from hydropower, he added.
Greater use of clean and renewable fuels is part of the government's efforts to promote energy saving and environmental protection as economic success has come with steep costs: unsustainable growth and pollution.
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said last month that the government must not sacrifice the environment for the sake of rapid growth any longer.
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