Student’s surprise when the snow fell
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When temperatures fell to minus 10 degrees Celsius in Golog Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture after heavy snow in early October, student Rinchen Drolma was surprised to find that her school was not using coal to keep warm.
“Classrooms are warmer and cleaner than before,” the student said.
“We are using clean energy in our heating system,” said Tian Chao from the Golog branch of the State Grid Corporation of China.
The branch put 12 boilers powered by a quantum energy generator into operation at Rinchen Drolma’s school in late September. It was the first large-scale clean energy heating project to be introduced in the alpine region.
Golog is in the heartland of Sanjiangyuan National Park in northwest China’s Qinghai Province. The region is the source of China’s Yangtze, Yellow and Lancang rivers.
The fragile ecology has been deteriorating over past decades. The clean-energy scheme was aimed at helping preserve the local ecosystem, after traditional heating methods such as burning cow dung and coal led to serious pollution.
“The quantum-powered boilers are cleaner and more efficient than traditional electric boilers,” said Tian.
The project has saved 176.8 tons of coal, and cut emissions of carbon dioxide and sulfur dioxide by 480 and 1,516 tons respectively.
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