Urumqi going green to save the planet
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CITY authorities in Urumqi are encouraging citizens and the public service sector to use electric vehicles to curb pollution and ease overcapacity in the power industry.
Starting this year, electric vehicles will be used for taxis, buses as well as cars and trucks for public services, sources with the Urumqi Electric Power Corporation of State Grid said yesterday.
At least 20 percent of the city’s new buses, taxis and other public service vehicles this year will be fueled by electricity, said Liu Pengtao, a demand management specialist with the Urumqi Electric Power Corporation.
No less than 0.3 percent of newly purchased private cars in Urumqi will be electric cars, he said.
The percentages will increase annually and reach 80 percent and 1.2 percent respectively by 2020.
By then, the city will have about 6,500 electric vehicles that consume more than 75 million kilowatt-hours of electricity a year and cut carbon dioxide emissions by 47,500 tons.
Urumqi, capital of the Uygur Autonomous Region, presently has a fleet of 1,154 electric vehicles, one charging station, one battery replacement station and 31 utility poles.
By 2020, the city will have 20 charging stations and more than 5,100 facility poles to make charging more convenient.
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