China Renewable Energy and Sustainable Development Report

1、January 2008: Vol. I China Renewable Energy and Sustainable Development ReportChina's extraordinary economic growth and heavy reliance on increasingly expensive foreign oil, the vast environmental toll that is one of the most apparent costs of China's economic success, persistent rural pover

2、ty in China and periodic power shortages all have impressed upon Beijing that renewable energy must be a large part of China's economy if China is to both complete its economic transformation and achieve "energy security".   China rapidly has moved along the path of renewable

3、 energy development.  By 2006 Chinas total renewable energy output equaled 8% of non-renewable energy generation or 200 million MT of coal equivalents, though coal generated power consumption continued to account for 69% of total energy consumption in China. Chinas goal is for renewable energy

4、to account for 10% of all energy consumption by 2010. In the medium term China plans to develop 120,000 MWs of renewable energy by the year 2020; this would account for 12% to 16% of Chinas total installed energy producing capacity that year. In the long term China has set an objective of having 30%

5、 or more of its total energy requirements satisfied by renewable sources by 2050. China's ambitious growth target for renewable energy production will require an investment of approximately 2 trillion Yuan ($263 billion U.S.D.) by 2020. Our goal at the China Renewable Energy and Sustainable Deve

6、lopment Report is to provide authoritative, timely, informative and useful information about the emerging renewable energy and sustainable development sectors in China for global companies who have products and services to sell to or buy from China's rapidly growing renewable energy and sustaina

7、ble development sectors and other policy makers, NGOs and interested parties.  Drawing from original Chinese language materials of Chinese companies, industry associations, central and local government agencies and non-governmental organizations, the China Renewable Energy and Sustainable Devel

8、opment Report will cover developments in China's solar, wind, bio-fuel, bio-mass, small hydroelectric and other renewable energy sectors, including regular features on investment, growth, local and national laws and regulations, leading Chinese companies, industry meetings, tradeshows, exhibitio

9、ns and conferences and business opportunities.  An interactive map of Chinas renewable energy projects is now available on China Strategies website. China Strategies website also now has a map of significant companies/projects in China in the solar energy sector. To view the China Renewable Ene

10、rgy Interactive Map and the China Solar Map, visit chinastrategiesllc , click on the tab for “Chinas Renewable Energy Industry” and follow the directions to register and receive access. The China Renewable Energy Interactive Map and the China Solar Map were developed with the assistance of Ryan Hodu

11、m, an environmental and renewable energy professional who recently completed a Master of Arts in Global Environmental Policy from American University in Washington, D.C. with a focus on renewable energy utilization in China. We invite our readers to submit Chinese renewable energy projects to be inc

12、luded on the China Renewable Energy Interactive Map and the China Solar Map. Please send all submissions to louchinastrategiesllc . Shortly the China Strategies website will have a map of CDM projects in China.For more information about subscribing to the China Renewable Energy and Sustainable Devel

13、opment Report, please contact us at louchinastrategiesllc . For more information about China Strategies, LLC, please visit us at chinastrategiesllc . China's Solar IndustryNorthern Chinas largest solar illuminated ecological district- the Jinan city, Tangzhi New City- recently formally began ope

14、rating; this also is Shandong Provinces first solar powered ecological residential district. The heart of the Tangzhi New City are 61 residential towers which are using Linuo Paradigmas solar hot water heaters, 15 kw solar PV power plant for the lighting systems (216 street lights and other public l

15、ighting), which will save 70,000 + Yuan in electric costs.The 2008 3rd Asia Solar Energy and Photovoltaic Engineering Exhibition will be held from March 5 through March 7, 2008 at the Shanghai World Trade and Commerce Center. To date 200 companies have registered for this exhibition, 30% of which ar

16、e foreign companies. On March 5th the Asian PV Industry Conference will be held; on March 6th both the Solar PV Project Promotion Conference and the Silicon Materials Negotiations will be conducted; and on March 7th the UL Sino-U.S. Certification PV Industry Discussion will be held. For further info

17、rmation call 86+21-6592-9965 or e-mail infoaiexpo . China already is the worlds largest producer and consumer of solar hot water heaters, presently accounting for more than one-half of the worlds output and consumption. It is estimated that by 2010 the coverage area of installed solar hot water heat

18、ers in China will be approximately 100 million square meters; the market for solar hot water heaters is projected to be 60 billion Yuan by that time. After 2008 the rate of growth of adoption of solar hot water heaters is expected to be 20%-30%; if 1/4th of Chinas population use solar hot water heat

19、ers then by 2020 the market for solar hot water heaters will grow to 270 square meters. Through the end of 2007 sales in China of solar hot water heaters was 10 times that of Europe with approximately 35 million Chinese households having one. Chinese households that use solar hot water heaters spend

20、 12%-20% less in power costs. In certain cities the use of solar hot water heaters is very large; perhaps the most significant city in terms of adoption of solar hot water heaters is Rizhao in Shandong Province. It is estimated that 99% of center city residents use solar to heat their water. Other c

21、ities also have a significant amount of its residents using solar hot water heat; another example is Kunming in Yunnan Province where fully one-half of its 4.7 million residents use solar hot water heaters. In 2006 the value of solar hot water heater output totaled $25 million U.S.D. The cheapest so

22、lar hot water heater in China costs approximately $150 U.S.D., which is commensurate with the cost of a regular hot water heater. There are now approximately 2000 companies that are in the business of manufacturing solar hot water heaters and competition is said to be fierce. An example of one well

23、established company is Beijings Senpu Solar Energy Company which was established in the 1980s and in 2006 won a contract for 45000 unitsThrough the end of 2007 China had 28,000 farming villages (7 million families or 30 million people) that still were without any power and 60% of places in China exp

24、erienced power shortages. The vast majority of these areas, though, are places where solar resources are rich and the market potential for photovoltaic production is large. At present China has approximately 15 MW of photovoltaic power generating output capacity.China's Wind Power IndustryThe fi

25、rst two wind turbines of Zhejiang Provinces first large scale wind power project-the Cixi Wind Farm Project- were connected to the power grid and began generating power on December 30, 2007 near Ningbo, Zhejiang Province. The Cixi Wind Farm is a joint venture project of the Yangze River New Energy D

26、evelopment Co., Ltd. and the Cixi Wind Power Development Co., Ltd. This demonstration project plans to install thirty-three 1.5 MW turbines to produce a total of 49.5 MW of wind power. The projects total investment is 600 million Yuan. Construction began on the project in November 2006. There are an

27、 additional three turbines which will begin operating and be grid connected in February 2008 and all of the remaining turbines are expected to be operating by the end of 2008. Despite having very good wind resources, Ningbo previously did not have any wind farms. The Cixi Wind Farm is expected to ge

28、nerate approximately 100 million Kwh of power, which output will bring about a savings of approximately 40,000 tpy of coal equivalents.Though their natural resources are in the mid-range among all provinces, by 2007 Jilin Province had the fourth largest concentration of wind farms in China with tota

29、l installed capacity of wind power approaching 220 MW; this capacity equals approximately 4% of total installed power generating capacity in Jilin Province. Though 4% of total installed capacity doesnt sound like a large number, the estimates are for wind power to account for just 1% of total instal

30、led capacity nationwide as of 2010. Perhaps the most remarkable aspect of Jilin Provinces wind power development is that these accomplishments were achieved in just 7 years.One point five megawatt (1.5MW) wind mill blades measuring 40.25 meters long-the largest wind mill blades to be manufactured in

31、 China to date-are now being manufactured in China by the China Materials Science and Technology Wind Power Blades Joint Stock Co., Ltd. The companys development center is located in Beijings Economic and Technology Development Zone and its mould making manufacturing facilities and blade production

32、plant are located in Beijings Badaling Economic Development Zone. The blades, which were just produced are referred to as Sinoma 40.2; these were produced in conjunction with a German wind blade designer. The diameter of the blades is two meters across. Presently China Materials has a demonstration

33、production line, which is capable of producing 10 sets of moulds/year and 200 sets (600 blades) of Sinoma 40.2 wind mill blades/year. China Materials has agreements with wind turbine manufacturers and already has supplied 30 wind mill blades, of which 5 sets are being installed in wind farms in Chin

34、as Northeast. China Materials is developing blades for a 2.5 MW class wind mill and anticipates have 5 series of wind mill blade products by 2010. According to the China Climate Science Research Institute, China has wind resources totaling 3.22 million MW-the most of any country in the world and the

35、 amount which can be developed is 1 million MW or more, including 253,000 MW of land-based wind power capacity and 750,000 MW of off-shore wind power generating capacity. The areas, which have the richest wind resources are Chinas Northwest, the northern part of North China, Northeast China and the

36、coastal areas in Southeast China.In mid-January 2008 the Development and Reform Commission and the Climate Bureau of Shaanxi Province jointly issued the Notice Concerning Standardizing the Administrative Work in Overseeing and Appraising Province-wide Wind Power Resources. The Notice provides that t

37、he everyday work of overseeing and appraising wind resources is within the purview of the provincial level department in charge of climate and no activity can be pursued without having gone through this department or entities which have been authorized by the department in charge of climate for Shaa

38、nxi Province. Test wind mills are to be approved by the department in charge of climate for Shaanxi Province and be reported to the Shaanxi Province Development and Reform Commission for the record.According to Steve Sawyer, the secretary of the Global Wind Energy Council in 2009 China will become t

39、he worlds largest producer of wind turbines. The GWEC estimates that Chinas installed base of wind power generating capacity will grow from 4000 MW at present to 10,000 MW as of the end of 2009. Though China has yet to export wind turbines, Chinas two largest wind turbine manufacturers-Jin Feng (Gol

40、den Wind) and Hua Rui-have plans to export in 2009 and 2010.China's Hydropower IndustryConstruction on Chinas third largest hydroelectric power plant-the Xiang Jia Dam Hydroelectric Power Plant-is progressing. Before December 2008 the main tributary, which will provide water for the dam project,

41、 will be dammed up, putting the project on track to begin generating power in 2012 with all construction completed by 2015. The total planned installed capacity of the Xiang Jia Dam Hydroelectric Power Plant is 6000 MW, which will produce 30.7 billion kwh/year of electricity. The power generated by

42、the Xiang Jia Dam Hydroelectric Power Plant will be transported by high tension power lines to Chinas central and eastern provinces. In addition to providing power the 900+ million cubic meter catch basin will help Chongqing, Zhouzhou, Yibin (where the dam is located) and other cities to achieve nat

43、ional flood prevention standards. When completed the Xiang Jia Dam Reservoir will provide water to irrigate approximately 37 million Mu of land in 14 counties and cities that are downstream from the Xiang Jia Dam. The 30 billion kwh/year of electricity which will be generated by the Xiang Jia Dam wo

44、uld replace coal fired plants that now consume 14 million tpy of coal and emit 25 million tpy of carbon dioxide, 170,000 tpy of nitrogen dioxide and 300,000 tpy of sulfur dioxide. China's Bio-Mass Energy and Bio-Fuels IndustriesGuangxi Provinces “1 Million Mu Bio-Fuel Forest Project” commenced o

45、n January 9, 2008. The plan is for Guangxi Province to develop a 1 million Mu (165,000 acres) jatropha tree (also known as a “small tung oil tree”) forest, which experts say will yield in excess of 160,000 MT of bio-diesel fuel worth 640 million Yuan. On January 9th the Guangxi Zhilian Renewable Ene

46、rgy Co., Ltd. entered into an agreement with the Guangxi Forestry Science and Technology Institute which provided for Guangxi Zhilian Renewable Energy Co. to invest 500 million Yuan in the development of the jatropha tree forest and another 200 million Yuan in the construction of a modern bio-diesel

47、 refinery and production lines for related products. The jatropha tree is an ideal bio-diesel fuel source because it is able to grow in inhospitable climates and terrains. The jatropha tree will yield fruit for 30 years and every 10 Mu of jatropha trees will yield approximately 3 MT of seeds, which

48、in turn have 60% or greater oil content, so that 3 MT of seeds will yield 1 MT of crude oil or 0.98 MT of bio-diesel after further refining. Besides Guangxi Province, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou and Fujian Provinces all have begun to develop jatropha tree forests. According to Su Huihua, the chairman o

49、f the board of Guangxi Zhilian Renewable Energy Co. the company will develop jatropha forests in Nanning, Baise, Hechi and Guilin, among other places, utilizing areas that are not suitable for cultivating crops to create large scale “green oil fields”.Both the National Long and Mid-term Science and

50、Technology Development Plan, which was promulgated in 2006, and The Bio-Industry Development Plan of 2007 both take research and development into bio-fuels as their focal point. In the 11th 5-Year Plan Period, the central government is increasing its investment in research and development of bio-fue

51、ls, and the Ministry of Science and Technology, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the Ministry of Agriculture all have established special projects with more than 800 million Yuan in research and development investment in bio-energy. In September, 2

52、007, the Chinese government issued the Mid to Long-term Development Plan for Renewable Energy, which established bio-energy as an important constituent part of renewable energy, set concrete development objectives for bio-energy through 2020 and made bio-energy development as a focus of economic dev

53、elopment for localities which are rich in bio-mass resources. In 2006, Chinas ethanol production was about 3.5 million tons, of which fuel ethanol output was 1.3 million tons, the third largest such output in the world. Output of bio-diesel from waste oils reached 60,000 tons in 2006 and production

54、of methane in villages exceeded 170 million cubic meters. COFCO, the Fortune 500 Chinese diversified agri-business, food and bio-energy company, is building three ethanol companies; Sinopec and PetroChina also are building bio-fuel plants in Guangxi, Xinjiang, Hebei, and Sichuan Provinces. There are

55、 also dozens of privately run companies in bio-fuel development, like the Shandong Jinyimeng Group which, using cassava as its raw materials, produces 200,000 tpy of ethanol and has invested in the development of a plant to produce 150,000 tons of bio-butanol. Another example is the Fujian Longyan N

56、ew Energy Co., which uses waste food oils to produce bio-ethanol and has successfully gone public in England, becoming the worlds first public company to commercially use discarded waste oil to produce bio-diesel. In 2006, China imported 145 million tons of crude oil, and its reliance on foreign sou

57、rces of oil totaled 44% of its energy needs. Consumption of fuel oil for vehicles accounted for 35% of oil consumption in China, and demand for fuel oil is growing at the rate of 15-16%/year. To satisfy domestic demand for vehicle fuel, the country needs to develop fuel ethanol. The National Fuel Et

58、hanol Development Plan has set a target for fuel ethanol use in China as of 2010 at 3 million tpy, increasing to 10 million tpy by 2020. Though Chinas population is large and its land mass inadequate for such a large population, there are approximately 212 million hectares of wasteland in China, whi

59、ch, if cultivated properly with appropriate energy-producing plants, could produce the equivalent of 45 million tpy of oil for every 10 million hectares of land used to produce energy crops (the equivalent of one Daqing oil field). China's Geo-Thermal IndustryThe Beijing Huaqing Geothermal Development Co., Ltd., whi