China closes more small thermal power plants
Thursday, 16 August 2007
GUIYANG, Aug 15 (CEIS): China shut down small thermal power plants with the installed capacity totaling 6.95 million kilowatts in the first half of the year, completing about 70 per cent of the pre-set goal in this regard in 2007.
That was learned from an ongoing national meeting of the State Development and Reform Commission held here on construction of big-capacity power plants and closure of smaller ones in south China.
China has seen a rapid growth of power industry in the recent years, and by 2006 the country's totaled installed capacity rose to 622 million kw, of which, 75 per cent were from coal-fired thermal power plants which have turned out to be energy consuming and heavy polluting as well, said sources from the meeting.
The country has set out goals of reducing per-unit gross domestic product (GDP) energy consumption and discharge of main pollutants by 20 per cent and 10 per cent respectively by the year of 2010 according to comparable figures of 2005.
To this end, China decided to close small coal-fired generating units totaling 50 million kw, and fuel-fired power plants with capacities totaling between 7 million to 10 million kilowatts during the 2006-2010 period.
That was learned from an ongoing national meeting of the State Development and Reform Commission held here on construction of big-capacity power plants and closure of smaller ones in south China.
China has seen a rapid growth of power industry in the recent years, and by 2006 the country's totaled installed capacity rose to 622 million kw, of which, 75 per cent were from coal-fired thermal power plants which have turned out to be energy consuming and heavy polluting as well, said sources from the meeting.
The country has set out goals of reducing per-unit gross domestic product (GDP) energy consumption and discharge of main pollutants by 20 per cent and 10 per cent respectively by the year of 2010 according to comparable figures of 2005.
To this end, China decided to close small coal-fired generating units totaling 50 million kw, and fuel-fired power plants with capacities totaling between 7 million to 10 million kilowatts during the 2006-2010 period.