Table 13 Overview of the current policies in China.
Sector | Policy/measure | Target |
|---|---|---|
Energy supply | Medium and long term development plan for renewable energy | Increasing the share of gas in total primary energy supply to 10Â % by 2020 |
Limiting coal consumption to a maximum of 4.2 billion tonnes from 2020 onwards (coal cap) | ||
11.4Â % share of non-fossil fuels (including nuclear) in primary energy consumption by 2015 | ||
Updates for renewable energy capacity in 12th five-year plan | Â | |
Renewable electricity | 700 GW renewable electricity by 2020 (420 GW hydropower, 200 GW wind, 50 GW solar, 30 GW biomass, 0.1 GW tidal by 2020 | |
Solar hot water | 800 million m2 collector area by 2020 | |
Biofuel | 10 million tonnes ethanol, 2 million tonnes biodiesel by 2020 | |
Nuclear energy | 58 GW nuclear energy by 2020 and 150 GW by 2030 | |
Transport | Subsidies for hybrid and electric vehicles, biofuel target | Ethanol blending mandates 10Â % in selected provinces |
Fuel efficiency standard | 5 l/100Â km for new cars (20Â km/l) by 2020 | |
Building | Promoting renewable energy utilization | 15Â % share of renewable energy in total energy consumption by 2020 |
Industry | Energy efficiency: Top 10,000 energy-consuming enterprises programme | Energy saving targets for energy-intensive industries, to be achieved by 2015. The target for steel production is 25Â %, for the non-ferrous metal industry 18Â %, and for cement production 3Â % |