China has said it plans to invest $738 billion developing clean energy over the next decade, as part of efforts to reduce the nation's heavy reliance on coal and slash carbon emissions.
China
has
said it plans to invest $738 billion developing clean energy over the next
decade, as part of efforts to reduce the nation's heavy reliance on coal and
slash carbon emissions.
The CNY5 trillion ($738 billion) investment plan for 2011 to 2020 is ready for
submission to the State Council, or cabinet, for approval, a senior official at
the National Energy Administration said Tuesday.
The money will be used to develop alternative energy such as nuclear power,
wind and biomass, said Jiang Bing, head of the planning and development
department, according to a transcript on the central government's website.
Funds will also be used to develop clean coal technology and upgrade existing
power grids, he added.
"In 2020,
China
's
over-dependence on coal will be greatly reduced" after the plan is
implemented, he said.
Beijing
announced ahead of climate
talks in
Copenhagen
late
last year that it would embark on a major energy efficiency drive to curb
growth in its world-leading greenhouse gas emissions.
China
now
depends on coal for more than 70% of its energy needs.
It has set a target of generating 15% of its energy from renewable
sources--mainly wind and water--by 2020 and cutting carbon dioxide emissions by
up to 45% by then from the level in 2005.
Jiang said by 2015 the country was expected to cut its reliance on coal to
around 63% of its energy needs and to boost its use of non-fossil fuels to 11%.
China
invested $34.6 billion in clean energy in 2009, up more than 50% on the previous
year--making it the world's biggest investor in energy-efficient technology,
the U.N. said in May.
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