China to Cut Coal Consumption to 65% or Less of Energy Mix

China to Cut Coal Consumption to 65% or Less of Energy Mix
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Πεμ, 12 Σεπτεμβρίου 2013 - 14:18
China plans to reduce coal consumption to 65% or less of its total energy use by 2017, the central government said in a statement on its website Thursday.
China plans to reduce coal consumption to 65% or less of its total energy use by 2017, the central government said in a statement on its website Thursday.

Coal currently accounts for about 70%.

The construction of new coal-fired electricity plants will no longer be approved for the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region in the north and the Yangtze and
Pearl River deltas in the east and southeast, the government said.

The contribution of non-fossil fuels will increase to 13%, it added.
China 's current five-year plan calls for boosting non-fossil fuels to 11.4% in 2015. Last year, non-fossil fuels made up 9.1% of the energy mix.

Installed nuclear capacity will rise to 50 gigawatts by 2017, it added.

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