China will increase the portion of renewable resources to 15 percent in its total energy consumption in 2020 in a bid to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and pursue sustained economic growth, according to a national plan published on Tuesday.
China's renewable energy usage will total 600 million tons of coal equivalent by 2020, compared with 166 million tons in 2005 which accounted for 7.5 percent of the country's total energy consumption.
The plan would cost China two trillion yuan (US$266.7 billion) during the 2006-2020 period, said Chen Deming, vice minister in charge of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC). . . . more here and here
It is nice to see that communist propaganda is still practiced.
One of the challenges to developing the full potential of renewable energy in the US is labor cost and industrial safety. Slave labor and a total disregard for human life makes renewable energy affordable in China.
Cooking with biogas sure beats cow patties and wood but not an electric stove.
Posted by: Kit P | September 12, 2007 at 07:02 AM
Methinks I'd rather work on a Chinese wind turbine assembly line than in a Chinese coal mine...
Posted by: BCC | September 12, 2007 at 09:51 PM
Pigs are friends of human beings
Posted by: air jordans | November 15, 2010 at 03:40 AM