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The proportion of coal consumption in China will decrease to 57.3%
2019-09-14 source：Economic information daily
At the "Jianyan 13th Five Year Plan Research on China's Coal Control Plan" international seminar, co hosted by the China Coal Control Project and the China Energy Conservation Association, and co organized by the UK Children's Investment Foundation (CIFF), the Natural Resources Conservation Association (NRDC), the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), and the Energy Foundation China (EFC), the China Coal Control Project released the "Research Report on China's Coal Consumption Total Control Plan". The report believes that in 2020, China's total coal consumption is expected to be limited to 2.72 billion tons of standard coal (3.8 billion tons in physical quantities), and the total energy consumption is controlled at 4.74 billion tons of standard coal. The proportion of coal consumption will decrease to 57.3%, and the proportion of non fossil energy will increase to 15.2%.
Dr. Yang Fuqiang, a member of the core group of the China Coal Control Research Group and Senior Advisor on Energy, Environment, and Climate Change of the Natural Resources Protection Association, stated that the coal control goals proposed in the report are constrained by strong red lines such as land resources, water resources, air quality, public health, and climate change, using the top-down and regional differences of national economic analysis from bottom to top, And the coupling of departmental analysis models with distinct technical characteristics.
At the end of June this year, the Chinese government submitted the National Independent Contribution Document (INDC) to the United Nations to address climate change, promising to reach the peak of carbon emissions by 2030. This commitment forms an inverted mechanism for controlling coal consumption, which means that the total coal consumption in 2020 and 2030 should be controlled below 3.8 billion tons and 3.4 billion tons. The report predicts that coal control planning can promote China's carbon emissions to peak before 2025.
The report closely combines the coal control goals with the environmental regulations and standards issued by the country and the requirements of climate change, and scientifically and effectively demonstrates this goal from three dimensions: national, local, and departmental. It proposes energy system revolution, technological revolution, and related protective measures to promote coal control. At the same time, the report also calls for increasing public participation and proposes the construction of an Asian energy security cooperation agency to promote the prosperity of the global energy market.