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Guest post by <\/em>chinadialogue intern Wang Haotong<\/em><\/p>\n

China’s National Energy Administration has just released its 12th Five-Year Plan for the coal industry, revealing that clean-coal conversion<\/a> technologies will play a key role in the industry’s future.<\/p>\n

China is the world’s biggest producer and consumer of coal. In 2010, it produced 3.24 billion tonnes of it, and used an estimated 3.4 billion tonnes, accounting for approximately 48% of global consumption. And so, for China to make use of clean coal technologies would be of enormous environmental significance – more so even than any move to build up alternative energy sources.<\/p>\n

The Five-Year Plan has outlined four key areas for clean coal: efficient generation of electricity from clean coal; use of advanced coal-conversion technologies; deployment of improved energy-saving technologies; and finally, pollution control, carbon-capture and storage and energy-recycling technologies.
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\nHalf of the coal that China consumes each year is used to generate electricity, while more than 80% of China’s total electricity comes from this source. It’s clear that improving the technologies involved in this process will be crucial to creating a cleaner and more efficient energy sector.
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\nAccording to the Five-Year Plan, China will develop three to five coal-based clean technologies, and complete a number of coal-based clean fuel and chemical patents. These initiatives will supposedly help China to become a leader in conversion of coal to liquid and gaseous fuel, which supporters say is cleaner to burn than conventional coal.<\/p>\n

But many industry insiders think the plan falls short on detail. “From a long-term perspective, there is still a lot of debate surrounding clean coal, especially over the Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) and polygeneration,” said Ni Weidou, chairman of the China Energy Society. “The plan should include a clear statement on this.” <\/p>\n

This article is translated and published here as part of our Green Growth project, a collaboration between chinadialogue and The Energy Foundation.<\/em><\/p>\n

\nTranslated by chinadialogue volunteer Esther Bretschneider<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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