{"id":29954,"date":"2012-06-01T07:02:00","date_gmt":"2012-06-01T07:02:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-05-14T18:42:34","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T18:42:34","slug":"4954-china-releases-12th-five-year-plan-for-coal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/energy\/4954-china-releases-12th-five-year-plan-for-coal\/","title":{"rendered":"China releases 12th Five-Year Plan for coal"},"content":{"rendered":"

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.
\n 
\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.
\n 
\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":"

Guest post by chinadialogue intern Wang Haotong China’s National Energy Administration has just released its 12th Five-Year Plan for the coal industry, revealing that clean-coal conversion technologies will play a key role in the industry’s future. China is the world’s biggest producer and consumer of coal. In 2010, it produced 3.24 billion tonnes of it, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[757],"tags":[],"hashtags":[],"country":[],"class_list":["post-29954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-energy"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nChina releases 12th Five-Year Plan for coal | Dialogue Earth<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Guest post by chinadialogue intern Wang Haotong China’s National Energy Administration has just released its 12th Five-Year Plan for the coal\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/energy\/4954-china-releases-12th-five-year-plan-for-coal\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"China releases 12th Five-Year Plan for coal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Guest post by chinadialogue intern Wang Haotong China’s National Energy Administration has just released its 12th Five-Year Plan for the coal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/energy\/4954-china-releases-12th-five-year-plan-for-coal\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Dialogue Earth\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-06-01T07:02:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-05-14T18:42:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Dialogue-Earth-logo_Thumbnail.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"675\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"China Dialogue\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/energy\/4954-china-releases-12th-five-year-plan-for-coal\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/energy\/4954-china-releases-12th-five-year-plan-for-coal\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"China Dialogue\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/40c24e224303700bd7dc394435b5f1ed\"},\"headline\":\"China releases 12th Five-Year Plan for coal\",\"datePublished\":\"2012-06-01T07:02:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-05-14T18:42:34+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/energy\/4954-china-releases-12th-five-year-plan-for-coal\/\"},\"wordCount\":339,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Energy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/energy\/4954-china-releases-12th-five-year-plan-for-coal\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/energy\/4954-china-releases-12th-five-year-plan-for-coal\/\",\"name\":\"China releases 12th Five-Year Plan for coal | Dialogue Earth\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2012-06-01T07:02:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-05-14T18:42:34+00:00\",\"description\":\"Guest post by chinadialogue intern Wang Haotong China’s National Energy Administration has just released its 12th Five-Year Plan for the coal\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/energy\/4954-china-releases-12th-five-year-plan-for-coal\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/energy\/4954-china-releases-12th-five-year-plan-for-coal\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/energy\/4954-china-releases-12th-five-year-plan-for-coal\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"China releases 12th Five-Year Plan for coal\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Dialogue Earth\",\"description\":\"Global climate and environment news\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/#organization\",\"name\":\"\u5bf9\u8bdd\u5730\u7403\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Dialogue-Earth-Symbol-Logo_Black-Text.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Dialogue-Earth-Symbol-Logo_Black-Text.png\",\"width\":256,\"height\":256,\"caption\":\"\u5bf9\u8bdd\u5730\u7403\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DialogueEarth_\",\"\",\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DialogueEarth.English\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dialogue.earth\/\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/dialogueearth\/\"],\"publishingPrinciples\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/about\/\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/40c24e224303700bd7dc394435b5f1ed\",\"name\":\"China Dialogue\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/author\/chinadialogue\/\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/author\/chinadialogue\/\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"China releases 12th Five-Year Plan for coal | Dialogue Earth","description":"Guest post by chinadialogue intern Wang Haotong China’s National Energy Administration has just released its 12th Five-Year Plan for the coal","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/energy\/4954-china-releases-12th-five-year-plan-for-coal\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"China releases 12th Five-Year Plan for coal","og_description":"Guest post by chinadialogue intern Wang Haotong China’s National Energy Administration has just released its 12th Five-Year Plan for the coal","og_url":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/energy\/4954-china-releases-12th-five-year-plan-for-coal\/","og_site_name":"Dialogue Earth","article_published_time":"2012-06-01T07:02:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-05-14T18:42:34+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":675,"url":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Dialogue-Earth-logo_Thumbnail.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"China Dialogue","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/energy\/4954-china-releases-12th-five-year-plan-for-coal\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/energy\/4954-china-releases-12th-five-year-plan-for-coal\/"},"author":{"name":"China Dialogue","@id":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/40c24e224303700bd7dc394435b5f1ed"},"headline":"China releases 12th Five-Year Plan for coal","datePublished":"2012-06-01T07:02:00+00:00","dateModified":"2020-05-14T18:42:34+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/energy\/4954-china-releases-12th-five-year-plan-for-coal\/"},"wordCount":339,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Energy"],"inLanguage":"en"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/energy\/4954-china-releases-12th-five-year-plan-for-coal\/","url":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/energy\/4954-china-releases-12th-five-year-plan-for-coal\/","name":"China releases 12th Five-Year Plan for coal | Dialogue Earth","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2012-06-01T07:02:00+00:00","dateModified":"2020-05-14T18:42:34+00:00","description":"Guest post by chinadialogue intern Wang Haotong China’s National Energy Administration has just released its 12th Five-Year Plan for the coal","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/energy\/4954-china-releases-12th-five-year-plan-for-coal\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/energy\/4954-china-releases-12th-five-year-plan-for-coal\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/energy\/4954-china-releases-12th-five-year-plan-for-coal\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"China releases 12th Five-Year Plan for coal"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/","name":"Dialogue Earth","description":"Global climate and environment news","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/#organization","name":"\u5bf9\u8bdd\u5730\u7403","url":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en","@id":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Dialogue-Earth-Symbol-Logo_Black-Text.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Dialogue-Earth-Symbol-Logo_Black-Text.png","width":256,"height":256,"caption":"\u5bf9\u8bdd\u5730\u7403"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/twitter.com\/DialogueEarth_","","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DialogueEarth.English","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dialogue.earth\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/dialogueearth\/"],"publishingPrinciples":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/about\/"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/40c24e224303700bd7dc394435b5f1ed","name":"China Dialogue","url":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/author\/chinadialogue\/","sameAs":["https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/author\/chinadialogue\/"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29954"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29954\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29954"},{"taxonomy":"hashtags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtags?post=29954"},{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=29954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}