{"id":33558,"date":"2016-01-25T10:50:00","date_gmt":"2016-01-25T10:50:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-10-23T13:44:22","modified_gmt":"2020-10-23T13:44:22","slug":"8558-china-s-power-sector-and-the-economic-new-normal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/energy\/8558-china-s-power-sector-and-the-economic-new-normal\/","title":{"rendered":"China&#8217;s power sector and the economic &#8216;new normal&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-938c3971-78ab-3c31-7f6b-4d4e4a46a562\">The slowdown in China&#39;s economy is increasingly reflected in the country&#39;s flatlining&nbsp;power demand, a move that could deliver clear environmental benefits through a fall in coal consumption&nbsp;and increased use of renewable energy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>According to the latest figures released by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stats.gov.cn\/\">National Bureau of Statistics<\/a>&nbsp;(NBS), China generated a little over 5.6 trillion kilowatt-hours of electricity in 2015, down 0.2% from the previous year &#8211; its first drop since 1968.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-938c3971-78ab-3c31-7f6b-4d4e4a46a562\">Electricity output is an important gauge of the vitality of the industrial sector, and is a major cause of pollution in China, where coal is used for around two-thirds of power generation.&nbsp;Much of this electricity&nbsp;is used by heavy industries such as cement, steel, chemicals, materials and metals production. <\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Not only is coal-fired power generation blamed in part for the country&#39;s&nbsp;chronic air quality, the fuel is the biggest single source of greenhouse gas emissions in China, the world&#39;s largest emitter of carbon dioxide.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>Since China&rsquo;s GDP fell to an annual rate of 6.9%, its slowest pace in 25 years, electricity suppliers have been forced to rein in production and adapt to less favourable market conditions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-938c3971-78ab-3c31-7f6b-4d4e4a46a562\">&ldquo;From the data, we can see that China&rsquo;s economy is still in the process of transition,&quot; said W<\/span><span>ang Tao, assistant dean of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yicai.com\/1cbn\/inst\/gtzs.html\">China Business News Research Institute<\/a>.<span>&nbsp;Total energy consumption, which includes oil products used in transport,&nbsp;only grew by 0.9% in 2015, the lowest growth rate since 1998,&nbsp;Wang added. <\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>The same downward trend has affected China&rsquo;s electricity consumption. The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nea.gov.cn\/\">National Energy Administration<\/a> confirmed that power consumption in 2015 stood at 5.55 trillion kilowatt-hours, an increase of only 0.5% year-on-year. The figure is 3.3% less than the 2014 level, registering as the slowest growth since 1974.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-938c3971-78ab-3c31-7f6b-4d4e4a46a562\">Zhou Dadi, a senior research fellow with the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eri.org.cn\/\">Energy Research Institute of the National Development and Reform Commission<\/a>, said that weakening demand from the industrial sector had contributed most to the decline.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-938c3971-78ab-3c31-7f6b-4d4e4a46a562\">&ldquo;A&nbsp;&lsquo;new normal&rsquo; has been unfolding in China&rsquo;s power sector. It&rsquo;s marked by weakening demand and a contraction in output resulting from the industrial restructuring. We have been used to seeing annual electricity consumption increase by 8% or more but it&rsquo;s quite a different situation now,&rdquo; said&nbsp;Zhou.<\/p>\n<p><strong>New players<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, coal&rsquo;s contribution to&nbsp;the energy mix has continued to fall since its initial drop&nbsp;in 2014. Last year, electricity generated from thermal power (which&nbsp;includes gas)&nbsp;fell&nbsp;by 2.8%.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This trend originates from an overall weakening demand and the increasing contribution of non-fossil fuels,&rdquo; said Wang.<\/p>\n<p>By contrast, 2015 saw a 20% increase in the contribution of non-fossil fuels and renewables to electricity output, further evidence that China&#39;s<\/span>&nbsp;fast-growing renewable energy sector is&nbsp;speeding up its&nbsp;shift away from coal, said&nbsp;<span>Li Junfeng, director general of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncsc.org.cn\/\">National Climate Change Strategy Research and International Cooperation Center<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Long-term trend<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-938c3971-78ab-3c31-7f6b-4d4e4a46a562\">&ldquo;The deployment of more non-fossil fuels will not only meet electricity demand, but will eventually substitute the share that coal-fired power plants used to provide. In coming years, thermal powered electricity output is expected to decline at an annual rate of 2%-4%. In the meantime, the contribution of non-fossil fuels will increase by more than 20 % annually,&rdquo; Li added.&nbsp;<\/span><span>&quot;The decline [in power demand]&nbsp;will be a long-term trend.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>However, despite the decline in output, more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chinadialogue.net\/article\/show\/single\/en\/8294-Utilities-reliant-on-cheap-coal-could-thwart-renewables-roll-out\">coal-fired<\/a>&nbsp;plants&nbsp;were installed last year even though these are expected to become less economically efficient&nbsp;in future years, as&nbsp;renewable energy is given preferential access&nbsp;to the grid. <\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>&ldquo;Some local governments are still purchasing and installing new coal-fired generation units. This activity&nbsp;is clearly a misconception of the overall [oversupply]&nbsp;situation and should be curbed vigorously,&rdquo; said the ERI&#39;s Zhou.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Renewables&nbsp;power up<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Analysts estimate that renewable energy, including hydro and nuclear&nbsp;will account for 1.7 trillion kilowatt-hours in 2016. Increases in wind and photovoltaic solar capacity will become the main focus of China&#39;s push for cleaner energy. <\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>Alvin Lin, China climate and energy policy project director from the <\/span><a href=\"about:blank\">Natural Resource Defense Council<\/a>, noted that China&rsquo;s energy sector, and wider economy,&nbsp;are moving decisively away from coal.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-938c3971-78ab-3c31-7f6b-4d4e4a46a562\">&ldquo;With continuing efforts to reduce air pollution and carbon emissions, 2016 is likely to be a crucial year for China to cap coal consumption and restructure its economy in a more sustainable manner.&rdquo; &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>More efficient and wider deployment of non-fossil fuels and renewables&nbsp;could have wide economic benefits, said a&nbsp;recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irena.org\/DocumentDownloads\/Publications\/IRENA_Measuring-the-Economics_2016.pdf\">report<\/a> by <\/span>the International Renewable Energy Agency.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Economic benefits<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-938c3971-78ab-3c31-7f6b-4d4e4a46a562\">The report <\/span>predicts that the global GDP can increase by up to 1.1% in 2030&nbsp;if the share of renewables in the global energy mix can be doubled to reach 36% by that time. In economic terms, the GDP increase would be worth&nbsp;US$1.3 trillion (8.3 trillion yuan), in&nbsp;which China would have a large share.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-938c3971-78ab-3c31-7f6b-4d4e4a46a562\">According to the agency, China is already home to the world&rsquo;s largest workforce for renewables-related industries. More than 3.4 million people are&nbsp;employed in the sector, with more than half of them concentrated&nbsp;on the solar&nbsp;photovoltaics&nbsp;sector.<\/p>\n<p>With more investments and technological upgrades in the offing, these industries are expected to diversify further and serve as an alternative, healthier and greener lubricant for China&rsquo;s economic engine. &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-938c3971-78ac-7625-a540-a5dcd967b6b3\">With contributions from Yu Jie and Monica Wang<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China&rsquo;s coal-dominated&nbsp;electricity output&nbsp;has dropped for the first time in 50 years.&nbsp;<strong>Li Ying<\/strong> examines the reasons 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