China’s renewable energy strategy through 2050 envisions renewable energy making up one-third of its energy consumption by then, the China Daily said, as the upcoming Copenhagen conference on climate change highlights the world’s dependence on fossil fuels.

Coal-dependent China, the world’s biggest greenhouse gas emitter, last
month said it would cut the amount of carbon dioxide produced for each
yuan of national income by 40-45 percent by 2020, compared to 2005
levels.

Depending on economic growth projections, total emissions will still rise.

By 2020, renewable energy should account for 15 percent of national
primary energy consumption, supplying the equivalent of 600 million
tonnes of coal, the China Daily said this weekend.

It cited a renewable energy blueprint laid out by Han Wenke,
director-general of the Energy Research Institute under top planning
body, the National Development and Reform Commission.

By 2030, renewable energy’s share should rise to 20 percent of the
national energy mix, displacing 1 billion tonnes of coal, Han said, and
by 2050, it would supply one-third of China’s energy, displacing two
billion tonnes of coal, the paper said.

China’s drive for renewable energy to mitigate the health and environmental costs of coal has brought its own challenges.

Wind power generating capacity has surged so fast that policy planners
now warn of severe overcapacity in the sector, and dam after dam piled
on Chinese rivers distorts water flow, endangers fish and poses a
potential earthquake hazard.

China’s installed wind power capacity is now 12.17 million kilowatts,
up from 350,000 kw in 2000, and large-scale solar energy facilities are
planned, the paper said.

China is focusing on non-grain bioethanol and biodiesel, to avoid diverting grains from food and feed supply.

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