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China’s ambitions for a nationwide geothermal heating program

China’s ambitions for a nationwide geothermal heating program Yangbajain geothermal power plant in Tibet, China (source: flickr/ mattwan, creative commons)
Francisco Rojas 25 Jul 2014

China is seriously planning the use of renewable energy in the next five year plan. Geothermal can play an important role, especially for district heating as a measure to cut coal use and CO2 emissions.

China’s growth also demands a lot of electricity. in a recent article in Renewable Energy World, Liu Yuanyuan explains that the Chinese Government is really looking forward to the utilization of renewables and has geothermal in its sights for the next five year plan. This aims to cut down coal and CO2 emissions, being both a central problem for the Chinese.

The focus for the geothermal ambitions of China lie with direct use for heating as a measure to cut said emissions and dampen the consumption of coal.

The article states that “According to the Chinese energy regulator’s geothermal energy guidelines released in February of 2013, a national geothermal energy data and information system will be established by the end of 2015, with hopes that a nationwide geothermal heating program will cover an area of 500 million square meters while installed geothermal capacity will be expanded to 100 MW. As of the end of 2013, China’s aggregate installed capacity of geothermal power generation projects was a mere 27 MW with all projects located in Tibet, including the 25-MW Yangbajin geothermal power station.”

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Source: Renewable Energy World Website