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China Bans Coal-Fire Power Plants In Major Cities
Beijing (AFP) Oct 9, 2003 China has banned coal-fire power plants in the capital Beijing and other major cities -- a long-awaited move expected to reduce chronic air pollution and acid rain, state press reported Thursday. The plants have been banned in Beijing, Shanghai and 21 provincial capitals, the China Daily said. The cities are responsible for some 60 percent of China's sulphur dioxide emissions. In other big and medium-sized cities, thermo-electric projects approved under national energy polices must meet environmental protection standards, the report said, citing State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA) guidelines. Sulphur dioxide is the leading cause of acid rain, which occurs over one-third of China, the report said. According to SEPA statistics, coal-fire power stations in China emitted more than 6.6 million tons of sulfphur dioxide in 2002, some 33 percent of China's sulfphur dioxide emissions, it said. Meanwhile desulfphurization projects are being carried out at 137 coal-fire plants across the country and are slated to be completed by 2005, it said. According to the new guidelines, desulfphurization equipment will be required at all new coal-fire power projects that get state approval. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links SpaceDaily Search SpaceDaily Subscribe To SpaceDaily Express Powering The World in the 21st Century at Energy-Daily.com
Europe Debates Nuclear Energy
Washington (UPI) Jan 11, 2006European Union countries are starting to rethink their opposition to nuclear energy amid a dispute between Russia and Ukraine over natural gas supplies, but energy analysts say a switch still lacks a green light. |
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