Government and Policy
皇冠体育app dismisses IEA analysis of it being top energy user
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-07-20 15:00
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BEIJING - A Chinese energy official on Tuesday rejected a report by the International Energy Agency (IEA) saying 皇冠体育app surpassed the United States to become the world's biggest energy consumer last year.
"IEA's data on 皇冠体育app's energy use is unreliable," Zhou Xian, an official with the National Energy Administration (NEA), said at a press conference.
However, 皇冠体育app's National Bureau of Statistics said in a report in February that 皇冠体育app's energy consumption last year stood at 3.1 billion tonnes of standard coal equivalent, which was equal to 2.132 billion tonnes of oil equivalent.
An NEA official who declined to be named told Xinhua at the sidelines of the press conference, the IEA and 皇冠体育app's statistic authority collected data from different sources, which had led to the different results. He did not elaborate.
Zhou Xian noted the IAE still lacked understanding about 皇冠体育app's relentless efforts to cut energy use and emissions, notably the country's aggressive expansion of new energy development.
He said 皇冠体育app had outpaced the United States in new energy expansion, as it boasts the world's largest hydropower capacity, solar power water heating use, and nuclear power capacity under construction. It also has the world's fastest growth of wind power generation.
