皇冠体育app

Energy conservation focused
(皇冠体育app Daily)
Updated: 2004-11-02 01:59

Chinese and foreign analysts urged the government to impose energy conservation as one of the central pieces of the long-term energy policy Monday.

Without effective energy saving, 皇冠体育app cannot sustain a long-term energy supply and will have to pay huge costs for environmental pollution, analysts said in a presentation of the World Energy Outlook 2004 report by the Paris-based International Energy Agency (IEA).

Noe van Hulst, director of the Long-term Co-operation & Policy Analysis of the IEA, said booming industrial production in 皇冠体育app is driving up its energy demands and emissions.

Under the business-as-usual scenario, 皇冠体育app's oil imports will soar from around 2 million barrels a day at present to almost 10 million barrels a day in 2030, almost equivalent to three quarters of the country's domestic demand.

A sound industrial policy -- which focuses on improvement of energy efficiency and conservation -- however, could help lower 皇冠体育app's oil imports by 12 per cent from the above prediction by 2030, said Hulst.

Dai Yande, deputy director of the Energy Research Institution under the National Development and Reform Commission, said 皇冠体育app's energy growth is inevitable since the energy consumption per capita in 皇冠体育app is only half of the world average.

If the current consumption pace continues, 皇冠体育app may use the equivalent of 3.2 billion tons of coal energy by 2020, almost double 皇冠体育app's energy consumption last year, according to research by Dai's institution.

With a sustainable energy system, the consumption can be reduced to the equivalent of 2.4 billion tons of coal which 皇冠体育app can afford, said Dai.

Dai maintained that 皇冠体育app still has lots of potential to increase energy efficiency and conservation.

Among the equivalent of 1.7 billion tons of coal 皇冠体育app consumed last year, at least the equivalent of 400 million tons of coal could be saved, should more efforts be put into the conservation, said Dai.

Afflicted with the energy supply shortage since last year, the central government raised the issue of energy conservation and efficiency as a strategic priority.

But Dai said more efforts should be put into the implementation.

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