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To: Elroy Jetson who wrote (187613)	1/2/2015 11:19:12 AM
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More on the transition to NG away from coal in China-- Changing for clear skies Updated: 2014-11-17 14:13 By Zheng Jinran(China Daily USA) usa.chinadaily.com.cn excerpt: The Datang International Beijing Gaojing Thermal Power Plant, built in 1959, took the technological lead to improve its thermal power generation and waste management, and has since become a national model of environmental protection. Faced with serious air pollution in recent years, the coal-fired plant was required to push ahead in its use of natural gas to generate power and supply heat for households from November. "It's important to cut coal consumption by replacing it with cleaner energy sources like natural gas and solar power," said Liu Wei, director in charge of air quality control at the Beijing Municipal Commission of Environmental Protection. Coal-fired power plants have been identified as a main target of the move, Liu said. Coal consumption has become a major source of particulate pollution, known as PM 2.5, in Beijing since 2013, generating 22.4 percent of the emission. Ninety-five percent of sulfur dioxide discharged into the air was also from coal consumption, the municipal commission said. In 2012, Beijing burned 23 million metric tons of coal, 40 percent of which were used by power plants and 24 percent for winter heating. The capital has promised to cut its coal consumption to 10 million tons by 2017 to control the major polluting source. To help make up for the resulting shortfall in power generation, authorities will launch four natural gas-fueled thermoelectric centers by 2015. [....] Adopting the use of natural gas with the upgraded facilities is good for long-term development, but the move has not come cheap. The coal-fired facilities are still in good condition, but abandoning them will leave about 1 billion yuan ($163 million) of investment idle, plant Party chief He said. An extra 5 billion yuan has been pumped into the plant's new facilities, and government subsidies will be needed to help plug the higher costs of using natural gas, he said. All coal-firing units in the four thermoelectric centers will be shut by 2017. ============================================================= more at the link.... IMHO, China is far more serious about moving to NG and alternative energy sources than many people in the US appear to believe, as I keep reading that outdated statistic that they are building a new coal plant every week or two.