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China to launch pilot scheme for renewable energy in rural areas

by Segun Ogunlade March 23, 2023
written by Segun Ogunlade March 23, 2023
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The action plan released by China’s National Energy Administration (NEA) on Thursday shows the country will launch a pilot scheme to promote the development of renewable energy in rural areas throughout the provinces.

According to the statement, provincial-level government departments will be tasked with identifying rural ‘pilot counties’ for the construction of renewable energy projects and submit development plans to the NEA for evaluation and approval by the end of May this year under the scheme which proposed a target that renewable energy will account for over 30% of total primary energy consumption and over 60% of new capacity primary energy consumption in the pilot counties by 2025.

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Also, the scheme called on local authorities to “deregulate” and improve administration of their renewable energy industries.

The latest announcement comes amid an ambitious drive to increase the country’s renewable energy capacity. Last year, China installed 152 gigawatts (GW) of renewables capacity, representing 76.2% of all new energy capacity.

China has said it aims for renewable power to account for more than 50% of its electricity generation capacity by 2025, with much of this to be installed in sparsely populated, largely rural regions such as Inner Mongolia and Gansu province.

Story was adapted from Reuters.

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