For China’s electricity generation, renewable sources of energy (including
hydroelectricity) accounted for 18.6% in 2001, second to coal. With assistance from the
United Nations and the United States, China hopes to embark on a multi-million dollar
renewable energy strategy to combat pollution. Wind resources are concentrated in the
northern and western regions of China, as well as along the coast, and are suitable for
both rural village electrification and large-scale, grid-connected electricity production.
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The highest wind potential in China lies along the coast and the offshore islands, in or
near many of the major population centers. The next highest wind potential region covers
Inner Mongolia and the northern Gansu Province, both of which are home to numerous
villages with no access at present to grid-based electricity.
Current utilization of solar energy includes small-scale uses, such as household
consumption, television relays and communications, but it is increasing steadily,
especially in the number of solar kitchen ranges to substitute for the use of coal.
While solar and wind power provide significant renewable energy potential, China’s
growth in renewable energy in the next decade will be dominated by hydropower,
particularly with completion of the 18.2-gigawatt Three Gorges Dam project in 2009.
Although the Three Gorges Dam is seen as both an important source of energy for
China’s growing electricity consumption needs and a means of taming the Yangtze River,
notorious for its disastrous floods, the controversial dam also could prove to be an
environmental disaster. Thus far, few attempts have been made to address concerns
regarding the accumulation of toxic materials and other pollutants from industrial sites
that will be inundated after construction of the dam.
By 2025, the share of nuclear power used for China’s electricity generation is expected to
increase to 4% from the little over than 1% currently.
For China’s electricity generation, renewable sources of energy (including
hydroelectricity) accounted for 18.6% in 2001, second to coal. With assistance from the
United Nations and the United States, China hopes to embark on a multi-million dollar
renewable energy strategy to combat pollution. Wind resources are concentrated in the
northern and western regions of China, as well as along the coast, and are suitable for
both rural village electrification and large-scale, grid-connected electricity production.
12
The highest wind potential in China lies along the coast and the offshore islands, in or
near many of the major population centers. The next highest wind potential region covers
Inner Mongolia and the northern Gansu Province, both of which are home to numerous
villages with no access at present to grid-based electricity.
Current utilization of solar energy includes small-scale uses, such as household
consumption, television relays and communications, but it is increasing steadily,
especially in the number of solar kitchen ranges to substitute for the use of coal.
While solar and wind power provide significant renewable energy potential, China’s
growth in renewable energy in the next decade will be dominated by hydropower,
particularly with completion of the 18.2-gigawatt Three Gorges Dam project in 2009.
Although the Three Gorges Dam is seen as both an important source of energy for
China’s growing electricity consumption needs and a means of taming the Yangtze River,
notorious for its disastrous floods, the controversial dam also could prove to be an
environmental disaster. Thus far, few attempts have been made to address concerns
regarding the accumulation of toxic materials and other pollutants from industrial sites
that will be inundated after construction of the dam.
By 2025, the share of nuclear power used for China’s electricity generation is expected to
increase to 4% from the little over than 1% currently.
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