On October 8, the Beijing Municipal Development and Reform
Commission published the city's five-year plan for infrastructure
facilities development, in line with central government targets set
out in its 11th Five-Year Plan (2006-2010).
According to the plan, while energy demands are expected to hit
65 million tons of coal equivalent by 2010, recyclable energy will
account for four percent of total energy supply.
As far as energy demands are concerned, this represents a slight
upsurge compared with 55 million tons in 2005, and 41.44 million
tons in 2000. However, new or recyclable energy utilization then
was only one percent of total energy consumption.
From now until 2010, Beijing will set up a multi-sources energy
supply system with electricity as a main source, supplemented by
coal, gas, oil, and new and recyclable energy, according to Chai
Xiaozhong, deputy director of the commission. Chai added that
electricity, natural gas and processed oil sources will be enhanced
in line with the overall strategic goal to guarantee energy safety
and environmental protection.
Beijing will build two new five-million-kilovolts transformer
substations in Mentougou and Tongzhou, bringing the number of
transformer substations in the city to six; build or rebuild 43
sets of 220 kv transformer facilities and 155 sets of 110 kv
transformer facilities. The plan is to raise local installed
capacity to three million kilowatts and general installed capacity
to eight million kw by 2010. Further, local generating facilities
are expected to meet over a third of electricity load demands.
The natural gas supply capacity will also be enhanced by a large
degree. The LNG (liquefied natural gas) project in Caofeidian in
neighboring Hebei Province will be completed by 2010, and
a gas tunnel will be extended to newly developed communities and
major towns, guaranteeing gas supplies to the urban areas. Natural
gas consumption is expected to reach seven billion cubic meters in
2010.
(China.org.cn by Zhang Tingting, October 11, 2006)