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         The Future
     Is Renewable:
Targets and Policies
         by Country
                  China | April 2017
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The Future
                      is Renewable:
                Targets and Policies
                          by Country
                            China | April 2017

Author:
Daila Ziedars
Targets and Policies by Country:
    China
    As one of the largest countries in the world with the biggest population, China faces
    unique challenges in its energy sector. With more than 1.3 billion residents, the effects
    of global warming have the potential to affect millions and millions of its people, so
    climate change is undeniably of great concern to China. Changing to a cleaner energy
    supply is a key part of China’s plans to tackle climate change and the Chinese
    government is actively promoting renewables as an important part of transitioning to a
    low carbon economy. China is the world’s largest energy consumer - accounting for
    20% of the world’s total energy consumption1 - and as its economy continues to grow,
    demand for energy is also increasing. China has immense reserves of coal, so it follows
    that coal has long been the most-used source of energy, but it has recently become a
    world leader in renewable energy as well. In 2013, China installed more renewable
    energy capacity than all of Europe and the Asia Pacific region1 and it is still increasing.
    The government of China has put in place several policies and targets in an effort to
    reduce emissions and air pollution as well as increase renewable energy use.

    Greenhouse gas emissions in China
    In 2014, China was responsible for 28% of the world’s CO2 emissions2. Because of the
    vast quantities of coal consumed by the country, China is also the world’s largest
    emitter of energy related CO2 emissions. The use of coal for electricity generation is
    not only responsible for large amounts of greenhouse gas emissions, it is also
    responsible for a significant amount of pollution in China’s air. Air pollution is a major
    problem in China and in 2010 It caused more than 1.2 million premature deaths1.
    There is concern about the impact that coal-fired power stations are having on health,
    the environment and on water availability (due to the quantities of water coal-fired
    power plants use). Therefore it makes sense that targeting the use of coal is key to
1 International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), Renewable Energy Prospects: China, 2014,
http://www.irena.org/remap/IRENA_REmap_China_report_2014.pdf
2 International Energy Agency (IEA), CO2 emissions from fuel combustion, 2016,                                     4
https://www.iea.org/publications/freepublications/publication/CO2EmissionsfromFuelCombustion_Highlights_2016.pdf
China

    China’s emissions reduction goals. China is working towards switching to a low-carbon
    economy and aims to disconnect economic activity from carbon emissions, which has
    historically been the trend in China. The country is focusing on reducing the energy
    intensity of its economy i.e. emissions per unit of GDP, as opposed to overall
    emissions. In 2016, the government released its 13th Five Year Plan (FYP) for 2016-
    2020. Amongst many other goals, it extends previous emissions intensity reduction
    targets and the goal now is to reduce CO2 per unit of GDP by 18% (compared to 2015
    levels) by 20203.

    China has also committed to longer term emissions reduction goals as a signatory of
    the Paris Agreement. In its submission to the UNFCCC, China has outlined several
    commitments to reduce emissions and has presented its already notable
    achievements. By 2014, China has reduced CO2 emissions per unit of GDP over 33%
    compared to 2005 levels, increased non-fossil energy consumption to 11.2% and
    increased forest stock. The goals for the future, set out in its Nationally Determined
    Contributions, are that it will have reached peak CO2 emissions, reduced the carbon
    intensity of its economy by 60-65% (compared to 2005 levels) and increased non-fossil
    energy use to 20%, all by 2030. There is also a target to increase gas use to 10% by
    2020 (to displace coal use) and to increase forest in the nation by 4.5 million cubic
    metres (compared to 2005 levels). China has also initiated carbon trading pilots in 7
    provinces and cities (including Beijing) and is trialling low-carbon development in 42
    provinces and cities4.

    Although China’s efforts are admirable, The Climate Action Tracker has concluded that
    their energy intensity reduction goals are not enough to limit global warming to 2
    degrees, let alone the 1.5 degree stretch goal. However, it does state that China’s 2020

3 The People’s Republic of China, First Biennial Update - Report on Climate Change, 2016,
http://en.ccchina.gov.cn/archiver/ccchinacn/UpFile/Files/Default/20170124155928346053.pdf
4 Department of Climate Change, National Development & Reform Commission of China, Enhanced Actions on Climate

Change: China’s Intended Nationally Determined Contributions, 2015,                                            5
http://www4.unfccc.int/ndcregistry/PublishedDocuments/China%20First/China%27s%20First%20NDC%20Submission.pdf
China

    and 2030 target will most likely be met, which puts China on the right path5.

    Renewable energy in China
    Renewable energy has a big role to play in China’s plan to transform their economy to
    a low-carbon one. China’s 13th Five Year Plan (FYP) for energy was released recently
    and it outlines specific targets for energy consumption and energy resource use. Two
    of its major targets are increasing the percentage of non-fossil energy consumption to
    at least 15% of total consumption and reducing the share of coal to 58%6. This is
    effectively an extension to the goals of the 12th FYP (ending in 2015), which aimed for
    11.4% non-fossil resources and 64% coal7. It is important to note that China’s use of
    the term “non-fossil” resources includes nuclear power, as well as renewables. China
    includes nuclear power in their plans because it can replace coal as reliable baseload
    power generation whilst being much less emissions-intensive. However, China is
    working towards increased penetration of renewables and has set targets for each
    technology type (wind, solar, etc.). The end goal is to have over 680 GW of installed
    renewable energy capacity by 20206.

    China has already made rapid progress with renewables. By 2014, hydropower
    capacity had increased 2.57 times, wind capacity had increased 90 times and solar
    capacity had increased 400 times (all compared to 2005)4.

    China has 4 of the 10 largest power plants in the world - all of them hydroelectric

5 http://climateactiontracker.org/countries/china.html
6 International Energy Agency, China 13th Renewable Energy Development Five Year Plan (2016-2020), 2017,
https://www.iea.org/policiesandmeasures/pams/china/name-161254-
en.php?s=dHlwZT1yZSZzdGF0dXM9T2s,&return=PG5hdiBpZD0iYnJlYWRjcnVtYiI-PGEgaHJlZj0iLyI-
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wvbmF2Pg
7 International Energy Agency, The Twelfth Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development of The Peoples

Republic of China, 2016, https://www.iea.org/policiesandmeasures/pams/china/name-25112-
en.php?s=dHlwZT1jYyZzdGF0dXM9T2s,&return=PG5hdiBpZD0iYnJlYWRjcnVtYiI-PGEgaHJlZj0iLyI-
SG9tZTwvYT4gJnJhcXVvOyA8YSBocmVmPSIvcG9saWNpZXNhbmRtZWFzdXJlcy8iPlBvbGljaWVzIGFuZCBNZWFzdXJlczwvYT4gJn
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PC9uYXY-
China

    power stations - including the biggest one in the world called Three Gorges Dam on the
    Yangtze River, which has a capacity of over 22,000 MW8. Unlike other countries with
    renewable energy targets, China includes expansions in large-scale hydro in its plan to
    increase renewables. The 13th FYP target for hydro capacity is for at least 380 GW by
    20209. This is an increase of about 61 GW from 2015 levels10. The potential for
    additional hydro in China is good and by 2030 there could be 400 GW installed, plus
    100 GW of pumped hydro storage1.

    China also has a great wind resource, particularly in the west and northeast of the
    country. The 13th FYP target for wind power capacity is for at least 210 GW by 202011,
    5 GW of which will be offshore wind. This would account for 6% of China’s total
    installed capacity by 2020 and is a large increase from 130 GW in 201510. In recent
    years, wind power has been especially vulnerable to curtailment (the wasting of
    available power) and the 13th FYP aims to have these issues resolved in Northern
    China by 2020. There is also a need to improve transmission from here to higher
    demand areas in other parts of the nation but by 2030 wind capacity could amount to
    500 GW, plus 60 GW of offshore wind farms1.

    China has an excellent solar resource. By 2020, China aims to have at least 110 GW of
    solar capacity installed, 5 GW of which would be from CSP (concentrated solar power)
    technology, plus 800 million square metres of solar thermal installations12. This is also
    a big increase from 2015 capacity of around 42 GW. There is already a good solar
8 http://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=28392
9 http://thediplomat.com/2017/01/chinas-ambitious-new-clean-energy-targets/
10 http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjsj/ndsj/2016/html/0915EN.jpg
11 International Energy Agency (IEA), China 13th Wind Energy Development Five Year Plan (2016-2020), 2017,

https://www.iea.org/policiesandmeasures/pams/china/name-161251-
en.php?s=dHlwZT1yZSZzdGF0dXM9T2s,&return=PG5hdiBpZD0iYnJlYWRjcnVtYiI-PGEgaHJlZj0iLyI-
SG9tZTwvYT4gJnJhcXVvOyA8YSBocmVmPSIvcG9saWNpZXNhbmRtZWFzdXJlcy8iPlBvbGljaWVzIGFuZCBNZWFzdXJlczwvYT4gJn
JhcXVvOyA8YSBocmVmPSIvcG9saWNpZXNhbmRtZWFzdXJlcy9yZW5ld2FibGVlbmVyZ3kvIj5SZW5ld2FibGUgRW5lcmd5PC9hPj
wvbmF2Pg
12 International Energy Agency (IEA), China 13th Solar Energy Development Five Year Plan (2016-2020), 2017,

https://www.iea.org/policiesandmeasures/pams/china/name-161248-
en.php?s=dHlwZT1yZSZzdGF0dXM9T2s,&return=PG5hdiBpZD0iYnJlYWRjcnVtYiI-PGEgaHJlZj0iLyI-
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wvbmF2Pg
China

     industry in China - it is home to 5 out of the 6 largest solar manufacturing companies in
     the world. Because of this, solar panel prices are decreasing (30% in the last year
     alone), making it more affordable for consumers to generate their own electricity13. By
     2030 solar capacity could expand to 308 GW, 40% of which could be from distributed
     generation1. Feed-in-tariffs are available for solar PV and CSP projects, increasing the
     popularity of this technology.

     The 13th FYP also includes a target for increasing the use of ocean energy and
     bioenergy. By 2020 it aims to have at least 50 MW of ocean energy capacity installed.
     This part of the plan focuses on giving islands access to ocean energy technology,
     improving R&D and developing an ocean energy supply chain. The targets for
     bioenergy are also much smaller than those for wind, solar and hydro but China plans
     to expand the use of biomass, biogas, waste-to-energy and biofuel technologies.

     As part of its goal to build a low-carbon economy the Chinese government will also
     increase the efficiency of coal powered electricity generation, develop geothermal
     energy, construct smart grids, improve energy efficiency, increase the use of
     distributed generation and strictly control coal consumption. The most recent data
     suggests that peak coal may have already been reached, as the use of coal has dropped
     in the past few years, which is excellent news.

     Despite great improvement in the clean energy sector, coal still plays a big role in
     China, delivering vast amounts of baseload electricity yearly. In many cases, fossil-fuel
     powered electricity (mainly coal) has priority on the grid and this has led to the wasting
     of power from renewables. In 2016, 21% of all wind power was curtailed and in
     northern China 12% of solar generation was also wasted13. The curtailment of
     renewable power is a major issue for renewables in China and reduces the possible

13Renewable Energy World, China is Leaving the US Behind on Clean Energy Investment, 2017,
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/articles/2017/01/china-is-leaving-the-us-behind-on-clean-energy-       8
investment.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
China

     income of renewable generators. As a result of this, the government has set out new
     policies to prevent future curtailment. Firstly, it has placed an emergency ban on new
     coal construction (stopping construction on some plants and halting the approval
     process for others) to avoid an oversupply of coal generation capacity. Secondly, it has
     set out rules to guarantee the sale of renewable energy on the grid. A minimum
     purchase guarantee will be set, assuring the income of renewable energy generators,
     and fossil-fuel powered plants who push out renewables will be forced to pay
     compensation to the renewable generator. Lastly, the government has set individual
     renewable energy consumption targets for 31 provinces, municipalities and regions,
     with the amount varying depending on the area’s resources and demand. The targets
     range from 5% to 13% renewable energy consumption by 202014. These three new
     policies are a start towards giving grid priority to cleaner energy sources and should
     reduce curtailment problems faced by renewable power plants.

     China’s government financially supports the drive for renewables by providing
     subsidies to approved renewable energy projects. They also offer low cost financing to
     renewable energy projects via state-owned banks like the China Development Bank,
     while also providing guarantees for renewable energy companies. For now, the cost of
     renewable energy subsidies is partly being paid for by consumers, who pay and
     electricity surcharge, and the state picks up the remainder. However, some relief for
     the government may come when a green certificate trading scheme is introduced later
     this year.

     The future of renewables in China
     China has the potential to be the most important player in the clean energy sector
     worldwide. In 2015 it invested US$100 billion in clean energy and in 2016, the nation
     also invested in overseas clean energy projects totalling US$32 billion. There are

14World Resources Institute, China’s 1-2-3 Punch to Tackle Wasted Renewable Energy, 2016,       9
http://www.wri.org/blog/2016/04/chinas-1-2-3-punch-tackle-wasted-renewable-energy
China

are currently 3.5 million renewable energy jobs in China (compared to less than 1
million in the U.S.) and this is set to increase as more clean energy projects are
approved. China’s National Energy Administration estimates that between 2016 and
2020, a further 13 million jobs will be created as China works towards meeting it
renewable energy targets13.

Given the scale of the changes that need to be made, China's commitment to
transition to a low carbon economy and reduce its emissions intensity is admirable.
Since a large part of the country’s climate change targets are aimed at the energy
sector, it is a good time to be involved in renewables in China. There are going to be a
huge number of clean energy projects coming online in the next four years and
unprecedented growth in related jobs. As the already impressive renewable energy
sector continues to expand, China has the potential to develop economies of scale,
which will drive down the cost of future renewable energy projects. This, along with
China’s excellent renewable energy resources, will make the Chinese energy market
even more attractive to investors. The government will be able to cut spending on
renewable energy subsidies and focus on other areas, like further reducing carbon
emissions. There is already fairly strong government support for renewables in China
and if the targets in the 13th Five Year Plan are achieved (and extended after 2020)
then China will be well on its way to becoming a clean energy superpower.

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China

     A short note about Hong Kong
     In contrast to China’s efforts to clean up its energy supply, Hong Kong seems not to
     have embraced renewable energy at all. Hong Kong also suffers from air pollution,
     which is the cause of many deaths annually and costs the government billions.
     Greenhouse gas emissions in Hong Kong are increasing steadily and they are currently
     sitting at 23% above 2002 levels15. The residents of Hong Kong have high energy
     energy consumption habits. Energy accounts for 97% of all emissions16 and renewables
     account for less than 1% of all energy use. Unfortunately, Hong Kong has limited
     potential to increase this. There are opportunities to utilise waste-to-power, solar and
     wind but there are issues with land availability (due to its high population density) and
     lack of interest in some technology types like ocean energy and offshore wind. It
     currently has 3 power stations, only using coal and natural gas but has a plan to
     increase the use of low-emissions gas-fired power generation and wants to introduce
     nuclear power generation.

15 South China Morning Post, How China has embraced renewable energy and Hong Kong hasn’t, and what’s behind city’s
green power inertia, 2017, http://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/article/2062467/how-china-has-embraced-renewable-energy-
and-hong-kong-hasnt-and-whats
16 http://www.emsd.gov.hk/filemanager/en/content_299/stage1_report.pdf
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Installed capacity of “non-fossil” power generation, China (x 10,000 kW)
80000
                                     Hydro      Nuclear       Wind    Solar        Others
70000

60000

50000

40000

30000

20000

10000

     0

*2020 Target outlined in China’s 13th Five Year Plan
Resource: http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjsj/ndsj/2016/html/0915EN.jpg

                                                                       CO2 Emissions of neighbouring nations
     Share of renewable resource types in                                  (t CO2 / population)** (2014)
      installed generation capacity, China
                                                                     1. Australia                         15.81

 2005                                                                2. Taiwan                            10.68

                                                                     3. Singapore                          8.29

 2010
                                                                     4. Malaysia                           7.37

                                                                     5. China                              6.66

 2015
                                                                     6. Thailand                           3.60

                                                                     7. Indonesia                          1.72

2020*
                                                                     8. Vietnam                            1.58

         0%                   50%                    100%            9. Philippines                        0.97
         Hydro            Wind       Solar      Others
                                                                     10. Cambodia                          0.40
*2020 Target outlined in China’s 13th Five Year Plan
Resource:                                                            **From fuel combustion only                      12
http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjsj/ndsj/2016/html/0915EN.jpg               Resource:
                                                                     http://www.iea.org/statistics/statisticssearch
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                                                        spend-$493-billion-on-renewable-fuel-by-
                                                        2020/8164434

South China Morning Post - Beijing slaps quotas on
regions’ non-hydro renewable energy consumption,        South China Morning Post, China to launch trading of
2016,                                                   green certificates for solar and wind power to cut
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energy-consumption                                      politics/article/2067849/china-launch-trading-green-
                                                        certificates-solar-and-wind

Renewable Energy World, China Announces New
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                                                        renewable-energy

                                                        http://www.carbontracker.org/china-five-year-plan-
http://www.gov.hk/en/residents/environment/energy/      coal-co2-emissions-renewables/
renewableenergy.htm

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