{"id":2947,"date":"2010-11-17T23:58:54","date_gmt":"2010-11-17T23:58:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/?p=2947"},"modified":"2010-11-17T23:58:54","modified_gmt":"2010-11-17T23:58:54","slug":"green-china-pt-3-renewables-%e5%8f%af%e5%86%8d%e7%94%9f%e8%83%bd%e6%ba%90","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/chinese\/green-china-pt-3-renewables-%e5%8f%af%e5%86%8d%e7%94%9f%e8%83%bd%e6%ba%90\/","title":{"rendered":"Green China, pt. 3: Renewables (\u53ef\u518d\u751f\u80fd\u6e90)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Going green is no small task if you want to do it profitably in this specialized, global economy. For nearly a half century, scientists have voiced their concerns of arable land\/food shortages, the decline of petroleum and coal reserves and loss of clean water resources (via CO2 green house gas production), but were dismissed as economically inviable due to lack of industry growth and advancements to technology. \u00a0China, who officially entered the industrial scene in the 1970’s, was playing catch up with the rest of the world, and in an effort to catch up, relied upon some of the most waste creating and polluting sources of development. Unfortunately for China, \u00a0cramming centuries of GDP growth and industrialization into a mere three decades came at a debilitating cost to the environment.<\/p>\n

Realizing this, the Chinese government has recently made sustainable growth and clean development a top priority, seeking profitability in the fledgling industries of renewable energy or \u53ef\u518d\u751f\u80fd\u6e90 (k\u011b z\u00e0i sh\u0113ng n\u00e9ng yu\u00e1n). More so, China isn’t just entering renewable energies markets–they’re cornering them. And soon China will become an industry leader in just about everything relating to renewable energy technologies. Oh the benefits of an centralized government that dictates policy efficiently and effectively. I’m just saying…<\/p>\n

Currently, China is the industry leader in both wind power (turbines) and solar panels. China is also actively pursuing hydro-electric energy as a large source of domestic energy power (including security). Let’s take a look at how China got there, and the future of these renewable industries as the Green Dragon surges forward.<\/p>\n

Wind Power or \u98ce\u529b (<\/strong>f\u0113ng<\/strong><\/a> <\/strong>l\u00ec<\/strong><\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>By the end of 2009, China’s wind capacity had passed 25 GW (gigawatts), cementing it as a global leader in clean, green, wind power. China, much like the United States, benefits from a vast area of land mass with many different unique geographical features, including the great expanse of the northern plateau, Mongolia and the Gobi dessert. While wind turbines or \u98ce\u529b\u6da1\u8f6e\u673a (f\u0113ng l\u00ec w\u014d l\u00fan j\u012b) and large windmills cannot fit within already crowded Chinese cities and metropolises, these remote and sparsely populated areas of China are perfect locations for developing wind turbine arrays that power neighboring cities and provinces. Further, the lack of substantive vegetation, coupled with the wide open spaces of desert land, creates super windy conditions that fluctuate with the rise and setting of the sun.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0National People’s Congress<\/a> (legislative branch of the Chinese government) permanent committee passed a law that requires the Chinese energy companies to purchase all the electricity produced by the renewable energy sector, including newly established wind power plants. While coal is still much cheaper than its wind power counterpart, the Chinese government is actively pursuing subsidization policies to help vertically integrate this industry into its energy network, lowering costs and long-term making wind power viable. Because wind power is considered “supplementary” to baseline wattage of coal fired electricity, it acts as a growing compliment to the power grid that lowers reliance on coal powered electricity over the long-term.<\/p>\n