Environmental Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
making a brief review of the energy saving and emissions reductions situation in the
major sectors and industries of China during the 11th Five-Year Plan period and
providing an outlook on energy saving potential in the coming 12th Five-Year Plan
period, based on which countermeasures and suggestions are brought up.
3.1
Industrial Sector
The industrial sector is the largest energy consumer and producer of pollutants. Since
2005, the energy consumption of the industrial sector
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has accounted for more than
70 % of the national total. The industrial sector's main pollutants, such as carbon
dioxide and sulfur dioxide, were 40 % and 90 % of the national total. Whether the
energy saving goal set for the 11th Five-Year Plan period can be achieved is largely
dependent on the energy saving achievements of the industrial sector.
3.1.1 The Remarkable Energy Saving and Emissions Reductions
Effects of Industrial Sector Played a Crucial Role in Realizing
the National Energy Saving Goal for the 11th Five-Year Plan
Period
Since the goal of saving energy by 20%was set, energy saving in the industrial sector
has been the one of the main and most difficult targets. To guarantee energy saving
goals, the industrial sector not only continued to implement a responsibility system
of energy saving and eliminated industrial plants that were inefficient, but also
developed new energy-saving mechanisms. An “Energy Efficiency Benchmarking”
activity was launched and developed in the cement, steel and chemical industries. An
“Energy Saving Volunteer Agreement” was initiated at many non-State-owned
enterprises and those with higher energy saving goals. At the same time, China
continued to increase monetary investment in the energy saving sector. Both central
and local governments have initiated a series of price, tax and fund raising policies
that are favorable to energy saving and emissions reduction in the industrial sector.
During the period of the Tenth Five-Year Plan, the national annual industrial
energy consumption growth rate of China reached 10.2 %. With the deepening of
industrial energy saving and emissions reductions during the period of 11th Five-
Year Plan, the national annual industrial energy consumption growth rate decreased
to 6.6 %, while the industrial added-value still maintained an annual growth rate of
11.7 %. The energy saving achievements are obvious (see Fig.
3.1
). It is estimated
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Industrial energy consumption refers to the energy consumption amount of industrial sectors
(including the ordinary industrial sectors and energy producing sectors such as coal exploration
and cleansing, the exploration of oil and natural gas, oil refining and coking, the production and
supply of electric power and heat, the production and supply of natural gas); industrial final energy
consumption means the energy consumption amount that excludes the energy loss in the conver-
sion sectors.
