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Guiding opinions on Promoting the Development of the West and Forming a New Pattern
In order to promote the development of Western China, new guidelines have been set to develop the region’s energy structure, through: - The development of coal bed methane, and a new coal reserve base; - New oil and gas production and pipelines; - The promotion of “clean energy bases” and the construction of new west-to-east power transmission lines. The guidelines emphasize the importance of improving the capacity to innovative, including the promotion of mass entrepreneurship and greater technology research. Budget support will be made available to provincial governments, and state banks will be directed to give preferential loans.
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Ultra High Voltage (UHV) Electrical Grids Development
The Standing Committee of the Central Political Bureau in China is willing to develop new infrastructure project to accelerate priority areas investments. The construction of three of these lines started in 2020, representing an investment of CNY 60 billion.
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Guideline for Energy Efficiency Credit
The Energy Efficiency Credit Guidelines have been issued by the China Banking Regulatory Commission and the National Development and Reform Commission to enable scaling up of financing of energy efficiency projects in line with national energy-saving and low-carbon development strategies.
The Guidelines encourage commercial banks to expand their energy efficiency lending activities, in particular to fund energy saving projects in energy-intensive industries, energy service companies, and projects that have been put forward as a result of energy audits.
The energy efficiency projects prioritized by the Guidelines cover all end-use areas:
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Energy Efficiency Obligation
In 2010, China introduced energy efficiency obligations to attain 14 578 GWh of energy savings per year, achieving an incremental energy savings of 0.04% per year in comparison to total fuel consumption. Electricity used in all sectors are covered in this policy. The obligated parties include government-owned grid companies. Obligated grid companies must reach a savings a 0.3% of electricity sales in the previous year and a load reduction by at least 0.3% of maximum load in the previous year. There are no specific eligible energy efficiency measures. 100% of savings can only be claimed if…
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Management Method for Certification of Energy-saving Products
…the China National Institute of Standardization (CNIS) promulgated the process of revising single-period mandatory energy efficiency standards that were more consistent with international best practices. Alongside this development, China Standards Certification Center launched a new voluntary energy efficiency endorsement labelling program targeting the top 25% most efficient products.The NDRC also issued the Management Method for Energy Conservation Products Certification to establish the administrative framework for certifying standards and the voluntary endorsement label.These policies first put forth in 1999 has grown since.Related policies include developments in 2005:The mandatory energy efficiency label identifies a product's efficiency…
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Oil Market Report - April 2025
The IEA Oil Market Report (OMR) is one of the world's most authoritative and timely sources of data, forecasts and analysis on the global oil market – including detailed statistics and commentary on oil supply, demand, inventories, prices and refining activity, as well as oil trade for IEA and selected non-IEA countries. Highlights Global oil demand growth for 2025 has been revised down by 300 kb/d since last month’s Report to 730 kb/d, as escalating trade tensions have negatively impacted the economic outlook. Growth is expected to slow further in 2026, to 690 kb/d, but…
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Wan Gang
Vice Chairman of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and Previous Minister of Science and Technology. Widely recognised as “the father of new energy vehicles” in China, Wan Gang served as the Chinese Minister of Science and Technology between 2007 and 2018. As well as his current role as Vice Chairman of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, he is also President of the China Association for Science and Technology.
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Universal Access to Clean Cooking in Africa Executive summary
Clean cooking access is a defining challenge for Africa’s prosperity and social development The world has made immense progress in improving access to clean cooking facilities, but to date momentum has been slower in Africa. Today, 2 billion people worldwide – a quarter of the global population – still cook over open fires or on basic stoves, inhaling harmful smoke and spending hours in search of fuels such as firewood or animal waste. Since 2010, almost 1.5 billion people in Asia and Latin America gained access to modern cooking stoves and fuels, halving the number of people without clean cooking in…
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Korea 2025 Executive summary
The energy crises resulting from the global Covid-19 pandemic and the Russian Federation’s invasion of Ukraine propelled carbon neutrality and energy security to the forefront of Korea’s energy policy. Despite robust growth in gross domestic product (GDP), Korea has managed to stabilise and reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in recent years following a peak around 2018. Nonetheless, it faces challenges in fully decoupling emissions from economic growth. Notable among these challenges is the continued reliance on coal and the need for further expanding renewable energy technologies.Addressing Korea’s challenges will require sustained policy efforts, domestic…
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Ramping up Heat Pumps in Moldova: A Roadmap Regulating the sector
Regulation plays a critical role in accelerating the adoption of heat pumps. This chapter discusses the range of regulatory tools available to Moldova, including building codes, appliance standards, restrictions on fossil fuel heating, energy labelling and heat planning or zoning measures. Building codes and standards Buildings remain a major source of emissions and energy consumption around the world. In Moldova, households are by far the country’s biggest users of energy. Upgrades to building performance through energy codes are critical for lowering energy demand per square metre, as well as improving quality of life, reducing air pollution and making energy…
