Mr Zhang Guobao: Actively develop new & renewable energy

   ---At the national energy work meeting held on Feb. 3rd , Mr. Zhang Guobao, deputy director of National Development and Reform Commission and concurrently director of National Energy Administration, noted that it is imperative to actively develop new & renewable energy and continuously raise the proportion of clean energy in the primary energy consumption in order to improve the energy structure in the long run.
    Mr. Zhang Guobao stated that China is rich in water resources with an exploitable potential of 400 million kW. To accelerate the hydropower development, we need to think in new ways. We should combine hydropower development together with lifting migrants out of poverty and promoting local economy. We need step up efforts on environmental protection along with hydropower development. It is important to leave more ecological room for rivers and give top priority to ecological preservation during hydraulic construction.
    It is noted that China is also rich in wind resources with a bright developing prospect. We should promote the healthy development of wind power and strengthen its administration. In the same time, it is necessary to improve related policies and facilitate the domestication of wind-power equipment, gradually establishing China's wind power industry system. In accordance with the requirement of "integrated into big grids and set up a big base", we should try our best to set up several big-scale wind power bases in Gansu, Inner Mongolia, Hebei and Jiangsu provinces.
    It is pointed out that we should speed up the development of solar energy, the most popular resource in the world. We should take solar energy utilization technique as an important strategic technology. Solar water heaters should be installed at the government and commercial buildings. Besides, we should start the demo projects of solar energy generation and solar photovoltaic generation at the roof of urban residence, promoting the development and industrialization of solar silicon technology. (2009-02-17)