Increase efforts to reduce emissions in various places, eliminate backward production capacity

September 17,Hangzhou -- According to the “News and Newspapers Abstract”, China National Radio (CNR), local governments have further increased energy conservation and emission reduction efforts. Several small thermal power units were dismantled by blasting in Zhejiang; in Jiangsu,176 companies that produce, sell and use Ozone Depleting Substance (ODS) have completed the elimination or replacement work.

The reporter saw that the “first campaign of energy saving and consumption reduction” started in Zhejiang Huaneng (Changxing) Power Plant. Behind the reporter is the cooling tower of the 125,000-kilowatt small thermal power unit. The 90-meter-high cooling tower collapsed in 7 seconds, and 70,000 tons of standard coal will be saved.

Wu Jianhua, head of the Operation Department of Huaneng (Changxing) Power Plant: If our existing equipment is not eliminated, our company may be eliminated by the market.

In addition to the two small thermal power plants of Huaneng (Changxing) Power Plant being dismantled, two sets of 135,000 kW units in Taizhou Power Plant and Wenzhou Power Plant were dismantled respectively. After the 6 small thermal power plants were dismantled, it is estimated that 220,000 tons of standard coal can be saved each year.

Cong Peijiang, deputy director of the Zhejiang Economic and Information Committee: During the 11th Five-Year Plan period in Zhejiang, the state gave us a mission of dismantling 3.24 millionkilowatts of thermal power plants. By today (17th), 5 million kilowatts of small thermal power plants have been dismantled in the whole province.

The Department of Ecology and Environment of Jiangsu Province announced that 176 enterprises producing, selling and using ODS in Jiangsu have all completed the elimination and replacement work, reducing more than 300 tons ofFreon per year.

Professor Zhang Jihong from the Department of Ecology and Environment ofJiangsu Province: In addition to the Freon, which must be used in the pharmaceutical industry, the Freon used in air-conditioning industry has basically been eliminated.