Program for Development of Renewable Energies

The National Development and Reform Commission published the"Eleventh Five-year Program for the Development of Re-newable Energies"on March 18th.China has set a target of the proportion of renewable energies in the energy con-sumption being 10% by 2010.The con-sumption of renewable energies will be equal to 300 million tons of standard coal by 2010,approximately doubling that in 2005.The total amount for the development and applications of renewable energies in China(non-used in traditional ways) was equiva-lent to 166 million tons of standard coal in 2005,accounting for around 7.5% of the