Meta Data
Draft: 
No
Revision of previous policy?: 
No
Effective Start Year: 
2010
Effective End Year: 
2020
Scope: 
National
Document Type: 
Plan/Strategy
Economic Sector: 
Energy, Power, Industry, Transport, Multi-Sector
Energy Types: 
Power, Renewable, Solar, Other
Issued by: 
Macao Environmental Protection Bureau (DSPA)
Overall Summary: 
The Environmental Planning 2010-2020 of Macao has the objective to start forward-looking planning, with the principle of “Living for today and planning for future” by formulating more targeted environmental policies for the future and resolving the existing and potential environmental pollution problems in Macao. In the meantime, in an attempt to follow the positioning of Macao as a “Global center of tourism and recreation” in the “Outline of the Plan for the Reform and Development of the Pearl River Delta (2008-2020)”, Macao will develop into a green, low carbon city suitable for living, business and tourism. It is divided in three phases, namely, the short term (2010-2012), medium term (2013-2015) and long term (2016-2020). This policy puts forward pragmatic executive and supervisory mechanisms, as a combined effort of the government, enterprises, and general public to carry out the measures and goals under this planning and strive together for improving the environment of Macao. The underlying principle is that it is everyone’s responsibility to protect the environment and it is a shared responsibility to create a quality ecological environment.
Efficiency
EE priorities: 
[C]reate a beautiful, leisurely city suitable for living and tourism by building low carbon communities based on the core concept of low energy consumption [...].---To enhance the technology level of industrial and commercial sectors in Macao, [...] reduce the energy consumption per unit output value and pollutant emission of industrial enterprises, [...].
EE targets: 
Energy consumption per unit of GDP (TJ 100 million/MOP): 2009=17; 2012=12; 2015=10; 2020=8.5.
EE action plans: 
2012-2012: [E]ncouraging and promoting conservation of energy [...]; [...] reducing energy consumption per unit of GDP; [...]; and promoting energy saving lighting equipment and design.---2013-2015: Through controlling exhausts from motor vehicles and major industrial air pollution sources; continually promoting energy [...] conservation [...];.---Short-term: [...] to promote energy-saving green lighting equipment and design, and encourage the application of energy-saving and environmentally friendly lighting equipment, in order to reduce the light pollution while saving energy. Medium-term : to conduct studies in formulating technical standards for the prevention of light pollution;[...] Long-term : to formulate technical criteria and standards for light pollution prevention and control in the lighting and construction industries; and to carry out studies in the establishment of light pollution prevention and control supervision system and management procedures.---To promote energy-saving in buildings, enhance the energy utilization efficiency and increase the application of renewable energy by implementing the guidelines for environmentally friendly constructions.---Short-term : to optimize continually the pollution control technologies in the power generation process, together with the efficiency of natural gas power generation. In addition, increase moderately the proportion of outsourced electricity.---Long-term: to introduce a market-oriented energy conservation mechanism and promote systematic energy management models, in order to further enhance energy conservation during the operation of the enterprises.---Medium-term: to formulate the list of recommended energy-saving products and encourage the government agencies to give such products priority in their purchasing, in order to promote energy conservation actions to the public.
EE lighting and mechanical system standards: 
To encourage the use of green lighting products and modes [...], and to promote the application of green lighting products and devices.
EE building standards: 
To promote energy-saving in buildings, enhance the energy utilization efficiency and increase the application of renewable energy by implementing the guidelines for environmentally friendly constructions.
EE transport standards : 
[P]romote environmentally friendly vehicles gradually by means of changing the structure of vehicle fuels, [...].
EE financial incentives: 
To encourage the use of green lighting products and modes via incentive systems and economic tools, and to promote the application of green lighting products and devices.
EE public awareness/promotional programmes: 
To strengthen the publicity and education on environmental protection and low carbon development, and create an atmosphere of green communities by establishing green schools as a starting point.
Renewable Energy
RE priorities: 
[...] [R]aise the proportion of renewable energy used, promote application of the solar energy [...].---Long-term : to promote and encourage the development and application of renewable energies, making them the effective supplementary energy.
RE targets: 
Utilization of clean energy: 2009=12.6%; 2012=18%; 2015=25%; 2020=35%.
RE action plans: 
[E]stablish demonstration projects for solar energy.---To promote energy-saving in buildings, [...] increase the application of renewable energy by implementing the guidelines for environmentally friendly constructions.
RE public awareness/promotional programmes: 
Long-term : [...]; to undertake demonstration projects for solar energy in public buildings; [...].
Environment
Energy environmental priorities: 
[...] Macao will continuously strive for a low carbon economic development mode featuring low pollution, low emissions and environmental friendliness, in order to avoid the consumption of enormous environmental resources during economic and social development.
Pollution control action plans: 
This planning proposed the cooperation with other regions in the Pearl River Delta on multiple dimensions and levels, including joint prevention and control of air pollution, [...].---2013-2015: Through controlling exhausts from motor vehicles and major industrial air pollution sources; continually promoting energy [...] conservation [...]; [...] the environmental pollution will basically be under control and a good security pattern for ecological environment will preliminarily be formed. Moreover, rules, regulations and technical standards for environmental management will gradually be formulated, enhancing the environmental management ability to a more advanced level.---To formulate emission standards for major air pollutants, [...]. To control emissions from scattered pollution sources such as cooking fume from restaurants and gasoline vapor from gas stations by formulating technical guidelines and emission standards and strengthening supervision, and to control emissions from major air pollution sources by engineering, technical and managerial measures.---Short term: [...] ; promote the application of exhaust particulate filter devices for heavy duty vehicles and carry out studies on policies aimed to eliminate vehicles with heavy pollution; to study the formulation of gas exhaust emission standards for newly-imported and in-use vehicles, improve laws and regulations governing gas exhaust emissions of vehicles; to study and formulate standards for lead-free gasoline and light diesel used for vehicles, and review and optimize relevant regulations constantly;---Medium-term : to establish the air quality environmental functional district system and formulate relevant environmental quality standards;[...] to install rapid exhaust testing devices for vehicles at traffic hotspots to monitor continually the gas exhaust emission of vehicles in motion; ---Long-term : to control the number of motor vehicles properly and continue to eliminate the high-pollutant emitting vehicles; to optimize the transportation network and structure to reduce the air pollutant emissions from the transportation sector; to introduce and promote environmentally friendly vehicles more vigorously; to formulate air pollutant emission standards for industrial and commercial venues with relatively serious air pollution and the corresponding control measures; and to gradually push forward and improve the atmospheric environmental functional district system.---Short-term : to optimize continually the pollution control technologies in the power generation process,[...].
Decarbonization strategy: 
[C]reate a beautiful, leisurely city suitable for living and tourism by building low carbon communities based on the core concept of low energy consumption [...].---This planning follows the concept of low carbon development to formulate environmental protection strategies and action plans featuring the establishment of low carbon communities. In the area of production and consumption, strategies and action plans regarding the establishment of a low carbon production and consumption system are proposed, in accordance with the regional positioning of Macao as a “Global center of tourism and recreation”, in order to promote the development of low carbon city, low carbon region, and achieve a “win-win-win” situation among economic, social development and ecological conservation.---To advocate public transport priority and green commuting, curb the increasing trend of motor vehicles, and promote environmentally friendly vehicles gradually by means of changing the structure of vehicle fuels, promoting tax preferences for environmentally friendly vehicles, imposing stricter exhaust emission standards for motor vehicles, gradually eliminating vehicles with serious pollution, and promoting development of emission control technologies, etc.--To encourage the use of green lighting products and modes [...], and to promote the application of green lighting products and devices.---Short-term : to introduce and promote the use of environmentally friendly vehicles; provide tax subsidies for new vehicles in compliance with environmentally friendly emission standards; promote the application of more environmentally friendly buses for public transportation; [...]---Medium-term: [...] to conduct studies on carbon emission reduction and low carbon development for Macao to help realize the low carbon development vision; ---Long-term : to control the number of motor vehicles properly and continue to eliminate the high-pollutant emitting vehicles; to optimize the transportation network and structure to reduce the air pollutant emissions from the transportation sector; to introduce and promote environmentally friendly vehicles more vigorously; [...] and to gradually push forward and improve the atmospheric environmental functional district system.---Short-term: to establish the “Environmental Protection and Energy Conservation Fund” in order to support the low carbon oriented transformation of commercial enterprises, [...].---Long-term : to strengthen cooperation among Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao in respect of the clean production of enterprises, circular economy, environmental protection industries, research and development of new and renewable energies, clean energy infrastructure construction, as well as research, development, production and application of new energy vehicles, etc.
Cooperation in env.: 
2013-2015: strengthening regional cooperation in environmental protection[...].
Pricing
Energy taxation: 
[P]romoting tax preferences for environmentally friendly vehicles, [...].---Short-term [...] provide tax subsidies for new vehicles in compliance with environmentally friendly emission standards.[...].
Energy Supply and Infrastructure
Energy supply priorities: 
To optimize the energy structure [...].
Energy mix: 
Utilization of clean energy: 2009=12.6%; 2012=18%; 2015=25%; 2020=35%. (ratio of clean energy consumption to the final energy consumption in Macao).---To optimize the energy structure, raise the proportion of renewable energy used, [...]. Medium-term : to increase the rate of clean energy utilization by optimizing the energy structure.
Investment
Financial incentives for energy infrastructure: 
Short-term : to establish the “Environmental Protection and Energy Conservation Fund” in order to support the low carbon oriented transformation of commercial enterprises, and particularly, in the projects aimed to improve air quality, save energy and water, etc.; [...]
Technology
Clean energy technology priorities: 
Transport: [P]romoting development of emission control technologies, etc.---To enhance the technology level of industrial and commercial sectors in Macao, [...] reduce the energy consumption per unit output value and pollutant emission of industrial enterprises, [...].
Clean energy technology deployment: 
[P]romoting tax preferences for environmentally friendly vehicles, [...].---Medium-term: [...] to conduct studies on carbon emission reduction and low carbon development for Macao to help realize the low carbon development vision; [...] to constantly promote and improve the exhaust emission control measures for heavy oil power generation units to reduce the air pollution caused by power generation;
Industrialization support: 
Long-term : to strengthen cooperation among Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao in respect of the clean production of enterprises, circular economy, environmental protection industries, research and development of new and renewable energies, clean energy infrastructure construction, as well as research, development, production and application of new energy vehicles, etc.