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Title in national language: 
可再生能源发展“十三五”规划
Draft: 
No
Revision of previous policy?: 
No
Draft Year: 
2016
Effective Start Year: 
2016
Effective End Year: 
2020
Scope: 
National
Document Type: 
Plan/Strategy
Economic Sector: 
Energy, Power, Industry, Multi-Sector
Energy Types: 
Coal, Oil, Power, Gas, Renewable, Bioenergy, Geothermal, Hydropower, Solar, Wave and Tidal, Wind
Issued by: 
National Development and Reform Commission
Notes: 
Unofficial translation into English
Overall Summary: 
According to China's 13th Five-Year Plan for Economic and Social Development, 13th Five-Year Plan for Energy Development, and Renewable Energy law, in order to achieve the aim for 2020 and 2030 that the fossil fuel consumption presents respectively 15% and 20% of primary energy, and promote renewable energy development, the plan outlines the main objectives for renewable energy development during 2016-2020: by 2020, clarifies the targets for hydropower, wind power, solar power biomass development etc, for improving the energy industry system, establishing the low-carbon clean and modern energy system and accelerating the sustainable energy development.
Access
Energy access priorities: 
Continue to expand the use of solar thermal energy in urban and rural areas, and actively promote the development of solar heating technology to achieve the use of solar heating system[...]. Continue to implement solar heating systems in urban civil buildings and in vast rural areas.
Energy access action plan: 
In the Yangtze River Delta, the Pearl River Delta, the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei-Shandong region and other areas, promote the implementation of industrial heating and civilian heating, provide clean and renewable energy for industrial production, schools, hospitals, hotels, office buildings and other public facilities and commercial facilities[...] ---Actively promote the photovoltaic poverty alleviation project. [...]Construct household photovoltaic power generation system or village-level large-scale photovoltaic power plant to ensure an increase of 3000 yuan per household per year for 2.8 million poor people without working capacity(including disabled persons) with this project;[...]
Efficiency
EE priorities: 
[...]improve the efficient use of biomass and increase the benefits. --- [...]speed up the reasonable and efficient development and utilization of geothermal energy. --- [...]efficiency of renewable energy use, improve the quality of renewable energy use and reduce the costs for renewable energy projects construction and operation[...]
Renewable Energy
RE priorities: 
Continue to expand the use of solar thermal energy in urban and rural areas, and actively promote the development of solar heating technology to achieve the use of solar heating system[...]. Continue to implement solar heating systems in urban civil buildings and in vast rural areas. ---Speed up the development of biomass energy. In accordance with local conditions[...] establish and improve the collection of resources and transformation, establish distributed production and consumption system to accelerate biogas, biomass heating and other non-electricity development[...]. ---Accelerate the development and utilization of geothermal energy. Adhere to the "clean, efficient and sustainable" principle, in accordance with the "advanced technology, environment-friendly, economically feasible" requirements,[...]. ---[...]Promote renewable energy clean heating, and to achieve clean energy replacing the electricity[...] ---Promote the renewable energy heating in the field of construction and industry, start the biomass alternative project for urban fuel engineering, speed up the renewable energy replacement for fossil fuel in heating area.
RE targets: 
By 2020, all utilization of renewable energy will be 730 million TCE. Among them, the commercialization of renewable energy utilization will be 580 million TCE; --- By 2020, all renewable energy power generation capacity will be 680 million kilowatts, generating capacity 1.9 trillion kwh, represents 27% of all generating capacity. --- By 2020, all kinds of renewable energy heating and civil fuels should replace 150 million TCE. --- During the "13th Five-Year Plan" period, the new production of conventional hydropower will be 40 million kilowatts, the newly established conventional hydropower will be 60 million kilowatts. ---Orderly implement the construction of large-scale wind power base, and actively carry out the development and construction of offshore wind power, improve the industrial service system. By the end of 2020, the wind power integrated into grid should be more than 210 million kilowatts. [...] By 2020, the eastern and southern regions onshore wind power capacity should reach 70 million kilowatts. In Jiangsu Province, Henan Province, Hubei Province, Hunan Province, Sichuan Province, Guizhou Province and other regions, the scale of wind power capacity should reach 5 million Kilowatt or more. [...] --- By the end of 2020, the solar power integrated into grid should be more than 110 million kilowatts. [...] by 2020, build up 5 million kilowatts solar thermal power generation projects. --- By 2020, annual production of bio-natural gas should reach 8 billion cubic meters, and construct 160 bio-natural gas demonstration counties --- By 2020, biomass fuel utilization should be 30 million tons. ---Steadily develop biomass power: develop urban solid waste incineration power generation, and by 2020, urban solid waste incineration power generation capacity should be 7.5 million kilowatts. [...]orderly develop agricultural and forestry biomass and biogas power generation, and by 2020, agricultural and forestry biomass direct power generation installed capacity should reach 7 million kilowatts, biogas power generation 0.5 kilowatts. By 2020, the total installed capacity of biomass power generation should be 15 million kilowatts, the annual generating capacity more than 90 billion kwh. ---[...] By 2020, the annual utilization of bio-liquid fuels should be more than 6 million tons. --- By 2020, all forms of renewable energy heating and residential fuel use will replace 150 million TCE fossil fuels. --- [...]During the "13th Five-Year Plan" period, the newly established small hydropower should be around 5 million kilowatts.
RE action plans: 
In the Yangtze River Delta, the Pearl River Delta, the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei-Shandong region and other areas, promote the implementation of industrial heating and civilian heating, provide clean and renewable energy for industrial production, schools, hospitals, hotels, office buildings and other public facilities and commercial facilities[...] ---We should continue to construct hydropower base in the middle and lower reaches of the Jinshajiang River, Yalong River and Dadu River, and to optimize the development of the hydropower in considering the environmental protect and resettlement of the local people;[...] --- Promote the development of bio-liquid fuels [...]appropriately develop cassava, sweet sorghum and other fuel ethanol projects. Upgrade the biodiesel project, improve product quality, in order to meet the needs of traffic fuel quality.
RE prioritization, portfolio standards: 
By setting the renewable energy quota (non-hydropower) targets for coal-fired generating and power-selling enterprises, requiring the market behaviors to complete the renewable energy quota obligations by purchasing green certificates. Compensate the environmental and social benefits of new energy power generation through green certificate market-oriented transactions.
Tradeable REC: 
Gradually transform the current differential subsidy model into a new mechanism combined with fixed subsidy and green certificate income, at the same time joint with the carbon trading market, to reduce the renewable energy power financial subsidies, thus create the climate for the final cancellation of financial subsidies.---By setting the renewable energy quota (non-hydropower) targets for coal-fired generating and power-selling enterprises, requiring the market behaviors to complete the renewable energy quota obligations by purchasing green certificates. Compensate the environmental and social benefits of new energy power generation through green certificate market-oriented transactions.
RE capital subsidy, grant, or rebate: 
Gradually transform the current differential subsidy model into a new mechanism combined with fixed subsidy and green certificate income, at the same time joint with the carbon trading market, to reduce the renewable energy power financial subsidies, thus create the climate for the final cancellation of financial subsidies. ---Improve the policy system for the development of biomass energy [...] establish policies prioritize the development of bio-natural gas and liquid fuels. Improve the price policies and taxation policies to support the development of biomass energy, study and set up bio-natural gas products subsidy policy to accelerate the pace of industrialization of bio-natural gas industry.
Cooperation in RE: 
Integrate the existing multilateral and bilateral cooperation mechanisms, establish renewable energy industry international cooperation services and capacity building platform to provide policy and planning exchange and communication, technical exchanges, financing interaction, risk warning, brand building, experience sharing and other comprehensive information and docking Services, and effectively support the internationalization of China's renewable energy industry.----- Play a leading role in promoting the global energy transformation and development. Give full play to the support conditions of China’s various public aid cooperation mechanisms, share China’s experience in policy planning and technology development in the field of renewable energy applications, and provide capacity building for countries participating in global energy transformation, and provide policy planning and other help and support to developing countries with relatively low economic and technological backwardness.
Environment
Pollution level targets, PM10, PM2.5, SOx, NOx: 
[...]Reduce sulfur dioxide emissions by about 10 million tons, reduce nitrogen oxide emissions of about 4.3 million tons, reduce dust emissions of about 5.8 million tons[...]
GHG emissions reduction targets: 
Reduction of carbon dioxide emissions should be about 1.4 billion tons.
Land use change for energy production purposes: 
We should continue to construct hydropower base in the middle and lower reaches of the Jinshajiang River, Yalong River and Dadu River, and to optimize the development of the hydropower in considering the environmental protect and resettlement of the local people;[...] Strictly control the development of small and medium-sized hydropower projects, keep the necessary ecological environment in the river basin, and maintain the ecological health of the river basin. [...] At the end of hydropower development, implement evaluation and promote the ecological restoration for the river basin.
Energy-water nexus: 
We should continue to construct hydropower base in the middle and lower reaches of the Jinshajiang River, Yalong River and Dadu River, and to optimize the development of the hydropower in considering the environmental protect and resettlement of the local people;[...] ---Strictly control the development of small and medium-sized hydropower projects, keep the necessary ecological environment in the river basin, and maintain the ecological health of the river basin. [...] At the end of hydropower development, implement evaluation and promote the ecological restoration for the river basin.
Pricing
Renewable energy subsidies: 
Gradually transform the current differential subsidy model into a new mechanism combined with fixed subsidy and green certificate income, at the same time joint with the carbon trading market, to reduce the renewable energy power financial subsidies, thus create the climate for the final cancellation of financial subsidies. ---Improve the policy system for the development of biomass energy [...] establish policies prioritize the development of bio-natural gas and liquid fuels. Improve the price policies and taxation policies to support the development of biomass energy, study and set up bio-natural gas products subsidy policy to accelerate the pace of industrialization of bio-natural gas industry.
Energy pricing: 
By 2020, the price of wind power will be competitive with local coal-fired power generation, the price of photovoltaic project will be equal to the grid power price.
Energy Supply and Infrastructure
Energy supply priorities: 
In the Yangtze River Delta, the Pearl River Delta, the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei-Shandong region and other areas, promote the implementation of industrial heating and civilian heating, provide clean and renewable energy for industrial production, schools, hospitals, hotels, office buildings and other public facilities and commercial facilities[...] ---Speed up the development of biomass energy.[...] ---Accelerate the development and utilization of geothermal energy. Adhere to the "clean, efficient and sustainable" principle, in accordance with the "advanced technology, environment-friendly, economically feasible" requirements, speed up the reasonable and efficient development and utilization of geothermal energy. ---By 2020, all kinds of renewable energy heating and civil fuels should replace 150 million tons of fossil fuels. ---[...] By 2020, the proportion of non-hydro renewable energy generation and coal-fired power generation in power generation enterprises should be significantly increased. --- [...] Accelerate the construction of pumped storage power stations in accordance with regional nuclear power and new energy development, inter-regional power transmission and grid safety and stability requirements. [...] --- According to the needs of energy structure adjustment, investigate and evaluate the amount of renewable energy resources in important areas[...]
Energy mix: 
By 2020, all renewable energy power generation capacity will be 680 million kilowatts, generating capacity 1.9 trillion kwh, represents 27% of all generating capacity.
Infrastructure development priorities: 
Orderly implement the construction of large-scale wind power base, and actively carry out the development and construction of offshore wind power, improve the industrial service system. ---[...]Actively promote the hydropower base development in the area of upper reaches of the Jinsha River and make efforts to build the "West electricity to East" base in the southeast of Tibet,[...]. --- Strengthen the power grid planning and construction, specifically improve the capacity for the important transport sections, wind power collection station, hub substation reinforcement and capacity expansion, improve the main grid structure[...]. Fully tap the potential of power system peak regulation capacity,[...]. --- Promote the development of large-scale photovoltaic power plants in an all-round manner [...] --- [...] by 2020, build up 5 million kilowatts solar thermal power generation projects. ------ make full use of all transmission channel and grid, considering the power grid peak load shedding capacity and grid integration capacity of renewable energy sources, improve as much as possible the renewable energy transmission. --- Improve the power grid structure, optimize the operation of the dispatch, strengthen the planning and construction of the new energy transmission channel, improve the utilization rate of the outbound channel, and gradually establish a new type of electric power operation mechanism for the large-scale integration of renewable energy into the power system, integrate deeply the renewable energy and the existing energy systems.
Investment
Energy sector investment priorities: 
By 2020, [...]the new investment for hydropower should be about 500 billion yuan, [...]for wind power about 700 billion yuan, [...] for solar power 1 trillion yuan[...] the total investment for renewable energy should be 2.5 trillion yuan during the “13th Five-Year Plan” Period, including investments for biomass power, solar water heaters, biogas and geothermal.
Governance
Energy management principles: 
Establish renewable Energy Index Assessment Constraint Mechanism Index: we must establish in all provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) indexes management mechanism about the renewable energy proportion in total energy consumption and[...]. --- Strengthen the geothermal energy development and utilization planning and urban master plan convergence, include the geothermal heating into the urban infrastructure construction, give policy support in land use, electricity, finance and taxation, price and other aspects of geothermal energy development and utilization aspect. --- Establish a mechanism combined with government regulation and industry self-discipline, build a fair, just and open bidding market environment[...]. ---Actively promote the photovoltaic poverty alleviation project. [...]Construct household photovoltaic power generation system or village-level large-scale photovoltaic power plant to ensure an increase of 3000 yuan per household per year for 2.8 million poor people without working capacity(including disabled persons) with this project;[...]
Statistics collection and management: 
Strengthen the renewable energy power plant operation data acquisition and monitoring, establish transparent and open coverage design, production and operation of the entire process of quality supervision and management and safety failure early warning mechanism. --- Improve the industry information monitoring system, improve the industrial risk early warning prevention and control system and emergency plan mechanism, improve the assessment and punishment mechanism. ---[E]stablish industrial public service platform, fully implement renewable energy industry information management, establish and improve the national renewable energy power generation project information management platform, comprehensively, systematically, and accurately monitor and release renewable energy power generation project construction and operation information for renewable energy industry management and policy decision support. Make full use of Big Data, "Internet+" and other advanced concepts, technology and resources to establish the system for project, renewable energy power generation test system and data center for the industry to provide a full range of data and information Monitoring services.
Technology
Clean energy technology priorities: 
Promote the application of marine power generation technology.---In accordance with the "technological progress, reduce costs, expand the market, improve the system" principle, promote the application of large-scale photovoltaic power generation and cost reduction, and promote the development of solar thermal power industry, continue to promote solar thermal utilization in urban and rural applications. --- Gradually improve the construction of renewable energy industry system, adhere to scientific and technological innovation as the promotion of renewable energy industry, continuously improve the efficiency of renewable energy use, improve the quality of renewable energy use and reduce the costs for renewable energy projects construction and operation[...] --- Promote renewable energy industry independent innovation capacity building, promote technological progress, [...]enhance international competitiveness. ---Improve the policy system for the development of biomass energy [...] establish policies prioritize the development of bio-natural gas and liquid fuels. Improve the price policies and taxation policies to support the development of biomass energy, study and set up bio-natural gas products subsidy policy to accelerate the pace of industrialization of bio-natural gas industry.
Clean energy technology transfer: 
[...]share China’s experience in policy planning and technology development in the field of renewable energy applications, and provide capacity building for countries participating in global energy transformation, and provide policy planning and other help and support to developing countries with relatively low economic and technological backwardness.
Clean energy technology deployment: 
[...]Actively promote the hydropower base development in the area of upper reaches of the Jinsha River and make efforts to build the "West electricity to East" base in the southeast of Tibet,[...]. --- [...]Combine with the development and construction of renewable energy power generation, distributed energy, new energy micro-grid and other projects, carry out comprehensive energy storage technology application demonstrations[...] --- make full use of all transmission channel and grid, considering the power grid peak load shedding capacity and grid integration capacity of renewable energy sources, improve as much as possible the renewable energy transmission. --- Improve the power grid structure, optimize the operation of the dispatch, strengthen the planning and construction of the new energy transmission channel, improve the utilization rate of the outbound channel, and gradually establish a new type of electric power operation mechanism for the large-scale integration of renewable energy into the power system, integrate deeply the renewable energy and the existing energy systems.
Technology collaboration with other member States: 
Support enterprises and related agencies to actively participate in the international standard establishing work, and establish a series of international standards in the leading areas to guide the revision, and enhance China's technology capacity for renewable energy industry. [...]And actively use the international multilateral recognition mechanism, participate in the International Electrotechnical Commission Renewable Energy Certification Mutual Recognition System (IECRE) in the field of conformity assessment standards, rules of the formulation, implementation and evaluation, to enhance China's right of speak in international certification, accreditation. -- Play a leading role in promoting the global energy transformation and development. Give full play to the support conditions of China’s various public aid cooperation mechanisms, share China’s experience in policy planning and technology development in the field of renewable energy applications, and provide capacity building for countries participating in global energy transformation, and provide policy planning and other help and support to developing countries with relatively low economic and technological backwardness.