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Title in national language: 
能源技术创新“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
Energy Types: 
Coal, Oil, Power, Gas, Nuclear, Renewable, Bioenergy, Hydropower, Solar, Wind
Issued by: 
National Energy Administration
Notes: 
No official English version available
Overall Summary: 
The plan analyzes the energy technology development trend, clarifies the energy technology development priorities, focusing on cleaner fossil fuel and energy efficiency, clean and renewable energy power system, nuclear power advancement, strategic energy technology, and manufacturing materials and industrialization. The policy provides the guidelines and principles for the energy technology development.
Energy Supply and Infrastructure
Infrastructure development priorities: 
---promote energy interconnection network, strengthen the construction of smart transmission grid network and distribution grid, improve the distributed energy development and hybrid energy development and the utilization of the micro-grid, carry out R&D for the operation of the energy interconnection[...]
Governance
Energy management principles: 
Develop national energy science and technology innovation strategy, planning and policies, strengthen the guide for energy interconnection network, power storage and other emerging industries[...]
Technology
Clean energy technology priorities: 
[...]carry out advanced nuclear fuel components research and development[...]
Clean energy technology deployment: 
In the field of renewable energy utilization, the key technology of 8MW-10MW land / sea wind turbine should be studied, and the intelligent control system and operation management system of large-scale wind farm will be established. The key technologies for industrialization of high efficient solar PV cell should be developed, [...] Energy conversion efficiency level of photovoltaic power generation system should be improved; Improve the system integration technology and efficiency technology for large-scale solar thermal power plants, [...] carry out R&D on hydropower technology for the complex geological situations; carry out marine energy, geothermal energy utilization key technology and device research and development and promote pilot projects. ---In the field of high proportion of renewable energy grid and transmission, focusing on breakthroughs in large-scale renewable energy base and a large number of distributed renewable energy grid, UHVDC and flexible transmission core technology and equipment and other key technologies; [...]. ---promote energy interconnection network, strengthen the construction of smart transmission grid network and distribution grid, improve the distributed energy development and hybrid energy development and the utilization of the micro-grid, carry out R&D for the operation of the energy interconnection[...]
Low-emission and cleaner coal technology: 
Develop new coal flash pyrolysis technology: [...]study of coal hydrogenation pyrolysis reaction mechanism and reaction conditions of hydrogenation and quality control; [...]
Low-emission and cleaner oil technology: 
Heavy quality crude oil technology: [...] improve the comprehensive utilization of crude oil. [...] desulfurization rate more than 80%, the conversion rate more than 70%; [...] ---Achieve a comprehensive improvement of the nature of gasoline and diesel, and improve the composition structure of oil to meet China's current demand for cleaner oil.
Advanced fuel extraction technology: 
Smart coal mining technology and equipment: master the unmanned mining technology [...] ---Submarine pipeline and riser engineering technology: achieve flexible hose and wet insulation materials, improve the deep water submarine pipeline and riser design and manufacturing capacity and safe operation support capacity for South China Sea deep-water oil and gas field development, provide technical and product support[...] ---Dense gas reservoir horizontal drilling and completion technology: develop dense gas wells horizontal well drilling and finishing technology, ensure that the average drilling cycle for horizontal section (1000m above) will be less than 65 days.[...]
R&D renewable energy: 
In the field of renewable energy utilization, the key technology of 8MW-10MW land / sea wind turbine should be studied, and the intelligent control system and operation management system of large-scale wind farm will be established. The key technologies for industrialization of high efficient solar PV cell should be developed, [...] Energy conversion efficiency level of photovoltaic power generation system should be improved; Improve the system integration technology and efficiency technology for large-scale solar thermal power plants, [...] carry out R&D on hydropower technology for the complex geological situations; carry out marine energy, geothermal energy utilization key technology and device research and development and promote pilot projects. ---In the field of high proportion of renewable energy grid and transmission, focusing on breakthroughs in large-scale renewable energy base and a large number of distributed renewable energy grid, UHVDC and flexible transmission core technology and equipment and other key technologies; [...]. ---establish enzymatic biodiesel industrialization pilot demonstration projects
Technology collaboration with other member States: 
In the field of energy technology, promote international cooperation, multilateral cooperation and exchanges, strengthen the collaboration with countries and regions in the field of nuclear energy, energy efficiency, high proportion of renewable energy consumption, unconventional oil and gas development, advanced energy materials, carbon capture etc [...] ---coordinate with Belt and Road Initiatives, according to the local resources, carry out cooperation in the field of energy technology.[...]