Meta Data
Title in national language: 
国家能源科技“十二五”规划
Draft: 
No
Revision of previous policy?: 
No
Draft Year: 
2011
Effective Start Year: 
2011
Effective End Year: 
2015
Scope: 
National
Document Type: 
Plan/Strategy
Economic Sector: 
Energy, Power
Energy Types: 
Power, Gas, Renewable, Hydropower, Wind, Other
Issued by: 
National Energy Administration
Notes: 
No official English version available
Overall Summary: 
The plan covers four key technology areas: exploration and exploitation, processing and conversion, power generation, transmission and distribution, new energy technology. Prioritize efficiency improvement through plan and implementation process of all key technologies. According to energy development and structure adjustment, the plan clarifies targets for development of energy technologies and determines 19 important energy application technologies and major engineering demonstration projects.
Renewable Energy
RE reductions in taxes: 
implement tax cut policy for first-unit equipment to encourage technology innovation and boost construction of demonstration project.
Environment
Land use change for energy production purposes: 
Hydro power construction and R&D subjects: [...]hydro power development and resettlement of the residents[...]
Energy-water nexus: 
Hydro power construction and R&D subjects: [...]balance the environmental protection and ecological restoration and hydropower development[...]hydropower development de relocation of the residents[...]
Energy Supply and Infrastructure
Infrastructure development priorities: 
Develop large-scale LNG equipment to achieve the safety of natural gas transportation and low-cost storage.
Investment
Overseas investment support: 
Rely on major international energy cooperation projects to promote China's advanced energy technology and equipment "going global"
Governance
Energy management principles: 
Government exercises unified leadership and plays leading role in science and technology innovation system by developing principle guidelines, development plan of science and technology. Recognize that progress and innovation of energy science and technology is an important way to promote evolution of energy production and utilization, as well as to keep an reasonable control on total energy consumption. Fully maximize functions of National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), National Energy Administration, Ministry of Science and Technology, Ministry of Industry and Technology, other government agencies and academic institutions to establish open, sustainable energy science and technology innovation system. --We will continue to improve the legal and policy environment for supporting the development of energy technology, speed up the work of revision of the existing national and industrial standards, and form a unified and complete energy technology and equipment standard system. Further strengthen energy equipment quality control and supervision and management. Establish and improve standards, testing, certification and quality supervision of the organizational system and establish energy technology evaluation assessment system [...]
M&E of policy implementation: 
Improve legislation, set up national and industry standards to formulate a complete set of monitoring, certification, and quality management system for energy technology and equipment. Strengthen energy equipment quality control and establish energy technology evaluation system.
Technology
Clean energy technology priorities: 
Develop natural gas desulphurization and sulfur recovery technology depending on the sulfur contents, the form and the scale of natural gas; develop natural gas carbon dioxide remove technology and equipment[...] --Master the third generation nuclear power plant technology, format independent intellectual property rights of the reactor type and related key technologies for design and manufacturing[...] --Construct large-scale pre-pressurized water reactor demonstration power station with independent intellectual property rights. Improve the design and manufacturing technology of the whole machine and key components of the wind turbine and to reach the international advanced level; develop distributed and intermittent energy systems[...] --Master the smart grid model, technology and smart grid key technologies to promote smart grid technology progress and healthy development [...] --Develop a seven-tonne biomass-based thermo-chemical conversion of liquid fuels with fully independent intellectual property rights [...]reduce the production costs of liquid fuels and increase the utilization and added value of biomass resources.
Clean energy technology deployment: 
Proactively promote construction of demonstration engineering projects in order to speed up application and achievement of advanced energy technologies. --to develop efficient, energy-saving and environmentally friendly thermal power technology, and improve advanced and eco-friendly hydropower transmission technology, in the field of power generation and transmission and distribution technology, promote intermittent power network and energy storage technology and smart grid technology and other 4 energy applications technology and engineering demonstration major projects [...] --Construct PV demonstration power grid with 100MW grid public grid, and PV demonstration system with 10MW class customer side open network, provide practical experience for large scale PV system promotion in China. --Master the design integration, operation control and protection technology of different types of PV power generation systems. --Solve wind power operation and protection of major technical issues, construct world-class wind power technology research and development base --develop large-scale wind turbine machine and key components of the independent design, manufacture and testing technology[...] -- Construct large-scale pre-pressurized water reactor demonstration power station with independent intellectual property rights. Improve the design and manufacturing technology of the whole machine and key components of the wind turbine and to reach the international advanced level; develop distributed and intermittent energy systems[...]
Low-emission and cleaner coal technology: 
Break through key technologies of super-critical unit and Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) technology, improve gas turbine engine research, realize localized production of heavy gas turbine and micro gas turbine, master carbon capture technology within large capacity coal-fired plants. --Focusing on large-scale coal-fired power plants[...]develop integrated coke desulphurization, ultra-low NOx combustion[...]and other environmental new technologies[...]
Low-emission and cleaner oil technology: 
Break through key parts of overweight and ultra-low-quality crude oil processing technologies, complete development of national V standards of oil production technology and achieve 80% recovery of refined light oil. Independently develop coal liquidation, gasification and coal quito combined heat integration technology.
Advanced fuel extraction technology: 
Improve oil, coal and coal-bed gas comprehensive exploration technology. Identification of lithostratigraphic reservoirs layer is less than 10 meters, seismic prediction accuracy of carbonate reservoir is less than 25 meters. Improve high-efficient exploitation of low-grade oil and gas resources. Develop core exploitation technologies and ancillary equipment, have underground advanced detection distance reach 200 meter.
Natural gas transportation technology: 
Develop the key equipments for large-scale LNG carriers, and large-scale LNG transport[...] --Develop large-scale LNG equipment to achieve the safety of natural gas transportation and low-cost storage.
R&D renewable energy: 
Solve wind power operation and protection of major technical issues, construct world-class wind power technology research and development base
R&D energy efficiency: 
make efforts for large-scale coal-fired power plants with integrated energy-saving technologies and integrated application[...] technologies(including utilization of waste heat of flue gas and low condenser backpressure)[...]
R&D pollution abatement: 
Build a world-class research and development center of energy-saving emission reduction and pollution control technology, master the independent intellectual property rights of thermal power and other key technologies in energy-saving emission reduction and pollution control, reduce energy consumption level of thermal power plants[...]
Technology collaboration with other member States: 
[...]Deepen international science and technology exchange and cooperation in the field of energy. Make full use of technology exhibitions, forums and other scientific and technological exchange platform, extensively carry out bilateral and multilateral cooperation and exchanges, participate in major energy international scientific and technological cooperation program organization and implementations; enhance the voice and influence, to participate in international science and technology conventions and standards; formulate and support China's energy technology workers into the international energy technology organization system