China: Geothermal District Heating is Part of New Five-Year Plan

China unveils 2017-2021 winter clean heating plan (Asahi Shimbun)

(Courtesy CIA.gov)

China announced on Sunday a five-year plan to convert northern Chinese cities to clean heating during the winter through to 2021, state media reported, amid a deepening heating crisis.

The plan was jointly announced by 10 government agencies, including the state planning National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and the National Energy Administration, the online edition of Securities Times quoted the China Energy News as saying.

The government has made "concrete arrangements" regarding geothermal heating, biomass heating, solar heating, gas heating, electric heating, industrial waste heating, and clean coal-fired central heating, the Securities Times said.

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From the Global Geothermal News archives:

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• Tuesday, October 3, 2017 - China: State Increases Support for Geothermal Energy