GHG Monitor
3/13/2015
ON THE INTERNATIONAL FRONT
Chinese officials last week reportedly vowed to cut coal consumption in the country by 160 million tons over the next five years. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang also vowed to put a ceiling on total energy consumption and increase the portion of energy produced by non-fossil sources in his Government Work Report, submitted to National People’s Congress late last week. “We will strengthen energy conservation and emissions reduction and impose a ceiling on total energy consumption. This year, we aim to cut energy intensity by more than 3.9 percent,” the report says. “We will continue to raise the proportion of electricity generated by non-fossil fuel, develop smart grids and promote balanced distribution of energy resources, encourage the development of wind and solar power, and start construction of a number of hydropower and nuclear power projects. We will strengthen exploration, exploitation and utilization of natural gas, coal seam gas and shale gas.”
IN DOE
The National Coal Council will hold its spring meeting at 9 a.m. on April 8 in Washington, D.C., according to a notice in the Federal Register this week. The NCC is a federal advisory committee to the U.S. Secretary of Energy that provides advice and guidance on policies that affect coal-related issues. Tentative speakers include Mike Marsh, President and CEO of SaskPower, who will speak on the Boundary Dam CCS Retrofit Project.
