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With an incentive package dedicated to renewable energy of between 200-600 billion dollars over the next decade, according to rumors, it is likely that China is aiming for a position as the world’s leader in renewable energy and low carbon technology.
China has published an astonishing and ambitious plan for renewable energy for the next decade.
According to the ambitious plan China will increase
- wind power from the existing 25 GW to 150 GW,
- ethanol production from the current 2 million tonnes to 10 million tonnes,
- biodiesel production from 0.05 million tons to 2 million tonnes,
- pellets for heating from <1 million tonnes to 50 million tonnes, and
- biogas and biomass gasification from 8 cubic meters to 44 cubic meters.
China is already the world leader in solar heating systems to heat water (rooftop solar water heaters). Rooftop solar water heaters have been installed on more than 40 million Chinese homes, and were up to a total of 100 million square meters in 2006. During the next decade an additional 200 million square meters will be installed!
China will definitely lead the race towards a green economy, and most likely become "the first green superpower."
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