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China Air Quality Newsletter-October 2015Post date： 2015-10-29

 
 China Air Quality Newsletter

October 2015

Highlights

Investor Salon Helps Funders Cash In on Clean Air Opportunities
On October 16, the Clean Air Alliance of China (CAAC) hosted the 4th Clean Air Investor Salon, bringing in investors interested in clean air industry opportunities to showcase leading innovations, highlight market and policy changes, and demonstrate CAAC’s tools to assess investment opportunities. More than 50 representatives from local environmental departments, investing institutions, Chinese and overseas media, innovative technology programs, and other leading organizations attended the Salon. more...
Obama-Xi Joint Presidential Statement on Climate Change Promises Much-Needed Reform of Generator Dispatch in China
In China, generator dispatch—which largely determines how the vast fleet of power plants are used on an hour-by-hour basis—has long been inefficient and a major obstacle to meeting China’s air quality and clean energy goals. In addition to the curtailment of wind, solar, and hydro energy, inefficient dispatch means that relatively dirty coal-fired power plants are often used even when relatively efficient coal-fired power plants are available as replacements. Dispatch practices in China have also been a barrier to investment in flexible resources such as natural-gas-fired power plants and demand response. more...

Activities in the Field

Bluetech Award closes call for applications with over 50 applicants
The first award dedicated to promoting the best international air pollution prevention and control technologies has officially closed its call for applications. Supported by the Energy Foundation, the Clean Air Alliance of China (CAAC) launched the Bluetech Award in August 2015 to solve the most pressing air quality challenges in China and around the world. This year’s Bluetech Award focuses on four fields that are relevant to clean air technologies: diesel engine pollution control; VOC substitution, prevention and control; straw recycling and indoor air purification. more...
China Commits to Significant New Climate Actions in U.S.-China Joint Presidential Statement on Climate Change
Presidents Xi Jinping and Barack Obama announced new and strengthened actions by both countries domestically and working together as part of a joint presidential statement on climate change. These commitments build on their historic November 2014 joint announcement, deepen and strengthen their commitments to address climate change domestically and together, provide momentum for the Paris climate negotiations, and provide substantial new financing for developing countries to build low-carbon and climate resilient economies. more...
The 11th Annual China City Air Quality Management Workshop Guides the Way for VOCs Management
On October 14, the Foreign Economic Cooperation Office of the Ministry of Environmental Protection (FECO-MEP) and Clean Air Asia co-hosted the 11th Annual China City Air Quality Management Workshop in Dalian, China. The three-day-workshop tackled volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions management and technologies in petrochemical, painting, and ink industries, and provided international and domestic experience and technical support for local environmental protection bureaus to implement the “Action Plan for Air Pollution Prevention and Control” and “Air Pollution Prevention Law.” more...
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Pearl River Delta: Guangdong Province releases air quality report for the first half year
2015-10-08, China Environmental News
The report reveals the six major air pollutants decreased in the first half year, among them, PM2.5 decreased around 20 percent compared to the same period last year, reaching the international standard for the first time. Cities in the Pearl River Delta met the national standard AQI on 6.5 percent more days than last year.

Beijing: Red Alert May Be Released this Winter
2015-09-29, Beijing Youth Daily
Beijing revised its Air Pollution Emergency Plan earlier this year, and a Red Alert will be released if “level 5”(air heavy polluted) is predicted for 3 days in a row. Vehicles will also take turns driving based on odd or even licence plate numbers.

China: The fifth China High-level Energy Dialogue
2015-09-22, Economic Information Daily
The fifth China High-level Energy Dialogue was held on September 22nd in Beijing. Officials revealed that the power consumption growth rate for this year is expected to decrease to 2 percent (2.8 percent in 1998), which would be the lowest growth rate in 17 years. They also suggested that the 13th Five Year Plan may build a new power sector energy savings and emissions reduction system that will lead to low-carbon development.

Tianjin: Coal boiler will be closed, natural gas will take it’s place this winter
2015-10-12, People's Daily

Shanxi: Industry sector reduced coal consumption by 1,580,000 tons in 2014 compared with the previous year
2015-09-29, China Environmental News

The first policy document Assessment Guideline for Air Quality Inside Vehicles under revision, expected to be mandatory
2015-09-25, China Environmental News

China issued ecology civilization system reform plan on September 22
2015-09-24, Science and Technology Daily

Zhejiang: Eco-park replaces landfill
2015-09-23, Xinhua News

Ministry of Environmental Protection published inspection report, including penalties for 21 enterprises that did not meet emission standards
2015-09-18, MEP website

Beijing: Beijing will adjust the natural gas pricing mechanism and push forward tiered pricing for household natural gas by this year
2015-09-18, The Beijing News

China will apply a standard for air purifiers starting in March 2016. The standard gives two indices to evaluate air purifiers
2015-9-18, The Mirror

Beijing: Beijing will start charging VOCs discharge fee to 17 categories among 5 industries (furniture manufacturers, packing and printing, petrochemical, vehicle manufacturers, and electronics industry) by October 1st, 2015
2015-09-16, The Beijing News

HeNan: RMB1.4 billion will be invested in controlling air pollution
2015-09-10, Xinhua News

       
 

China Air Quality Newsletter provides the latest news and activities about air quality in China. This monthly newsletter is compiled by Innovation Center for Clean-air Solutions (the Secretariat for CAAC), Energy Foundation China, and Regulatory Assistance Project, with contribution from our partner organizations.
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