BEIJING, July 11 (Reuters) - China has for the first time set renewable energy mandates for the steel, cement, and polysilicon industries, as well as for some data centres, according to a National Development and Reform Commission notice on Friday.
Beijing’s renewable portfolio standards, or RPS, set out targets for the percentage of power consumption that the various industries must obtain from renewables in each province.
“Simply put: heavy industry must buy green,” Fishman wrote of the new regulations. Newly built data centres in so-called national hub nodes must use at least 80% green electricity, while targets for the other industries vary by province.
Hmm, problem is it’s regional, and there’s a lot more steel and cement produced and consumed in Chongqing and Fujian (examples reported) than in the west where most of the wind sun and hydro are. Will this help shift more energy-intensive industry move to provinces with surplus renewable energy ? Did anybody analyse, what are the national shares?