Biomass heating is expected to "heat up"

The reporter learned that since the end of 2016, the "coal to electricity" and "coal to gas" aimed at reducing coal burning and cleaning heating have kicked off. However, affected by the current economic capacity, technical feasibility, heating effect and other factors, the road of "coal to gas" and "coal to electricity" implementation is fraught with difficulties.

Some insiders pointed out that China's biomass energy has great development potential, the use of biomass energy heating "coal to produce" is a better choice to replace loose coal heating in rural areas. Today, as a more advantageous alternative to coal-fired heating in counties and rural areas, "coal to life" has begun to receive attention.

We will promote the extension of preferential policies to "convert coal into coal"

"In the next step, we will strengthen investigation and research to promote the extension of the preferential policy of 'coal to gas' and' coal to electricity 'to' coal to life ', and develop clean biomass heating according to local conditions," the National Energy Administration said in the "Reply".

According to statistics, at present, there are about 120 million tons of straw and 200 million tons of forestry residues that can be used for energy utilization in rural areas of China. Different from the environmental pollution caused by straw incineration, biomass resources can be used efficiently and cleanly as fuel, and can be used locally, which is both economical and environmentally friendly.

At the same time, the goal of "striving to peak carbon dioxide emissions before 2030 and striving to achieve carbon neutrality before 2060" means that energy conservation, emission reduction, development and utilization of clean energy will become the focus of China's development. "In this context, the '14th Five-Year Plan' and '15th Five-Year Plan' will definitely increase the 'coal control' efforts." Compared with "coal to gas" and "coal to electricity", the cost of biomass heating is closer to the cost of coal. Therefore, the scale of biomass clean heating will increase significantly during the '14th Five-Year Plan' period." Zhang Dayong, secretary general of the biomass energy industry branch of the China Industrial Development Promotion Association, said in an interview with reporters.

"A few years ago, the core reason why the" coal to electricity "and" coal to gas "can not be changed is that the cost is too high. After some areas changed from coal to electricity and coal to gas, people could not afford it, so they switched to burning coal again." Zhang Dayong revealed to reporters.

It is understood that the comprehensive Department of the National Energy Administration has issued the "Notice on Matters related to the preparation of the 14th Five-Year Plan for the development of renewable energy" (referred to as the "Notice") that priority is given to the development of local decentralized and distributed renewable energy resources, and vigorously promote the direct use of distributed renewable electricity, heat, gas, etc. in the user side, combined with new technologies such as energy storage and hydrogen energy. Increase the share of renewable energy in the regional energy supply.

A relevant person of China's rural energy industry Association told reporters that at this stage, the promotion of decentralized biomass energy heating in rural areas is in line with the principle of "adhering to local conditions and affordable for residents" in the relevant planning, and in line with the requirements of the Notice, which is a realistic choice to achieve clean heating in rural areas.

"During the 14th Five-Year Plan period, if the north, especially in rural areas, promotes clean heating in a large area, then biomass energy is definitely the first choice." Zhang Dayong said that if the preferential policy is extended to "coal to biomass", it will make a great contribution to the development of the entire biomass energy industry and carbon emission reduction in rural areas.

The construction of a collection and storage system for agricultural and forestry residues should be encouraged

Jiang Ximeng suggested encouraging the construction of a collection and storage system for agricultural and forestry residues such as straw; Encourage the development of biomass molding fuel industry, and implement tax relief for rural biomass molding fuel enterprises and related industry chain enterprises.

"Reply" said: "The next step, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs will, in accordance with the relevant requirements, accelerate the support and cultivation of a number of straw fuel clean heating implementation of the main body, encourage the relevant bodies to establish a collection, storage and transportation system, supporting facilities and equipment, and constantly improve the level of development of straw fuel clean heating industrialization." The National Development and Reform Commission will continue to support the comprehensive utilization of straw through special funds for ecological civilization construction."