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Wind power successfully shows that with central government aid, China is ready for new policies, subsidies and advanced technology. This situation also has a role in the domestic market.The amount of electricity produced by wind farms can be a burden to fund.
Even though western countries invented an open marketplace set to dominate in China, there were few domestic incentives for solar power. In the global solar photovoltaic cell market, it is second only to Japan and growing fast. In China, the solar market has been a small business, because the cells are so expensive. This puts pressure on the government to rapidly follow up on their policies, for example, the role of the Climate Group is important in developing domestic markets.
However, the image of new coal-fueled power stations still looms large as they are opening every week. It is hard to imagine that China has achieved a 10.5 per cent of growth rate without such stations in the last quarter. However, how many people actually know that China has been closing its small power stations over the last couple of years? Step by step China is reducing its small power stations, first the 50-megawatt ones then the 100-megawatt ones and next will be the 300-megawatt power stations.
The Chinese government supports advanced clean coal technologies, including supercritical and ultra-supercritical coal stations. They are also researching carbon capture methods and focusing on the Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) technology, which converts coal into synthetic gas for power generation.
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1) What prompted the Chinese prime minister to raise climate change as an important issue?
A. China's high level of oxygen emissions
B. the new coal-fueled power plants opening in China C. the desire to make an outstanding appearance in the upcoming G8 summit
D. the need to bring attention to environmental problems in China
2) Despite concerns about carbon emissions, what is China doing to address the issue of small power stations?
A. building more small power stations B. shutting down small power stations
C. investing in 300-megawatt power stations
D. upgrading small power stations with advanced technologies
3) What is the amount of increase in the share of energy from new renewable sources is expected according to the National Renewable Energy Law?
A. 15%
B. 7%
C. 8%D. 3%
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