Beijing to replace coal with natural gas as major energy source

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Beijing to replace coal with natural gas as major energy source

The Chinese capital will replace coal with natural gas as the major energy source for heating and power generation by 2008, when the Olympic Games take place, according to the city government.

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The Chinese capital will replace coal with natural gas as the major energy source for heating and power generation by 2008, when the Olympic Games take place, according to the city government.

The central government has approved a group of electricity-generating projects fueled by natural gas, not coal, to ensure cleaner and bluer skies in the capital, said Chai Xiaozhong, vice director of Beijing Municipal Commission of Development and Reform.

The city plans to build a large gas-fueled power station in theTaiyanggong area, which is about 4-5 kilometers from the Olympics Green in the northern suburbs of the capital, said Chai, quoted byThursday's China Daily.

The electricity generating facility will replace about 40 heating supply stations which currently burn coal, he said.

Statistics indicate that 26.7 percent of China's total energy consumption take place in houses and buildings. This ratio is two or three times higher than in other countries at the same latitude,said the English-language newspaper.

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