China poised to become world's biggest energy consumer

Zhang: "China and the United States the total amount of energy consumption, and its gap is not much, just a little bit." The first consumer Big country this hat may be worn on our heads. "But China's energy consumption structure is unreasonable.　　In developed countries, coal accounts for more than 30% of the total energy consumption, compared to China's. Zhang said: "China is clean energy, including oil and gas, and other energy sources, may account for 30%, coal accounted for nearly 70%, just like the energy structure of developed countries upside down." "And since 2008, China has become a net importer of traditional coal-exporting countries, with imports increasing every year." For example, China imports about 44 million tonnes of coal a year from Australia, the first, and imports 10 million tonnes from Russia since 09.　　Zhang said the rapid growth in coal consumption may be difficult to reverse in the short term. Zhang: "If the trend is to develop, by the end of Twelve-Five, coal consumption will reach 4 billion tons." By then, China's coal consumption accounted for about 50% of global coal production. This will bring a series of problems.　　"Twelve-Five planning, one of the core tasks of energy development will be to vigorously adjust the energy structure, rational control of the total energy consumption." Zhang said: "A new economic development path must be developed according to the scientific outlook on development." Energy structures must be adjusted to change the way energy is developed. Efforts to control the total energy consumption at the end of Twelve-Five in the 4.1 billion-ton Tce. At the same time, vigorously develop clean energy such as nuclear power. Nuclear power in one energy, the world accounted for 9%, and China less than 1%.　　Zhang said that the U.S. nuclear power installed more than 100 Million-kilowatt, a total of 104 reactors, and China only 13 reactors, added together only 10.8 Million-kilowatt. Zhang: "To say the truth, I, as the secretary for Energy, is worried about the slow development of nuclear power." This stage, do not engage in nuclear power, there is no way out. Zhang pointed out that "Twelve-Five" China to develop more safe and efficient nuclear power technology, accelerate the development of coastal nuclear power, and actively promote the inland nuclear power projects, the formation of a nuclear power brand with independent intellectual property rights.