CHINA is to promote the use of biodiesel, and as early as next year some cities will be picked up for experimental promotion, said a senior academic recently.
Min Enze, of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering, said at a lecture in Huazhong University of Science and Technology that the State Energy Administration is making concrete plans for the promotion.
“As early as next year some large cities, like Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, can fill their vehicles with B5 biodiesel,” said Min.
In B5 biodiesel, the ratio of biodiesel and fossil diesel is 5:95.
“The national standard of B5 bio-diesel is under discussion and will be issued next year. The standard will be a market criterion for biodiesel for quite some time,” said Zhang Yongguang, director of the fuel products & additives office, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He is also one of the drafters of the B5 standard file.
Zhang said the country has selected four state-owned enterprises, namely CNPC, Sinopec, CNOOC and COFCO, for the production of biodiesel.
At the beginning of this year, CNPC and COFCO signed agreements with the State Forestry Administration for plantation of five biodiesel forest bases in Yunnan, Sichuan, Hunan, Anhui and Hebei. Under the agreement, in the next 15 years, 13.3m hectares of forests will be planted for biodiesel production.
Sinopec built up a 100,000 t capacity bio-diesel refinery in Panzhihua as early as 2006. To match its capacity a forest covering of 34,000 hectares was allocated for its use.
Meanwhile, CNOOC has invested 2.4b Yuan in building a biodiesel refinery and planting 34,000 hectares of physic nut (Jatropha curcas) in Panzhihua, and also another biodiesel refinery is under construction in Hainan Island with a capacity of 60,000 t.
According to China’s 11th five-year plan (2006-2010), by 2010 the production of bio-diesel will reach 200,000 t, and by 2020, the number will be 2m t.
Min Enze, of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering, said at a lecture in Huazhong University of Science and Technology that the State Energy Administration is making concrete plans for the promotion.
“As early as next year some large cities, like Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, can fill their vehicles with B5 biodiesel,” said Min.
In B5 biodiesel, the ratio of biodiesel and fossil diesel is 5:95.
“The national standard of B5 bio-diesel is under discussion and will be issued next year. The standard will be a market criterion for biodiesel for quite some time,” said Zhang Yongguang, director of the fuel products & additives office, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He is also one of the drafters of the B5 standard file.
Zhang said the country has selected four state-owned enterprises, namely CNPC, Sinopec, CNOOC and COFCO, for the production of biodiesel.
At the beginning of this year, CNPC and COFCO signed agreements with the State Forestry Administration for plantation of five biodiesel forest bases in Yunnan, Sichuan, Hunan, Anhui and Hebei. Under the agreement, in the next 15 years, 13.3m hectares of forests will be planted for biodiesel production.
Sinopec built up a 100,000 t capacity bio-diesel refinery in Panzhihua as early as 2006. To match its capacity a forest covering of 34,000 hectares was allocated for its use.
Meanwhile, CNOOC has invested 2.4b Yuan in building a biodiesel refinery and planting 34,000 hectares of physic nut (Jatropha curcas) in Panzhihua, and also another biodiesel refinery is under construction in Hainan Island with a capacity of 60,000 t.
According to China’s 11th five-year plan (2006-2010), by 2010 the production of bio-diesel will reach 200,000 t, and by 2020, the number will be 2m t.
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