China furthers commitment to renewable energy
China's furthered it's commitment to reducing pollution from greenhouse gasses by passing a new law supporting its renewable energy industry.
The law, an amendment to one on renewable energy adopted by the National People's Congree standing committee, obliges electricity grid companies to buy all the power produced by renewable sources.
It also empowers the State Council's energy department, the electricity regulatory agency and its finance departments to determine the amount of renewable energy available in the country's overall power generating capacity.
Power companies will be obliged to take up all of that capacity, and those refusing to do so will be fined an amount up to double that of the economic loss of the renewable energy company, Ni Yuefeng, vice president of the assembly's environmental affairs commission told reporters.
The law was adopted after China was criticised for obstructing the adoption of a treaty on climate change during last week's international summit in Copenhagen.
The new law in fact showed China's commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, Ni said. "The new law will help China reduce its emission of greenhouse gases in a voluntary manner," Ni told a briefing.
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