Beijing plans to have 2.4 million new energy vehicles in its possession during the 15th Five-Year Plan period

China News Service, Beijing, October 28 (Reporters Lu Shaowei and Dong Zeyu) Beijing plans to have 2.4 million new energy vehicles during the 15th Five-Year Plan period, build a total of 650,000 charging piles, add 100 national-level green factories, and complete 10 million square meters of energy-saving and green renovation of existing public buildings.

Zhao Yunlong, deputy director of the Beijing Municipal Development and Reform Commission, mentioned the above at a press conference held in Beijing on the 28th.

Zhao Yunlong said that the "Beijing New Energy System Plan during the 15th Five-Year Plan Period" (hereinafter referred to as the plan) was recently officially issued and implemented by the Beijing Municipal Government. According to the plan, during the “15th Five-Year Plan” period, Beijing’s externally transferred green power will strive to reach 71 billion kilowatt-hours, and the proportion of non-fossil energy consumption will increase to 27.6%. Create a new smart low-carbon heating system, strive to add 2 million kilowatts of photovoltaic and wind power installed capacity, and increase the proportion of renewable energy heating area in the city to 15%.

The plan is clear. During the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, Beijing will strive to ensure sufficient margins for diversified energy supply, increase the capacity of external power supply channels to 44 million kilowatts, increase the power supply reliability rate to 99.998%, increase the proportion of gas storage capacity in natural gas consumption to 7.8%, and basically eliminate hidden dangers in old facilities and pipelines.

The plan points out that the capital’s advantages in gathering science and technology resources will be leveraged to create a source of energy technology innovation and a benchmark city for green economy. Accelerate the research and industrial application of key core technologies such as wind power, photovoltaics, geothermal heat pumps, smart grids, new energy storage, and hydrogen energy.

The plan mentions improving the coordination mechanism for the integrated energy development in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, and coordinating the promotion of regional power mutual assistance, joint gas source protection, hydrogen energy co-construction, facility interconnection, and industrial chains. Expand cross-regional energy cooperation and actively participate in high-level international energy cooperation.