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The latest statistics from the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development: As of the end of 2019, the national district heating area is about 11 billion ㎡

On December 31, 2020, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development issued the “Statistical Yearbook of Urban Construction 2019” and “Statistical Yearbook of Urban and Rural Construction 2019”, announcing the situation of central heating in cities from 1981 to 2019 and from 2000 to 2018 Centralized heating situation in counties throughout the country. As of the end of 2019, the national distirct heating area reached nearly 11 billion square meters, an increase of 600 million ㎡ compared with 2018, a growth rate of about 5.78%; of which the urban district heating area reached 9.251 billion ㎡, and the county district heating area reached 1.748 billion ㎡.

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China issues carbon emission quotas to 2,225 power companies across the country

The 2020 Central Economic Work Conference has systematically deployed carbon peaking and carbon neutrality. How will the carbon peaking action and pollution prevention and control battle be launched in 2021? A CCTV reporter interviewed Huang Runqiu, Minister of Ecology and Environment. Minister Huang made it clear that carbon emission quotas will be issued to more than 2,000 domestic power companies within a short period of time.

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Focus topic丨How to set the power plant heat price?

Generally speaking, large generating units should focus more on the cost of power generation and reduce the heat price accordingly; the cost of thermal power plants with a capacity of 300,000 kilowatts or less should be tilted toward the heat energy side. However, it cannot be generalized in actual implementation, and should be allocated scientifically according to specific conditions.

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