Annual Report 2017
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Xia Dengwen National Ocean Technology Centre

SUPPORTING POLICIES FOR OCEAN ENERGY 

In 2017, the State Oceanic Administration (SOA) released the “13th Five-Year Plan for Marine Renewable Energy (2016-2020)”, which sets out the key principles, specific actions and enablers needs to deliver upon China’s potential in marine renewable energy. By 2020, 4 marine renewable energy demonstration districts will be built; the total installed capacity of marine renewable energy will be more than 50 MW. The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), the Ministry of Finance (MOF) and the National Energy Administration (NEA) released the “Regulations for the Trial Implementation of Renewable Energy Green Power Certificate” in February.

The SOA and MOF continue to fund the marine renewable energy utilization and development, a total budget of RMB 137 million was granted for 4 marine renewable energy projects. To date, China has committed approximately about RMB 1.25 billion to marine renewable energy RD&D since 2010.


NATIONAL STRATEGY
The “13th Five-Year Plan for Marine Renewable Energy (2016-2020)” was released by the SOA in December 2016. The Plan sets out the key principles, specific actions and enablers needs to deliver upon China’s potential in this area. The over-arching vision of the Plan is to

  1. Promote the demonstration and application of marine renewable energy,
  2. Focus on the breakthroughs in key technologies,
  3. Improve the technology levels of marine renewable energy,
  4. Strengthen the construction of public service platform, and
  5. Foster international cooperation in development of marine renewable energy”. By 2020, 4 marine renewable energy demonstration districts will be built; the total installed capacity of marine renewable energy will be more than 50 MW.

The “13th Five-Year Plan for Development of Oceanic Economy” was released by the NDRC and the SOA in May 2017. The Plan highlights:

  1. Improving offshore wind industrial layout,
  2. Encouraging construction of offshore (Deep sea) wind plant,
  3. Establishing the standards system,
  4. Advancing marine renewable energy demonstration projects,
  5. Developing key technology components,
  6. Accelerating the construction of island projects for multi-energy power supply based on marine renewable energy and the building of demonstration districts.

The National Energy Administration (NEA) released the “13th Five-Year Plan for Energy Technology Innovation” in December 2016. Accordingly, the “marine renewable energy key technologies utilization and demonstration project” is accepted into the 15 demonstration projects scope.

The NEA and the SOA released the “Measures for the development of offshore wind power” in December 2016. The implementation of the Measures will be led by the NEA and the SOA. The NEA is actively overseeing its implementation.


MARKET INCENTIVES
The NDRC, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) and NEA released the “Regulations for the Trial Implementation of Renewable Energy Green Power Certificate” (REGPC) in February 2017. The Regulations highlights “Establishing the Voluntary Subscription System for REGPC, Approving and Issuing the REGPC, Improving the Regulations for REGPC Purchase and Sale, and Strengthening management of the REGPC Systems”. Accordingly, the Regulations will be led by the NEA and the National Renewable Energy Information Management Centre (NREIMC). The NREIMC is in charge of issuing and managing REGPC through the Renewable Energy Project Management System (REPMS, NEA).


PUBLIC FUNDING PROGRAMMES
The SOA and MOF continue to fund the marine renewable energy utilization and development. The SOA reiterates the focus on stimulating industry-led projects for the development and deployment of marine renewable energy devices and systems through the support of the Special Funding Plan for Marine Renewable Energy (SFPMRE). In 2017, a total budget of RMB 137 million was granted for 4 marine renewable energy projects, including the 1 MW wave energy demonstration project, the tidal stream energy island demonstration project, the power supply system provided by wave energy for offshore devices, and the power supply system provided by wave energy for offshore cage.

As of September 2017, more than 111 marine renewable energy projects have been supported by SFPMRE, funding a total of RMB 1.25 billion, which fully played a guiding role of government finance in the aspects of support for national industrial structure adjustment, cultivation of strategic emerging industries, safeguard of national energy security and exploration of energy structure adjustment etc. In general, the SFPMRE has been promoting the significant improvement of marine renewable energy technologies in China.

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