Safeguard Policy Statement & Strategy 2020 Midterm Review
PRC:
Reduced Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Low-Carbon District Heating Project in
Hohhot in Inner Mongolia Autonomous
Region
Improved air quality and reduced
greenhouse gas emissions in
Development
impact:
Hohhot
Sector:
Energy
Drivers of
Knowledge solutions
Partnerships
Change:
Project Term:
$150 million
ADB Financing:
2015-2020
PROJECT SUMMARY:
Coal has been the predominant fuel for heating in Hohhot, capital of
the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (IMAR) of the People's
Republic of China (PRC). Adequate heating is a basic human need and
essential for socioeconomic activities in IMAR, an area that
experiences subzero temperatures for typically half of the year, causing
indoor and outdoor air pollution and affecting human health. The
project will reduce respiratory diseases in the local population by
designing a hybrid district heating system using low-emission natural
gas boilers and zero-emission wind-based boilers, as well as
pioneering a new business model for wind-powered district heating
sharing renewable energy subsidies.
After completion, the project will emit 60% less carbon dioxide and
82% less nitrous oxide, 98% less sulfur dioxide, and produce negligible
particulate matter compared to the existing heating system.
About 294,500 households - or 30% of the city's population - will
directly benefit, along with 18 schools, 35 kindergartens, and 12
hospitals.
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