With oil prices and pollution levels soaring, China is on a mission to reduce its dependence on oil. While the country still relies heavily on industrial-age resources like coal (to produce electricity), alternative energy sources are under development:
•NATURAL GAS
Current percentage of power production: 2.9%
Target for 2010: 5%
MAJOR PROJECTS: Next year the 4,000-km west- east gas pipeline should begin delivering 5,000 cu m of gas annually from the Tarim Basin in Xinjiang to Shanghai and the Yangtze River Delta.
•NUCLEAR POWER
Current percentage: 1.2%
Target for 2010: 2% to 3%
MAJOR PROJECTS: China is adding capacity faster than...