The National Energy Administration has recently issued the Administrative Measures for the Calibration of the Demonstration Projects of Intensive Processing of Coal (for Trial Implementation) (the "Measures") for implementation as of the date of promulgation.
Under the Measures, demonstration projects refer to the State-approved projects of coal intensive processing which use coal as the raw material and employ new coal-to-chemicals technologies and equipment to produce various clean fuels and upgraded coal with the cogeneration of products such as thermal energy and electricity. The Measures specify the objectives, contents, administration, preparatory work and on-site operations in regard to the calibration of the projects concerned. The contents of the calibration include: using the mass balance calculation methodology to determine the major parameters of the demonstration projects such as material consumption, water consumption, and discharge of wastewater, exhaust gases, and waste residues; and use the energy balance calculation methodology to determine the energy consumption and energy conversion efficiency of the projects. The demonstration projects are required to have been in production for over a year and in steady operation for at least 30 consecutive days before the calibration takes place. During the calibration, the equipment is required to remain in a steady operational condition and be loaded to at least 80% of its designed capacity.