Coal boomtown in China warms to renewablesYULIN, China — While China's push for clean energy threatens to transform former coal boomtowns such as Shaanxi Province's Yulin into so-called "ghost cities," the city's government plans to buck the trend. Officials in Yulin hope to ride a wave of expansion in renewables and other sectors to diversify the city's economy. But as China looks to reduce its reliance on fossil fuels, Yulin is seeking to restructure its economy by developing sectors such as tourism, green agriculture and renewables. This ambitious push for clean energy is further bolstered by policies encouraging energy efficiency and the development of renewable energy projects domestically. The Renewable Energy Law, passed in 2005 and amended in 2009, provided a framework for regulation of such projects.

Source: The China Post November 09, 2016 16:14 UTC