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Supporting the environmental protection industry: New energy utilization in Qingdao Development Zone is progressing well 2007-12-24 8:19:24. Using market mechanisms to foster the development of the environmental protection industry and promote a circular economy: New energy utilization in Qingdao Development Zone is advancing steadily. According to reports from our newspaper, a modern waste-to-energy project with a total investment of 400 million Hong Kong dollars is under active construction. Desalination technology has reached the stage of industrial application, while the use of biodiesel, wind energy, and solar energy is showing promising progress. Over the past few years, Qingdao Economic and Technological Development Zone has focused on achieving rapid and sustainable economic growth by promoting a circular economy and energy conservation measures. In particular, new energy utilization is progressing well, with a number of new energy projects and projects related to resource recycling being implemented one after another, making this development zone a leader in the utilization of new energy and the promotion of a circular economy in our city. The development zones are key areas for the economic development of our city, as well as high-end regions for manufacturing in the entire province. As the regional economy develops at a rapid pace, in order to alleviate the resource pressures resulting from this fast growth, these development zones focus on developing industries with low consumption levels such as high-tech and modern service industries. At the same time, they implement strategies for the development and utilization of new energy sources in a planned and targeted manner. Market-based approaches are used to support high-tech, energy-saving, and environmental-friendly industries such as waste-to-energy generation, seawater utilization, and sewage treatment. There is strong promotion of the development and use of new energy sources such as solar, wind, biomass, and ocean energy, and a number of new energy-saving and environmental-friendly projects as well as new energy projects with broad market prospects have been established in these zones and are growing rapidly. The municipal solid waste incineration power generation project, carried out in collaboration between this district and Qingdao Green Power Renewable Energy Co., Ltd., is a representative example of such projects. Utilizing advanced technologies from around the world, this project can not only completely transform the way domestic waste is disposed of in the development area and reduce environmental pollution, but it can also generate 66.22 million kWh of electricity per year, bringing significant economic benefits to the enterprise. In terms of the development and utilization of ocean energy as a new form of energy, the development zone has made significant efforts and is at the forefront nationwide. On November 10 this year, China’s first seawater desalination unit with the largest single-unit capacity, the highest level of technological sophistication, and the smallest floor area per unit – a 10,000-ton/day reverse osmosis desalination system – was officially put into operation at Huangdao Power Plant. It is expected that by the end of the 11th Five-Year Plan period, the plant will be able to produce 106,000 tons of desalinated seawater per day. The “ceramic multi-porous reverse osmosis membrane” technology developed by the private tech company Coretech has reduced the cost of each cubic meter of desalinated water from 40 yuan to around 10 yuan. The seawater-based heating and cooling project for Phase 3 of Millennium Dragon Garden, launched under a market-oriented operation model, pioneered the use of seawater energy in commercial residential buildings across the country. At the same time, the development and utilization of new energy sources such as biodiesel and wind energy are also showing positive trends. Currently, the development zone is actively building a new energy base that produces biodiesel using palm oil as the main raw material. It is expected that in the coming years, the production of biodiesel and alcohol-based blended fuels will account for around 20% of the region’s total energy consumption. In the development of major projects, the development zone also focuses on energy conservation, environmental protection, and resource recycling. The six large-scale industrial clusters form the foundation of the industry in this development zone, and a number of high-tech energy-saving and environmental protection projects linked to these clusters have grown rapidly, becoming essential components of the extensive industrial chains. Relying on leading petrochemical projects such as Da Lianyou and Lido Chemical, the development zone has attracted a number of cutting-edge environmental protection projects, including those from Zhongzhou Environmental Protection and Singapura Sembcorp Water, which are at the forefront both domestically and internationally. According to statistics, the development zone currently has 41 various new types of environmental protection industry projects and new energy development projects, covering areas such as solar energy utilization, waste-to-energy generation, wind power generation, and sewage treatment, offering broad market prospects. Among them, the projects that have been put into operation have generated an annual output value of 200 million yuan; once most of the other projects under construction are completed, it will enable the circular economy in Qingdao Development Zone to truly embark on a path of sustainable and scaled development.