"China Alternative Energy Research Report"

〖Contents〗 Introduction Chapter 1: Classification of Alternative Fuels and Their Development Section 1: Coal Liquefaction Section 2: Methanol Gasoline Section 3: Dimethyl Ether Section 4: Ethanol Gasoline Section 5: Biodiesel Section 6: LPG Section 7: Compressed Natural Gas, Liquefied Natural Gas Section 8: Fuel Cell Chapter 2: The development trend and conditions of alternative fuels in China Section 1: Coal to Oil Section 2: Methanol Fuel Section 3: Dimethyl Ether Section 4: Fuel Ethanol Section 5: Biodiesel Part 1: Development Chapter 1: Analysis of World Petroleum Resources Situation Section 1: World Petroleum Resources Situation Section 2: World oil supply and demand in recent years Section 3: The development status and policy orientation of the alternative petroleum energy industry Chapter 2: Analysis of Foreign Alternative Oil Development Section 1: The development history of foreign alternative oil 1. The development of early alternative oil 2. The development of the second alternative oil 3. The development of the third alternative oil Section 2: Current status of foreign oil alternative development 1. Fuel ethanol 2. Coal liquefaction 3. Natural gas Section 3: Related * * Introduction to energy alternatives to oil 1. Germany 2. Brazil 3. South Africa Chapter 3: “Analysis of China’s Petroleum Alternative and Renewable Energy Development in the 11th Five-Year Plan Section 1: The background and significance of China’s energy diversification strategy 1. The current production and consumption of energy in China 2. The significance and implementation measures of energy diversification strategy Chapter 4: Analysis of regional development of alternative oil in China Section 1: Fuel Ethanol Section 2: Coal to Oil Chapter 3: Natural Gas Vehicles Section 4: Biodiesel Section 5: Methanol Fuel Section 6: Fuel Cells Part 2: Question Chapter 1: Analysis of China's Energy Issues Section 1: The current situation of China's oil supply 1. The pressure of insufficient supply is increasing day by day 2. The rigid characteristics of the consumption structure have become increasingly prominent 3. The possibility of oil supply interruption caused by emergencies still exists 4. The geopolitical situation of oil in China * * Complex environment section 2: China's energy situation is facing severe challenges in the future: 1. Low energy resources per capita, and a gap between supply and demand; 2. High energy consumption intensity, low efficiency, large waste, and unsustainable results with half the effort; 3. Innate deficiencies in the energy structure and serious environmental pollution. Section 3: Strategic plans to solve these problems 1. Strictly implement energy-saving measures, improve energy utilization efficiency and control the growth rate of total demand 2. Advocate diversified development, broaden energy channels and improve the energy structure 3. Resolutely and accelerate the promotion of fossil energy clean purification technology and environmentally friendly technology, 4. Strengthen domestic and foreign resource exploration, and make more appropriate use of foreign resources Section 4: Several suggestions for the implementation of petroleum substitution in China: 1. Develop petroleum substitute products through multiple channels; 2. The industrialization implementation plan for promoting coal-to-alcohol ether fuel should be implemented as soon as possible; 3. Pay attention to the "3E" impact research on the whole life cycle; 4. * * Support for oil substitution should be increased Part 3: Advantages Chapter 1: Competitive Analysis of Dimethyl Ether Section 1: Characteristics of Dimethyl Ether Section 2: Dimethyl ether has properties as a substitute for petroleum Section 3: From the perspective of sustainable development, resources for the production of dimethyl ether are guaranteed Section 4: As an alternative energy source, dimethyl ether’s contribution to the environment is competitive Section 5: The competitive advantages of dimethyl ether from an economic and technical perspective Section 6: Current status and future of dimethyl ether application fields Chapter 2: Research on Coal Liquefied Fuel Substituting Petroleum Section 1: The significance of implementing coal liquefaction Section 2: Global coal liquefied fuel development status 1. Direct coal liquefaction 2. Coal indirect liquefaction 3. Methanol consumption trend Section 3: Technical conditions for coal liquefaction 1. Direct coal liquefaction technology 2. Indirect coal liquefaction technology Section 4: Resource conditions for coal liquefaction 1. Relatively concentrated coal-rich areas 2. Complete variety 3. High ash content Section 5: Market conditions for coal liquefaction Section 6: Policy recommendations 1. * * It is necessary to increase investment in coal liquefaction research and development 2. * * It is necessary to formulate preferential tax policies 3. * * Financial support and policy support must be provided Chapter 3: Research on China’s fuel ethanol industry and its partial substitution for petroleum consumption Section 1: Current status of China’s fuel ethanol industry 1. Production technology and capabilities 2. Input-output analysis 3. Profit sensitivity analysis Section 2: Market Size Forecast Section 3: Impact on the corn market 1. Collusion of manufacturers 2. Popularization of wet processing Chapter 4: Biotransportation Fuels Research Section 1: Fuel Ethanol Section 2: Biodiesel Section 3: Biogas for Vehicles Part 4: Comparison Chapter 1: Economic analysis of various petroleum alternatives Section 1: Fuel ethanol 1. Raw material factors 2. Cost factors 3. Production factors 4. Technical factors Section 2: Coal liquefaction 1. Investment factors 2. Cost factors 3. Energy consumption factors Section 3: Natural Gas 1. Cost Factors 2. Technical Factors 3. Supply Factors Section 4: Biodiesel 1. Raw material factors 2. Cost factors 3. Usage factors Part 5: Strategy Chapter 1: Research on China’s Implementation of Oil Substitution Strategy Section 1: Key areas of petroleum substitution 1. Prioritize vehicle fuel 2. Solve the contradiction between production and demand of diesel and gasoline 3. Meet the growing demand for raw materials in the petrochemical industry Section 2: Ways to implement petroleum substitution strategy 1. Gas fuel 2. Synthetic liquid fuel 3. Alcohol ether fuel 4. Biomass fuel Section 3: Main illustrations of the conclusions on all-round optimal allocation of petroleum resources Figure 1: Distribution of global recoverable oil reserves Figure 2: Comparison of proven reserves of the world's three major conventional energy sources in 2005 Figure 3: Coal-based dimethyl ether production process flow chart 4: Figure 5 of the impact of investment costs of 5000t/d unit and coal price on dimethyl ether price: Figure 6 of the relationship between methanol cost, unit scale and coal price: Comparison of dimethyl ether and diesel costs at different crude oil prices Figure 7: Fuel ethanol production process flow diagram 8: Fuel ethanol market size estimation logic diagram 9: China’s oil consumption and GDP over the years (constant prices) Figure 10: Crude oil imports and apparent consumption Figure 11: Indirect path diagram of oil substitution 12: WTW comparison of energy efficiency and CO2 emissions of various alternative fuels Figure 13: Table 1 of main examples of the long-term outlook for China’s automotive petroleum consumption: China’s natural gas production and apparent consumption table 2: Table 3 China’s total energy production volume and composition in recent years: China’s coal consumption structure by industry Table 4: Methanol fuel is divided into direct use and indirect use Table 5: Overview of China’s crude oil production, import and consumption in the past five years Table 6: Comparison table 7 of the price of ethanol produced by a company using corn and the price of market gasoline: Physical properties of dimethyl ether and some conventional fuels Table 8: Comparable data table 9 related to storage, production and consumption in 2005: One-step direct synthesis of dimethyl ether technology comparison table 10: Progress in Emissions from Heavy Duty Diesel Engine Vehicles with Dimethyl Ether Table 11: Emissions and fuel consumption table 12 under road load conditions: Economic table of coal-based dimethyl ether process 13: Table 14 of the relationship between the cost price of dimethyl ether and the price of methanol: Power plant receiving facility cost table for different fuels15: Carbon dioxide emission table per unit power generation of different combustion-fired power generation devices16: Investment comparison table for direct coal liquefaction and refining projects Table 17: Coal direct liquefaction and refining project investment comparison table Public works consumption comparison table Table 18: Comparison of the technical and economic feasibility of several petroleum (fuel oil) alternatives Table 19: 15 in the world * * Table 20 of the development of compressed natural gas vehicles and CNG filling stations in or regions: part of europe * * Biodiesel development status table 21: Product composition % obtained by hydrogenolysis with nickel-containing catalyst Table 22: Energy input and output analysis table of biomass energy products 23: Chinese fuel ethanol production enterprises table 24: 100,000 t/a fuel ethanol project production cost table 25: Sensitivity analysis of oil and corn prices to fuel ethanol profits Table 26: Long-term price table of corn and crude oil when the 100,000 t/a fuel ethanol project reaches the break-even point27: Autoregressive distributed lag model (ADL) fitting results Table 28: Autoregressive distributed lag model (ADL) Residual serial correlation test table 29: “Forecast of China’s potential market size of fuel ethanol during the 11th Five-Year Plan 30: Fuel-saving plan vehicle fuel demand forecast table 31: Diesel-gasoline ratio table produced by Chinese refineries 32: China gasoline and diesel import and export table 33: world some * * Shale oil resource reserve table 34: China’s policy table to promote the development of alternative fuels for automobiles 35: China * * Published Policy Table 36 related to alternative fuels for automobiles: China’s automobile alternative fuel popularity table 37: Table 38 on the popularity of gas vehicles in China: Hybrid vehicle development and production status table 39: Evaluation standard table for automotive fuels 40: China’s biomass fuel resource units: Thousand tons/year table 41: Economic comparison table of various coal-based synthetic fuels 42: Environmental comparison units for various alternative fuels: Greenhouse gas CO2 equivalent g/km table 43: Comprehensive evaluation table of various alternative fuels44: Freight turnover (% of P per billion ton kilometers) Table 45: Basic performance table of four types of batteries 46: Domestic biodiesel production equipment situation [data cited in this report] [development status data] ●China’s crude oil production and its year-on-year ●China’s crude oil import volume and its year-on-year ； Import volume as a proportion of consumption ● China’s crude oil processing volume and its year-on-year ● China’s current proven crude oil reserves as a proportion of the world ● China’s average annual growth rate of gasoline, coal, diesel and diesel production ● Average annual growth rate of domestic gasoline, coal and diesel consumption in various industries ● China’s coal production and its year-on-year ● China’s proven coal reserves, production and consumption as a proportion of the world’s total Important ● China’s natural gas production and its year-on-year performance ● China’s proven natural gas reserves only account for the world’s proportion ● National power generation and hydropower generation ● China’s thermal power generation as a proportion of total power generation ● The energy consumption of steel, chemical, building materials and other industries respectively account for the proportion of the country’s total ● China’s current dimethyl ether production capacity ● The main distribution areas of domestic dimethyl ether production capacity and their respective Proportion of total domestic capacity ● China’s dimethyl ether production and apparent consumption ● Production capacity of dimethyl ether projects currently under construction ● Global biofuel ethanol production and production in Brazil and the United States ● U.S. ethanol production capacity ● Total production capacity of four domestic fuel ethanol designated plants in 2006 ● European biodiesel’s share of the world ● EU biodiesel production and its share of refined oil Market share ●Biofuel blending ratio in transportation fuels in EU member states ●German biodiesel annual output ●Japanese biodiesel production capacity ●U.S. biodiesel production capacity ●China’s refined oil consumption and diesel consumption ●LPG car ownership and the number of LPG gas stations ●CNG car ownership and the number of CNG filling stations ●Imported LNG volume ● * * Control indicators for the consumption of grain ethanol ● Cost per ton of ethanol in Brazil ● The raw material radius of fuel ethanol is approximately the same as the market radius ● The contribution of the US fuel ethanol industry to GDP ● The employment opportunities created by the US fuel ethanol industry and its contribution to the United States * * Increased household income ●The U.S. fuel ethanol industry provides federal * * and local states * * Increased tax revenue ● Global fuel ethanol production in 2006 ● Amount of corn used by ethanol production plants in the United States and its output in 2006 ● Brazil’s fuel ethanol production quantity and output value in 2006 ● China’s crude oil production and import and export volume in 2005 ● China’s crude oil processing volume and its equivalent Comparison ●China's ethylene production capacity and world ranking ●Synthetic resin production capacity and world ranking ●Synthetic fiber capacity and world ranking ●Synthetic rubber production capacity and world ranking ●China's crude oil processing volume and the volume of the three major oil products of gasoline, diesel and coal ●2003, 2004 and 2005 Annual net imported oil ● The respective proportions of oil reserves in the United States, Japan, Europe and China ● China’s crude oil production growth rate and annual crude oil production and demand in 2006 [development trend data] ● China’s domestic demand for refined oil (steam, coal and diesel) in 2010 and 2015 ● Average annual growth rate of China’s refined oil (steam, coal and diesel) in 2010 and 2015 ● China’s oil import volume in 2010 ● The United States in 2012 * * Mandatory ethanol usage ● Domestic market demand for dimethyl ether in 2010 and 2015 ● Proportion of ethanol to total U.S. transportation fuel consumption in 2030 ● Global annual fuel ethanol consumption in the next 10 years ● Number of natural gas buses used in Beijing and its proportion of total buses in 2008 ● Grain production and grain gap in 2010 ● Corn planting area in 2010 Accumulation ● Fuel ethanol production and the proportion of substituted gasoline in 2017 ● Proportion of ethanol in gasoline in 2010 ● Domestic annual ethylene production and paraxylene production in 2010 ● Ethylene raw material demand and aromatics reforming raw material demand in 2010 ● China’s chemical oil consumption gap in 2010 ● Domestic oil demand in 2010 and domestic self-production and substitution capabilities ● 2020 * * Oil demand and self-production, substitution and import volumes

China Alternative Energy Research Report: Alcohol and ether fuels are the first choice for future alternative energy sources "China Economic Weekly" (excerpt) As the starting point of China's alternative energy strategy, * * The National Development and Reform Commission takes the lead and jointly * * Office of Energy, Ministry of Science and Technology, Ministry of Health, State Environmental Protection Administration, * * The Forestry Bureau and other departments have organized more than ten authoritative experts from coal, chemical, automobile and other industries. The research on China's alternative energy, which lasted for half a year, has achieved phased results. The "China Alternative Energy Research Report" has been revised and improved recently and put forward clear conclusions and policy recommendations. The report will be sent directly to the State Council as a central * * An important basis for decision-making on the development direction of China's energy industry. In the past two years, more and more experts have begun to pay attention to and promote the status quo and development of alternative energy, and related * * The ministries and commissions have also organized research teams to inspect alternative energy pilot areas many times, and have gradually gained preliminary opinions on the future development direction and focus of alternative energy. Alternative energy is an old topic that has been debated in the country for more than 20 years. In the past two years, with the continuous rise of international oil prices, alternative energy has once again become a hot topic. Theoretically, alternative energy can alleviate or even solve China's economy's high dependence on oil. However, the technology, performance, safety, environmental protection, cost and other indicators of alternative energy are also unavoidable practical problems. However, the survey conclusion shows that among many alternative energy sources, coal-based alcohol ether fuel may become one of the first projects to be considered for development. In early 2006, by * * The National Development and Reform Commission took the lead in officially launching alternative energy research. To this end, a special leadership group was established, divided into five thematic working groups: comprehensive, standards, technology, economy, and environmental health. This has been the central government since the founding of the People's Republic of China * * It is the highest level, largest scale, most systematic and in-depth investigation and research conducted in the field of alternative energy. In mid-April, by * * The Alternative Energy Standards Working Group, led by the Ministry of Industry and Communications of the Standardization Management Committee, conducted on-site research on coal-based methanol fuel in Shanxi, Shaanxi and Henan provinces. In late June, by * * A comprehensive task force on alternative energy composed of personnel from the Ministry of Science and Technology, the State Environmental Protection Administration and other units went to Shanxi to investigate the replacement of petroleum with coal-based alcohol ether fuel. This is the continuation of * * After the alternative energy standards task force visited Shanxi, Shaanxi and Henan, another working group came to Shanxi to investigate such issues. The research team visited eight enterprises and institutions in four cities: Taiyuan, Jinzhong, Changzhi and Jincheng. The entire process from methanol production, to the research and manufacturing of engines and exhaust gas purifiers, modification of in-use vehicles, methanol gasoline and diesel blending and filling stations, M100 bus operation fleet and socialized operation of M15 methanol gasoline was investigated. It shows that the development of Shanxi Province in the development of methanol fuel and clean (methanol) vehicles is basically summarized in three stages. first stage: “The experimental and exploratory phase that began during the Sixth Five-Year Plan ； second stage: “The Ninth Five-Year Plan has entered a new stage of demonstration ； The third stage: “The Tenth Five-Year Plan has entered the industrialization demonstration stage ； “The engineering practice of methanol vehicles in Shanxi Province was carried out in accordance with the ideas and methods of system engineering. During this period, four projects were undertaken * * Engineering and foreign cooperation projects ； Obtained 22 items * * patent ； Two local standards have been promulgated and 18 more standards are being formulated. ” For more than 20 years, Shanxi Province has conducted a large number of experimental research and industrial demonstrations on methanol fuel and methanol vehicles, which are characterized by the large number of participating companies and the full range of categories. Currently, within Shanxi Province, the enterprise categories cover the production and development of methanol fuel and additives, the manufacturing of methanol-specific engines, the manufacturing of special methanol filling equipment and exhaust gas purification catalytic converters. There are also modification technologies for using pure methanol fuel in vehicles in use. “Since the 10th Five-Year Plan, Shanxi Province has sold a total of 200,000 tons of M15 methanol gasoline, refueling more than 8-10 million vehicles, sold more than 60,000 tons of M85-M100 methanol fuel in the past three years, and produced and modified 1,440 high-proportion methanol fuel vehicles. At present, M15 methanol gasoline blended with a low proportion has been promoted and used throughout Shanxi Province. The working group not only held multiple special working meetings, but also visited some alternative energy pilot areas for field inspections and surveys. In mid-July, the National Development and Reform Commission’s “Alternative Energy Research Working Group” completed the “China Alternative Energy Research Report—Key Research on Alternative Vehicle Fuels.” The experts of the research team put forward preliminary opinions on the direction and focus of China's development of alternative energy, and achieved many consensuses on controversial issues in pilots and research. Among the various alternative energy sources that can be used for vehicle fuel, the working group conducted research and demonstrations and the preliminary conclusion is that: Methanol is economically feasible as an alternative fuel for vehicles. As long as operating procedures are followed, the impact on human health that is feared by the outside world will not be great. ； The future of dimethyl ether is very good. Coal should be the main raw material, and large-scale production projects with an annual output of more than 2 million tons should be considered. ； Biomass oil, including ethanol gasoline, should "not compete with the people for food or land", expand the source of raw materials, and reasonably consider the transportation radius ； Coal-to-liquids will enter a period of rapid development after 2010, and blind investment should be avoided at present. Research shows that in recent years, the continuous rise in international oil prices has had a huge impact on our country's economy, and our dependence on foreign oil has exceeded 40%. Due to factors such as my country's rapid growth in oil demand and instability in hot spots around the world, * * energy security faces serious challenges. For this reason, finding alternative oil resources is an urgent matter. Among many alternative energy sources, it is imperative to first promote coal-based alcohol ether fuel to replace gasoline and diesel. participate * * Experts surveyed by the National Development and Reform Commission in Shanxi said that after 2020, global oil supply will be tight. China's annual oil demand will exceed the current level by then, and import dependence may also increase from 43% in 2005. To this end, China should increase the development and utilization of alternative energy and promote the diversified development of alternative energy including coal-based alcohol ether fuel, biomass liquid fuel, coal-to-liquids, natural gas and other alternative energy sources. Currently, among various alternative energy sources, vehicle fuel may be the focus of research and development. Transportation accounts for about 50% of China's oil consumption. Previously, experimental studies on replacing gasoline with methanol fuel have been carried out in Shanxi, Shandong, Yunnan, Sichuan and other places. The use of ethanol gasoline for vehicles has been promoted in all five provinces of Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Henan, and Anhui, and in parts of Hebei, Shandong, Jiangsu, and Hubei. Based on coal, diversified development and focusing on the development of alcohol and ether fuels may become the main content of the development of alternative energy in recent years. ”It should be noted that the production of coal-based alcohol ether fuel requires a large amount of water, and the protection of water resources and the environment must be strengthened. At the same time, various regions have rushed to launch large-scale coal chemical projects in recent years, and macro-control needs to be strengthened to ensure standardized and orderly development. In addition, experts also pointed out that * * Centralized leadership and management should be implemented for alternative energy, and at the same time, combined with the development strategy of the automobile industry, we should accelerate the advancement of policies, norms, standards, supporting measures, etc., and complete demonstration projects. At present, alternative energy research mainly focuses on two aspects:: The first is coal-based alternative liquid fuels (including methanol, dimethyl ether, and synthetic oil). The second is biomass liquid fuel (ethanol, bio, diesel). Among them, methanol gasoline with a content of less than 15% and more than 85% may be a feasible development direction in the future. It is predicted that in a few years, methanol fuel may be widely used in the market. The survey results show that Shanxi Province has taken the lead in the country in creating an era in which batch cars do not drink oil and drink "methanol". It is the earliest region in my country to carry out the research and development and use of methanol fuel. The promotion of methanol fuel should have a relatively complete set of "planning plans", "policy measures", "management systems" and "safety operating procedures" that basically meet the needs, and there should be an access management system that is scientific, reasonable and has a high starting point. At present, Shanxi Province has completed the research and compilation of a standard system consisting of 20 standards. In response to the controversy over methanol fuel in society, great emphasis should be placed on seeking scientific conclusions through engineering practice. How it works is: Relying on enterprises as the main body, using the market as the platform, seeking truth and pragmatism, and constantly achieving phased results, Shanxi Province has reached the conclusion of "technologically mature, economically feasible, environmentally friendly, safe and reliable" at both ends of one high (M85-M100) and one low (M5-M15). It can be seen that in the face of the inevitable fact that my country's energy structure will be dominated by coal as primary energy for a long time, converting coal into clean fuel for alcohol-ether vehicles is an important strategic development direction for energy security in my country. According to other investigations, the following problems still exist:: First, standards lag. Although there are local standards or enterprise standards in various places, the standards lack systematicity. Generally, there are only fuel standards but no corresponding standards for storage, transportation, filling and vehicles. The overall situation is relatively lagging and unsystematic. The second is poor publicity. this time * * The Alternative Energy Standard Working Group organized by the Standardization Management Committee conducted on-site research in three provinces. In particular, Shanxi Province has conducted systematic application research on methanol fuel for more than 20 years and achieved a large number of results and important conclusions. However, due to insufficient publicity work, a considerable part of society still has an inherent understanding of methanol. At the pilot promotion site, there are still problems such as incomplete and unobtrusive signs, and insufficient publicity for social welfare. This is quite different from the publicity intensity of ethanol fuel pilot promotion. Why choose "coal-based alcohol ether fuel" 1. Because the overall situation of domestic energy resources is rich in coal, short of oil and gas, and the total amount of renewable energy is limited. “Therefore, among the currently recoverable fossil energy sources, only coal can be mined for more than a hundred years. ” Among coal reserves, high-sulfur and low-quality coal accounts for 40-50% of the total resources. This low-quality coal cannot be used as primary energy, but clean utilization technology of coal can be used to make it into secondary energy sources that can replace petroleum - methanol and dimethyl ether, that is, coal-based alcohol ether fuel. 2. The technical foundation of the coal-based alcohol ether fuel industry is now in place. Domestic production of methanol using high-sulfur, low-quality coal is at the forefront of the world. The source of raw materials is stable and reliable, and a production scale has initially been formed. 3. my country's production of methanol and dimethyl ether mainly uses abandoned high-sulfur and low-quality coal and coke oven gas vented and polluted during coke production as raw materials. This is the greatest saving in energy resources and is low-cost. Using high-sulfur coal and released coke oven gas, converter gas, and blast furnace gas resources can provide abundant coal-based alcohol ether fuel for the development of the automobile industry. Cheap oil has created an era of petroleum-based vehicles, and high-sulfur and low-quality coal will create a new era of clean fuel for coal-based vehicles. 4. “Our country is a major producer and user of coal. In the long run, our country should now develop coal polygeneration technology. ‘The first output product of polygeneration technology is methanol. Therefore, the development of alcohol-ether fuel and alcohol-ether vehicles is in line with the direction of comprehensive utilization of coal in the future, and can also build an efficient coal-based clean energy system in our country. ” 5. At present, domestic methanol engine technology has been basically solved. Since the late 1970s, the original * * Science and Technology Commission and * * Organized by the Economic and Trade Commission, with the joint participation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, chemical industry, petroleum, transportation, health and other departments, Shanxi, Shandong, Yunnan, Sichuan and other places have conducted experimental research on the replacement of gasoline with methanol fuel. In particular, Shanxi Province has conducted a large number of technological research and development from methanol-blended gasoline to flexible fuel vehicles, and completed the system development and manufacturing of engines, couplings, rubber and plastic parts, exhaust purifiers, and anti-corrosion inhibitors and co-solvents. Three generations of all-methanol engines have been developed. The power performance of a 1-liter methanol engine is equivalent to that of a 1.3-liter gasoline engine. After nearly 20 years of demonstration operation, sufficient operational application data and successful experience have been accumulated. Based on this, with the support of the new generation of coal chemical technology, the time is ripe to develop and promote alcohol-ether fuel and methanol vehicles. “Facts have proved that it is feasible to replace gasoline with methanol. It is a cleaner, safer and more reasonable fuel. As a vehicle fuel, methanol fuel has obvious advantages in terms of economy, environmental protection and safety. ” At present, my country has been able to produce methanol engines and methanol vehicles. Shanxi's research and development of methanol fuel and engines starting from the "Sixth Five-Year Plan" has achieved phased results. Methanol vehicles with independent intellectual property rights have been put into demonstration operation in Shanxi Province with good results. Shanxi Province is made up of * * Leading the promotion of methanol gasoline and methanol vehicles, thereby driving the development of the methanol industry chain. From 2005 to this year, the output is expected to reach 400,000 tons to 800,000 tons, which is suitable for Shanxi Province's industrial adjustment and deep processing of raw materials. Governor Yu Youjun held a special meeting, and the "top leaders" of all departments and bureaus participated to study the issues of methanol gasoline and methanol vehicles, and come up with more detailed plans. There is no resistance to development. September 11, 2006