The Shaanxi Provincial Environmental Protection Department is actively promoting the Shenhua Dowuyilin project

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This post was last edited by jordan569 on 19:56, January 6, 2013. On October 9, 2010, the Environmental Protection Department of Shaanxi Province organized a meeting to discuss the emission standards for key pollutants related to the Shenhua Dow Yulin Circular Economy Coal Comprehensive Utilization Project. Representatives from the Shaanxi Provincial Development and Reform Commission, Shenhua Coal-to-Oil Company, Dow Chemical, and the Yulin Environmental Protection Bureau attended the meeting. The meeting discussed issues such as the emission of major pollutants in the Shenhua-Dow Chemicals project. Shenhua agreed to purchase sulfur dioxide emission allowances through the trading platform on a proportional basis. Dow Chemical said it would seek the opinions of its company’s management to clarify its purchasing intentions, identify the entity responsible for the purchase, and proceed with the relevant procedures as soon as possible. The Shaanxi Provincial Environmental Protection Department stated that it hopes the project owners will take proactive actions to accelerate the preliminary work for the project, so that, through the joint efforts of both parties, the project can be implemented as soon as possible. In the first quarter of 2010, the Shenhua-Dow Chemical Yulin joint venture project received the **approval from the Energy Bureau. **The Energy Bureau requires that the entities involved in the Shenhua Dow project comply with the requirements for Sino-foreign joint ventures, further refine the project feasibility studies, ensure that all construction conditions are met, and carry out preliminary work such as land use planning, environmental protection measures, soil and water conservation efforts, and water resource assessments. According to data from Yaha Consulting, the Shenhua Dow Yulin Coal Chemical Project is located in the northern area of the Qingshui Gou site within the Yushen Coal Chemical Industrial Park, and it will primarily utilize the abundant coal and rock salt resources available in Yulin. The main factory complex covers an area of about 13 square kilometers. The factory consists of 23 process units, along with supporting utility systems, auxiliary production facilities, and storage and transportation facilities. The production facilities include key units such as 3.32 million tons per year of methanol, 1.22 million tons per year of MTO (methanol-to-olefins), and 500,000 tons per year of chlor-alkali products, as well as downstream derivatives. Shenhua-Dow is invested and built by Shenhua Coal-to-Oil Chemical Co., Ltd. and Dow Chemical (China) Investment Co., Ltd. The first phase of the project is planned to require an investment of around 10 billion dollars, making it the largest coal chemical project in the world to date. The project was launched in Shenmu County, Yulin City, Shaanxi Province, in November 2009. . Note # ) # # , .