Lingang Area

The low carbon satellite city of Lingang is located in the southeastern part. Shanghai and is intended
to house 800,000 people. The city is . As a result of this, even in the earliest stages of urban
developent, energy was accounted for. Three primary considerations were made [1]:

1. Reduction of energy demands through urban design (new technology to reduce thermal losses,
following green building standards.

2. Implementation of a suitable local energy mix through optimisation of local renewable energy
sources whilst minimising fossil fuel use

3. Design of the local energy system to optimise efficiency (coupled heating and cooling networks)

This reduced CO2 emissions and electricity peak load by and estimated 50% and residents energy
bills by 10%[1].

Current Energy Sources

1. Distributed Solar Power

Utilises roof-top solar photovoltaic power technology. It was estimated that this resulted in a
reduction of 73,000 tons of CO2 emitted per year [3]. Furthermore, gas consumption is fell by 23,000
tons per year and coal consumption by about 32,000 tons per year. Environmental concerns that
arose from using PV cells are to be addressed by adequate disposal methods at their end of life. The
project was split into more than 30 sub-projects [3].

Energy type Renewable Energy; Solar power

Investment RMB 750 million [3]
Status Varying (per sub-project)
Capacity 100 MW (1,155 hours per year) [3]

2. Shanghai Lingang Demonstration

The project is split into two phases (Shanghai Lingang Demonstration I and II). A total of 53 turbines:
25 in farm 1 and 28 in farm 2 [7,8].

Energy type Offshore wind farm

Investment CNY 1.76 billion [6]
Status Operational (commissioned 2012; 2016) [7,8]
Capacity 200MW (100, 100.8) [6]

3. LNG Power Station

A natural-gas-fired power plant to meet rising demand for clean energy. LNG is imported from
Malaysia Petronas [9].

Energy type Thermal power stations; LNG

Investment US$0.8 billion [5]
Status Operational (?) [9]
Capacity 1,400 [4]
4. Hydrogen industrial park

Partnership between Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shenergy Group and Lingang Group to build a
“hydrogen and fuel cell-related ecosystem” [2].

Energy type Fuel cells. “Integrates hydrogen production & filling, core fuel cell stack,
system integration, pilot operation” [2]
Investment RMB 10 billion [2]
Status Yet to be built
Capacity Unknown

Potential Energy Sources

1. Biological Waste

Many areas, including Buenos Aires, Denver, Phoenix, Birmingham (UK), Dhaka, Cape Town, Hong
Kong, Mumbai, Mexico City, and Ho Chi Minh City are capturing landfill gas to produce electricity or
heat, serving to reduce the GHG emissions from the waste sector and reduce the demand and
associated emissions from other energy fuels (Broto and Bulkeley, 2013). Beijing is recovering
methane from chicken manure, reducing CO2 emissions by approximately 88 kton per year (Zhao,
2010). Similarly, New York is experimenting with producing renewable gas from wastewater (see
Case Study 12.3). [1]

2. Biomass

Description
Sources

[1] Climate Change and Cities Second Assessment Report of the Urban Climate Change Research
Network

[2] http://autonews.gasgoo.com/70016405.html

[3] https://www.ndb.int/lingang-china/

[4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_major_power_stations_in_Shanghai

[5]
https://www.nsenergybusiness.com/news/newsshenergy_constructs_gasfired_power_plant_in_ling
ang_090619/

[6] https://www.windpowermonthly.com/article/1293975/sinovel-begins-installation-102mw-
lingang-project

[7] https://www.thewindpower.net/windfarm_en_18555_shanghai-lingang-demonstration-1.php

[8] https://www.thewindpower.net/windfarm_en_23171_shanghai-lingang-(phase-2).php

[9] https://www.power-technology.com/uncategorised/news57849-html/

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