40% small hydropower stations out of service  

我国近四成小水电站处于停止或半停止运行状态

近年来，国家加大了对水电发展的扶持力度，小水电资源丰富的省份也相继出台政策扶持水电开发，加快了水电项目建设步伐。但是，一些已建成的水电站却面临不小的困难。水利部公报数据显示，截至2012年底，全国已建成小水电站49387座,总装机容量已达到6347万千瓦，约占可开发容量的48.6%；而小水电站实际发电总量仅3737万千瓦，不足装机总容量的60%，有近四成小水电站处于停止或半停止运行状态。[查看全文]

Nearly 40 percent of small hydropower stations across China are out of service or not fully operational, the Economic Daily reported on Sunday.

Statistics from the Ministry of Water Resources show that by late 2012, China had established 49,387 small hydropower stations with an installed capacity of 63.47 million kilowatts, but they only generated 37.37 million kilowatts of power -- no more than 60 percent of the overall capacity.

China is determined to push forward reforms in energy production and consumption, according to Chinese Premier Li Keqiang at the first meeting of the incumbent National Energy Commission last month.

The country will embark on the construction of new nuclear power plants on the eastern coast, as well as hydropower stations, wind and solar power stations and ultra-high-voltage transmission lines to send power from west to east.

To diversify energy sources, China will promote the use of unconventional oil and gas such as shale gas, shale oil, coal-bed methane and tight gas.

China is the world's largest energy consumer. In 2012, it accounted for 20 percent of the world's total primary energy demand.