With the implementation of coal-fired boiler renovation projects, a nationwide environmental protection boom in boiler renovation has been launched. Coupled with the implementation of subsidy policies by relevant departments for coal-fired boiler users who renovate on schedule, this "green revolution" has become even more popular.
Gansu Province www.yn-boiler.com
★ 2018 Lanzhou City's Latest Special Fund Subsidy Measures for Upgrading and Retrofitting Coal-fired Boilers
Lanzhou City provides financial support in the form of "rewards instead of subsidies" to owners of coal-fired boiler renovation and treatment facilities, following the principle of "choosing smaller projects over larger ones." The specific subsidy method is as follows:
1. A subsidy of RMB 100,000 per ton of steam will be provided for the clean energy transformation of a single coal-fired boiler with a capacity of 1 ton/hour or 0.7 MW (inclusive) or more.
2. For coal-fired heating boilers that have been upgraded and treated to meet the national special emission limits for air pollutants from boilers, a subsidy of 50,000 yuan per ton of steam will be provided, with the subsidy amount not exceeding 30% of the total investment of the project;
3. For clean energy retrofits of coal-fired heating boilers in public utilities (including schools, health centers, hospitals, township governments or street offices and other public utilities) with a capacity of 1 ton/hour or less or less than 0.7 megawatts, subsidies will be provided based on the actual heating area, with a subsidy standard of 100 yuan/square meter.
Henan Province www.yn-boiler.com
★ The latest subsidy standards for coal-fired boiler renovation and treatment in 2018
Prior to the release of the "Implementation Plan for the Battle Against Air Pollution in Henan Province in 2018", Henan Province had not issued specific boiler subsidy standards. Instead, various cities and counties in Henan had issued local subsidy standards for the renovation of coal-fired boilers and the renovation of low-nitrogen combustion boilers.
Henan Province is implementing a funding subsidy method that decreases annually:
1. A subsidy of no less than 60,000 yuan per ton of steam will be given to coal-fired boilers that have been dismantled or modified before the end of October 2018;
2. A subsidy of no less than 40,000 yuan per ton of steam will be given to coal-fired boilers that have been dismantled or modified before the end of October 2019;
3. No further subsidies will be given to coal-fired boilers that have been dismantled or modified by the end of October 2020.
In addition, the boiler elimination methods mainly include dismantling and elimination, replacement of centralized heating boilers, coal-to-gas conversion, coal-to-electricity conversion, conversion to geothermal, wind, solar, and biomass energy equipped with bag filters. It does not include conversion to clean coal, coal-water slurry, anthracite, semi-coke, green coke, crude oil, etc. The dismantling of coal-fired boilers must involve dismantling the chimney or physically cutting off the flue to prevent them from resuming production.
It is strictly prohibited to use shut-down or obsolete coal-fired boilers to fraudulently obtain subsidies. When converting coal-fired boilers to natural gas, low-nitrogen retrofitting must be carried out simultaneously.
Hebei Province www.yn-boiler.com
★ Measures for Subsidizing Special Funds for the Treatment of Coal-fired Boilers
Hebei Province has a large number of industrial boilers, making the elimination of coal-fired boilers under 10 tons a very challenging task. To support the steady progress of pollution control efforts, Hebei Province has formulated the "Hebei Provincial Measures for the Management of Fiscal Subsidies for Comprehensive Air Pollution Control," with detailed boiler subsidy information as follows:
1. Subsidy standards for coal-to-electricity conversion in rural areas
A subsidy of 85% of the investment in household equipment purchase and installation (including indoor wiring renovation) will be provided, with a maximum subsidy of 7,400 yuan per household. The subsidy will be shared equally by the province and the city/county, with the remainder borne by the user. A subsidy of 0.2 yuan/kWh will be provided for residential electricity consumption during the heating season, with the province, city, and county each bearing one-third of the cost. The maximum subsidized electricity consumption per household is 10,000 kWh. The subsidy policy and standards are tentatively set for three years.
2. Subsidy standards for gas-for-coal conversion in rural areas
A subsidy of 70% of the investment in the purchase and installation of gas equipment for each household will be provided, with a maximum subsidy of 2,700 yuan per household. This subsidy will be shared equally by the province and the city/county, with the remainder borne by the user. A gas price subsidy of 1 yuan per cubic meter will be provided for heating gas, with a maximum subsidized gas volume of 1,200 cubic meters per household per year. This subsidy will be shared equally by the province, city, and county, with the subsidy policy and standards tentatively set for three years. A maximum investment subsidy of 4,000 yuan per household will be provided for the construction of village-level in-home pipelines, with 1,000 yuan borne by the province and 3,000 yuan by the city/county.
3. Subsidy Standards for Coal-fired Boiler Treatment
The subsidy funds will be used to subsidize the renovation and elimination of coal-fired boilers. The subsidy is 30,000 yuan per steam ton for boilers that are removed and demolished separately, and 80,000 yuan per steam ton for boilers that are transformed to clean energy.
4. Subsidy Standards for the Closure and Elimination of Thermal Power Plants
The provincial government provides a subsidy of 300 yuan per kilowatt for shut-down generating units, which has been included in the national "13th Five-Year Plan". This excludes units scheduled for elimination and shutdown, units illegally constructed, units that have reached the end of their service life, and units that choose to trade power capacity quotas.
Shandong Province www.yn-boiler.com
★ Qingdao Coal-fired Boiler Elimination and Remediation Subsidy Standards
Since the beginning of 2017, Qingdao has issued a total of 240 million yuan in subsidies for the treatment and renovation of coal-fired boiler exhaust gas, which is the sum of the subsidies from 2014 to 2016. In 2018, the city will invest another 350 million yuan to subsidize the ultra-low emission renovation of coal-fired boilers.
From January to October 2017, Qingdao saw an increase of 16 days with "blue skies, white clouds, and twinkling stars" compared to the same period last year, reaching 289 days, accounting for more than 95% of the total days. The average concentrations of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and inhalable particulate matter (PM10) reached 35 micrograms per cubic meter and 70 micrograms per cubic meter, respectively, representing year-on-year improvements of 16.7% and 14.6%, the best levels in the same period in the past five years. The air quality ranked among the best in the province, and the city received 16.77 million yuan in reward funds from the provincial government in the first half of the year.
Qingdao Boiler Subsidy Policy Standards:
From 2014 to 2016, the municipal finance provided 230 million yuan in subsidies for the high-efficiency treatment and renovation projects of coal-fired boilers. Starting in 2016, a subsidy of 100,000 yuan per ton of steam was provided for the treatment and renovation of exhaust gas from coal-fired boilers (note: subsidies for boiler renovations began in 2016 and continue to this day). From the beginning of 2017 to the present, a total of 240 million yuan in subsidies has been issued, which is the sum of the previous three years (2016-2017). In 2018, another 350 million yuan will be invested to subsidize the ultra-low emission renovation of coal-fired boilers.
Jiangsu Province www.yn-boiler.com
★ Suqian Coal-fired Boiler Elimination and Rectification Fund Subsidy Scheme
1. Scope of boiler treatment:
By the end of 2017, the rectification of coal-fired boilers with a capacity of 10 tons/hour or less in the urban area and the rectification of coal-fired boilers with a capacity of 10-20 tons/hour within the coverage area of the natural gas pipeline network will be fully completed. By the end of 2018, the rectification of coal-fired boilers with a capacity of more than 20 tons/hour and 35 tons/hour or less in the urban area will be fully completed. By the end of 2017, all types of high-pollution fuel boilers in use within the high-pollution fuel prohibited zones in the urban area will be shut down or converted to clean energy sources such as natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas, and electricity.
2. Subsidy Measures for the Dismantling and Renovation of Coal-fired Boilers in Suqian:
To help businesses reduce the cost of switching to clean energy, the "Work Plan for Accelerating the Centralized Rectification of Coal-fired Boilers in Urban Areas" proposes a series of supporting policies and measures, and clarifies subsidy standards.
Enterprises using centralized heating will receive a one-time subsidy for dismantling coal-fired boilers, with steam prices negotiable by the enterprises themselves, and no separate subsidy will be provided. Energy costs will be subsidized for enterprises converting from coal to piped natural gas. Investment in the coal-to-electricity conversion will be subsidized for enterprises converting from coal to electricity. The subsidy policy for converting liquefied natural gas to piped natural gas is the same as for coal-to-piped natural gas boilers. The subsidy period is two years, 2017 and 2018.
The plan categorizes boiler renovation methods into four types and specifies subsidy standards: for those converted to centralized heating, subsidies are tiered based on the capacity of a single boiler, with the subsidy amount not exceeding the assessed replacement cost of the boiler.
For those who switch from coal to piped natural gas, a subsidy of 0.76 yuan per cubic meter will be provided based on the actual gas consumption for two consecutive years.
For coal-to-electricity conversion, a one-time subsidy of 20% of the investment amount will be provided; fourth, for liquefied natural gas to piped natural gas conversion, the subsidy standard is the same as that for coal-to-piped natural gas conversion.
Jilin Province www.yn-boiler.com
★ Changchun provides subsidies for the treatment and renovation of coal-fired boilers.
Changchun City, Jilin Province, is actively promoting the renovation and treatment of coal-fired boilers. Recently, the Changchun Environmental Protection Bureau approved 174 coal-fired boilers that met the application requirements, with a total renovation and treatment capacity of 9,180 tons. It is estimated that approximately 180 million yuan in government subsidies will be distributed.
To continuously improve the city's air quality, the Changchun Municipal Government has been increasing its financial investment and giving full play to the guiding role of fiscal funds to accelerate the upgrading and treatment of coal-fired boilers.
The "Changchun City 2017 Annual Fiscal Fund Subsidy Scheme for Pollution Control of Coal-fired Boilers" clearly stipulates the boiler subsidy standard, providing a subsidy of 20,000 yuan per ton for non-electric coal-fired boilers of 20 tons/hour or above that have completed pollution control and renovation on schedule.
In addition, to comprehensively ascertain the number of boilers meeting the application requirements, the Changchun Environmental Protection Bureau organized environmental monitoring stations to conduct compliance monitoring of coal-fired boilers, prioritizing monitoring of those intending to apply for the 2017 fiscal subsidy for coal-fired boiler pollution control. The bureau also held multiple coordination meetings to publicize and clarify the requirements for subsidy standards, urging relevant units to accelerate the progress of the fiscal subsidy work related to coal-fired boiler pollution control.
Jiangxi Province www.yn-boiler.com
★ Yichun Coal-fired Boiler Renovation and Elimination Subsidy Fund Issuance Method
In recent years, Yichun City has implemented a comprehensive energy-saving and environmental protection upgrade project for coal-fired boilers, eliminating 75% of coal-fired boilers with a capacity of 10 tons per hour or less in the city's central urban area, and prohibiting the construction of new coal-fired boilers with a capacity of 20 tons per hour or less; in principle, no new coal-fired boilers with a capacity of 10 tons per hour or less will be built in other areas.
Recently, the Jiangxi Provincial Department of Finance allocated special subsidies for boilers, providing subsidies to enterprises in the central urban area of Yichun City that eliminated coal-fired boilers with a capacity of 10 tons/hour or less in 2015-2016. The subsidy standards are as follows: 10,000 yuan per unit for eliminating coal-fired boilers with a capacity of 2 tons/hour or less; and 20,000 yuan per unit for eliminating coal-fired boilers with a capacity of 2-10 tons/hour.
Shandong Province www.yn-boiler.com
★ Shandong Government Subsidy Standards for Ultra-Low Emission Retrofitting of Coal-fired Boilers
To accelerate the ultra-low emission retrofitting of coal-fired power units (boilers) across the province and further improve air quality, Shandong Province, having already raised 426 million yuan in subsidies over two consecutive years, is expanding the scope of subsidies this year by allocating an additional 200 million yuan to reward cities that performed well in 2016. This will ensure that the ultra-low emission retrofitting of all coal-fired power units of 100,000 kilowatts and above, and single coal-fired boilers of 10 tons/hour or more, is completed by the end of 2018.
It is understood that the reward funds are divided into two parts:
First, a reward of 101.26 million yuan will be given for ultra-low emission retrofitting of coal-fired power units. The funds will be allocated according to the scale of ultra-low emission retrofitting of coal-fired power units below 100,000 kilowatts completed and accepted by each city, at a rate of 35,000 yuan/MW.
Second, a reward fund of 90 million yuan will be allocated for ultra-low emission transformation of coal-fired boilers. The fund will be based on the proportion of coal-fired boilers with a capacity of 10 tons/hour or more that have completed acceptance testing in each city, relative to the total number of boilers required for acceptance testing. Cities achieving a completion rate of 40% and ranking among the top three in the province will receive a reward of 30 million yuan per city. By leveraging the guiding and incentive role of fiscal funds, cities are encouraged to implement transformation, reduce emissions, and benefit early, ensuring the high-quality and efficient completion of the province's ultra-low emission transformation targets.
The retrofitting of coal-fired boilers has become a consensus. Zhengzhou Boiler Factory can achieve energy saving, consumption reduction and pollution reduction by implementing energy-saving retrofitting of coal-fired boilers. Moreover, if the existing coal-fired boiler has low energy consumption and has been in operation for a long time, Zhengzhou Boiler Factory can also tailor a coal-fired boiler retrofitting solution according to the specific conditions of the boiler site.
Zhejiang Province www.yn-boiler.com
★ Zhejiang's preferential subsidy policy for phasing out and dismantling coal-fired boilers
By the end of 2014, Zhejiang Province had approximately 39,500 registered boilers of various types, accounting for 10% of the total number of boilers in use nationwide. Among these, 95% of the coal-fired industrial boilers were below 10 tons/hour, characterized by their large number, small capacity, and low energy efficiency. By the end of last year, the province had eliminated 3,353 boilers (kilns), fulfilling the national target.
Zhejiang Province has issued the "Notice on Further Strengthening the Elimination and Transformation of Coal-fired (Heavy Oil) Boilers (Kilns)," which provides comprehensive support for the elimination and transformation of boilers (kilns) in terms of policy, funding, pricing, and resources. By the end of June this year, the provincial government will establish a province-wide database of elimination information, similar to Zhuji, which will include the elimination and transformation methods and photos of coal-fired boilers before and after transformation, as the basis for assessment, acceptance, and subsidy issuance.
In 2017, Zhejiang Province's environmental protection department will actively promote the elimination and transformation of coal-fired boilers (kilns), focusing on four key aspects.
First, there is the entry barrier. Whether the emissions of pollutants such as sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides meet the total emission control requirements is a prerequisite for the environmental impact assessment approval of construction projects. Projects with heavily polluting fuel boilers of less than 20 tons/hour are not allowed to go through environmental impact assessment procedures.
Second, strengthen supervision and increase law enforcement inspections.
Third, we will force companies to shut down coal-fired boilers that fail to be phased out as required. If the concentration or total amount of pollutants emitted exceeds the standard, the pollution discharge fee will be doubled; if both exceed the standard, the pollution discharge fee will be tripled.
Fourth, strengthen the assessment process and enhance supervision of related work.
Guangxi www.yn-boiler.com
★ Standards for Government Subsidies for the Renovation and Rectification of Small Coal-fired Boilers in Yulin Urban Area
Boiler dismantling and renovation targets in Guangxi: Coal-fired boilers with a capacity of 10 tons/hour or less within the built-up area;
The eligible recipients of subsidies for boiler renovation in Guangxi include: boilers that have been dismantled and deregistered, boilers that have been decommissioned and deregistered, coal-fired boilers that have been converted to natural gas, boilers that have been converted to centralized heating systems, coal-fired boilers that have been converted to oil-fired boilers (such as light diesel boilers, methanol boilers, and alcohol-based fuel boilers that use high-quality oil fuels), and boilers that use dedicated biomass briquettes (i.e., dedicated biomass boilers).
Note: Boilers that convert from coal to direct-fired biomass fuel will not be eligible for subsidies.
Guangxi Coal-fired Boiler Retrofit and Clean Energy Boiler Replacement Subsidy Scheme:
1. A subsidy of 10,000 yuan will be provided for every ton/hour of steam capacity of coal-fired steam boilers and coal-fired hot water boilers.
2. Adjustment coefficient: Based on the treatment method for small coal-fired boilers, two levels of coefficients are assigned:
(1) The coefficient for the demolition and cancellation method is 1;
(2) The coefficients for discontinuing and deregistering boilers, boilers converted from coal to gas, boilers converted from coal to electricity, coal-to-oil boilers, and coal-to-biomass briquette fuel boilers are 0.8.
The final government subsidy amount for the dismantling and renovation of coal-fired boilers is calculated by multiplying the basic standard by an adjustment coefficient.
Fujian Province www.yn-boiler.com
★ Fujian Province's Energy-Saving and Environmentally Friendly Upgrading Plan for Coal-Fired Boilers and Subsidy Measures for Clean and Environmentally Friendly Boilers
Fujian's targets for coal-fired boiler retrofitting and clean energy boiler replacement:
By 2018, the average operating efficiency of coal-fired industrial boilers will increase by 6 percentage points compared to 2013, and 4,000 tons of high-efficiency boilers will be promoted; by 2017, the province will have fully completed the task of upgrading, transforming and eliminating coal-fired boilers.
1. Promote High-Efficiency Boilers: Selection and promotion of boilers should primarily be based on energy efficiency test results. New, renovated, and expanded fixed asset investment projects and government procurement projects should prioritize products listed in the high-efficiency boiler promotion catalog or those with an energy efficiency rating of Level 1. (For example, Zhengzhou Boiler's circulating fluidized bed boiler is ranked first in the National Development and Reform Commission's high-efficiency boiler promotion catalog.)
2. Strictly control access to new coal-fired boilers: New coal-fired boilers with a capacity of less than 20 tons per hour are prohibited in the built-up areas of all prefecture-level cities; in principle, no new coal-fired boilers with a capacity of less than 10 tons per hour should be built in other areas. New coal-fired boilers are prohibited in areas covered by centralized heating networks.
3. Accelerate the elimination of outdated boilers: Within the prohibited combustion zone, enterprises are prohibited from burning raw (loose) coal, honeycomb briquettes, coke, charcoal, coal gangue, coal slime, coal tar, heavy oil, residual oil, various combustible wastes, and directly burning unprocessed biomass and other high-polluting fuels, as well as diesel, kerosene, and manufactured gas with pollutant content exceeding national limits. (Built-type biomass pellet fuel boilers that meet standards, are not directly combusted, and can be newly built.)
4. Promote fuel structure adjustment: In areas where heating and gas pipelines cannot cover, large-scale high-efficiency coal-fired boilers or back-pressure thermal power units can be built to achieve centralized regional heating, or clean fuel boilers such as electric, biomass briquettes, and coal-water slurry can be used, or clean coal combustion technology can be adopted. After the transformation, energy conservation and environmental protection requirements should be met.
5. Various development zones and industrial clusters such as chemical, ceramic, printing and dyeing, papermaking, leather making, and pharmaceutical industries should accelerate the implementation of centralized heating transformation or clean energy substitution, so that the chemical industry can use chemical waste boilers, natural gas steam boilers for chemical plants, environmentally friendly gas boilers for paper mills, gas steam boilers for leather factories, and low-nitrogen gas boilers for pharmaceutical factories.
Fujian coal-fired boiler treatment funding subsidies:
For coal-fired boiler renovation projects with an annual energy saving of 500 tons of standard coal or more, a reward of 200 yuan per ton of standard coal will be given by the provincial energy conservation and circular economy special fund. The use of contract energy management and other methods to guide enterprises and social capital to increase investment and establish a market-based long-term mechanism for implementing boiler energy-saving technology renovations is encouraged.
Sichuan Province www.yn-boiler.com
★ Sichuan offers policy and financial subsidies for energy-saving upgrades and renovations of coal-fired boilers.
In 2017, promoting the clean transformation of coal-fired boilers was an unavoidable tough battle for Sichuan Province, which included the elimination and upgrading of 2,414 coal-fired boilers with a capacity of 10 tons or less. As of the end of July 2017, about 50% of these boilers had been completed.
The "Implementation Rules of the Action Plan for Air Pollution Prevention and Control in Sichuan Province" clearly require that "by 2017, urban built-up areas at the prefecture level and above should basically eliminate coal-fired boilers with a capacity of less than 10 tons per hour and prohibit the construction of new coal-fired boilers with a capacity of less than 20 tons per hour."
In response, Sichuan Province has introduced specific subsidies for the upgrading and transformation of coal-fired boilers, including "coal-to-gas" and "coal-to-biomass" conversions.
The government subsidy standards for upgrading coal-fired boilers to electricity are as follows: For boilers and kilns with a single capacity of 1-10 tons of steam per kiln that are converted to electricity, a subsidy of 30,000 yuan per ton of steam was provided in 2017 and 20,000 yuan per ton of steam per kiln in 2018, with a total subsidy amount of more than 30 million yuan.
A case study of boiler conversion at a cardboard packaging factory in Sichuan: A 4-ton coal-fired boiler consumes approximately 60 tons of coal daily. If the boiler is converted to gas, the 4-ton boiler only requires 75 cubic meters of natural gas to produce 1 ton of steam. Calculations of the operating costs of the 4-ton coal-fired steam boiler and the 4-ton low-NOx natural gas steam boiler show that the cost per square meter of cardboard is reduced by one cent.
Qinghai Province www.yn-boiler.com
★ Latest government subsidy policy for boiler "coal-to-gas" conversion in Chengzhong District, Xining City, 2017
The goal of converting coal-fired boilers to gas-fired boilers:
Ensure that by September 30, 2017, the "coal-to-gas" conversion of 10 coal-fired boilers with a capacity of 4.29 tons per hour and individual small coal stoves within the area covered by the natural gas pipeline network in the coal-free zone is fully completed, eliminating the "black smoke" phenomenon within the coverage area of the natural gas pipeline network in the urban area, and further improving the air quality of the urban environment.
Subsidy funds for the renovation of coal-fired boilers and the treatment of clean energy in Chengzhong District, Xining
1. The subsidy for "coal-to-gas conversion" only covers the basic costs of the "coal-to-gas" conversion, which mainly includes the construction costs of natural gas engineering (connection fees, branch pipeline network sharing fees, engineering construction fees, and design fees), and the purchase costs of the boiler body and auxiliary facilities.
If the renovation of the heating system incurs costs such as boiler room construction, internal heating pipeline renovation, circulation pump purchase, third-party gas connection coordination, special natural gas construction, and wall-mounted boilers for personal use, these costs will not be included in the scope of the renovation subsidy and should be borne by the construction unit or individual. For individual household heating, the subsidy will mainly cover the natural gas connection fee and the purchase cost of auxiliary facilities, with a specific subsidy standard of 3,000 yuan per household.
2. Subsidies for "coal-fired boilers to natural gas" conversion will be formulated according to the different nature of the conversion units, with priority given to impoverished communities, bankrupt enterprises, religious temples, and military units.
3. The district government must allocate corresponding governance subsidies in accordance with the city and district (county) ratio of 1:1 for the "coal-to-gas" governance subsidies within its jurisdiction, and ensure that the governance subsidies are used for their designated purposes and are fully in place.
4. For the new remediation tasks caused by the expansion of the coal-free zone and the extension of the natural gas pipeline network, the district will supplement the remediation subsidy fee according to the actual situation.
5. The subsidy standard will be calculated based on the actual rectification situation and the total steam tonnage of the boilers before and after rectification. If the total steam tonnage of the boilers after rectification is greater than that before rectification, the subsidy will be calculated based on the steam tonnage of the coal-fired boilers before rectification. If the total steam tonnage of the boilers after rectification is less than that before rectification, the subsidy will be calculated based on the steam tonnage of the gas-fired boilers after rectification. If the rectification results in individual household heating, the subsidy standard for individual household heating will be applied.
6. Units included in the "coal-to-gas" governance task in 2017, if they implement coal-to-electric boilers or solar heating equipment, and the renovation cost is higher than the "coal-to-gas" subsidy, the subsidy standard shall be followed; if the renovation cost is lower than the "coal-to-gas" subsidy, the subsidy shall be based on the actual renovation cost.
Tianjin Municipality www.yn-boiler.com
★ Tianjin government special fund subsidy policy for boiler low-NOx combustion retrofit
Tianjin low-NOx boiler retrofit is a pollution control project in which boiler users effectively reduce the concentration of nitrogen oxide emissions by replacing low-NOx burners or replacing the entire gas boiler.
Scope of subsidies for low-NOx combustion in Tianjin boilers:
(1) Project units (including central, military, municipal, and district units) that were built and put into use before August 1, 2016 or whose environmental impact assessment documents were approved before August 1, 2016, and implemented low-nitrogen boiler retrofits, and whose nitrogen oxide emission concentration after retrofit reaches 80 mg/m³ or less, and are included in the scope of central special fund subsidies, can apply for subsidies.
(2) All project units (including central, military, municipal and district units) within the city’s jurisdiction that implement low-NOx boiler retrofitting and whose NOx emission concentration reaches 30 mg/m³ or less after retrofitting, and are included in the scope of central special fund subsidies, can apply for subsidies.
Tianjin Low-NOx Gas Boiler Retrofit Subsidy Standard
For low-NOx retrofit projects of gas-fired boilers, the subsidy amount for a single project shall not exceed the approved total investment of the project, and the subsidy standard is as follows:
(i) Projects that are retrofitted by replacing the burner with a low-NOx burner, resulting in a NOx emission concentration of less than or equal to 30 mg/m³.
1. For boilers with a capacity of 1 ton of steam or less: Subsidy (ten thousand yuan) = 5.5 × Boiler capacity (tons of steam)
2. For single boilers with a capacity greater than 1 ton of steam and less than or equal to 4 tons of steam: Subsidy (ten thousand yuan) = 2 × Boiler capacity (tons of steam) + 3.5
3. For single boilers with a capacity greater than 4 tons of steam and less than or equal to 20 tons of steam: Subsidy (ten thousand yuan) = 1.5 × Boiler capacity (tons of steam) + 6
4. For a single boiler with a capacity greater than 20 tons of steam: Subsidy (ten thousand yuan) = 1.8 × Boiler capacity (tons of steam)
(ii) Projects that have been retrofitted by replacing the burners with low-NOx burners, resulting in NOx emission concentrations of 30-80 mg/m³.
1. For a single boiler with a capacity of 1 ton of steam or less: Subsidy (ten thousand yuan) = 2.7 × Boiler capacity (tons of steam)
2. For single boilers with a capacity greater than 1 ton of steam and less than or equal to 4 tons of steam: Subsidy (ten thousand yuan) = 1.2 × Boiler capacity (tons of steam) + 1.5
3. For single boilers with a capacity greater than 4 tons of steam and less than or equal to 20 tons of steam: Subsidy (ten thousand yuan) = 1.0 × Boiler capacity (tons of steam) + 2.5
4. For a single boiler with a capacity greater than 20 tons of steam: Subsidy (ten thousand yuan) = 1.2 × Boiler capacity (tons of steam)
(iii) Projects where the nitrogen oxide emission concentration is less than or equal to 30 mg/m³ through complete boiler replacement (including modular boilers).
1. For a single boiler with a capacity of 1 ton of steam or less: Subsidy (ten thousand yuan) = 9.6 × Boiler capacity (tons of steam)
2. For single boilers with a capacity greater than 1 ton of steam and less than or equal to 4 tons of steam: Subsidy (ten thousand yuan) = 2.6 × Boiler capacity (tons of steam) + 7
3. For single boilers with a capacity greater than 4 tons of steam and less than or equal to 20 tons of steam: Subsidy (ten thousand yuan) = 2.5 × Boiler capacity (tons of steam) + 8
4. For a single boiler with a capacity greater than 20 steam tons: Subsidy (ten thousand yuan) = 2.9 × Boiler capacity (steam tons)
(iv) Projects that achieve nitrogen oxide emission concentrations of 30-80 mg/m³ by replacing the entire boiler (including modular gas-fired boilers).
1. For a single boiler with a capacity of 1 ton of steam or less: Subsidy (ten thousand yuan) = 4.6 × Boiler capacity (tons of steam)
2. For single boilers with a capacity greater than 1 ton of steam and less than or equal to 4 tons of steam: Subsidy (ten thousand yuan) = 1.6 × Boiler capacity (tons of steam) + 3
3. For single boilers with a capacity of 4 tons of steam per unit and 20 tons of steam per unit: Subsidy (ten thousand yuan) = 1.5 × Boiler capacity (tons of steam per unit) + 4
4. For a single boiler with a capacity greater than 20 tons of steam: Subsidy (ten thousand yuan) = 1.7 × Boiler capacity (tons of steam)
Note: (1) This boiler subsidy method does not support project units to carry out low-NOx retrofit by adopting end-of-pipe denitrification alone. If the project unit adopts the method of replacing low-NOx burners or replacing the gas boiler as a whole, and at the same time adopts end-of-pipe denitrification, the subsidy standard shall be implemented with reference to the method of replacing low-NOx burners or replacing the gas boiler as a whole.
(2) When verifying the subsidy funds, the number of boilers and the capacity of each boiler before and after the boiler room renovation should be substituted into the subsidy fund formula for calculation, and the lower value of the calculation result should be used to verify the subsidy funds.
Hainan Province www.yn-boiler.com
★ Hainan's project funding subsidy policy for converting coal-fired boilers into clean energy and environmentally friendly boiler equipment
The Hainan coal-fired boiler dismantling and renovation subsidy applies to boilers that are converted to clean energy sources such as natural gas or biomass briquettes. The original coal-fired boilers used for the conversion must be registered with the regulatory authorities, be in use, and meet emission standards after the conversion.
Subsidy for clean energy replacement of coal-fired boilers: 30,000 yuan per ton of steam generated, based on the original tonnage of the coal-fired boiler.
Note: Hainan Province will also provide certain rewards to exemplary energy-saving public institutions that have passed the acceptance inspection, based on their national or provincial level and the amount of funds invested.
Heilongjiang Province www.yn-boiler.com
★ Harbin City's 2017 Management Measures for Subsidies from Fiscal Funds for the Dismantling, Merging, and Eliminating Small Coal-fired Boilers and Promoting Clean Energy Use
1. Scope and Recipients of Funding Subsidies
(I) The existing coal-fired small boilers with a capacity of 10 tons/hour or less in the built-up areas and industrial parks of the six main urban districts of Harbin (excluding Hulan, Acheng and Shuangcheng districts) shall be phased out within the time limit of 2017. Heating units or boiler owners (excluding government-funded and provincial units) shall carry out the dismantling and grid connection, clean energy transformation and abandonment and demolition projects.
(II) For small coal-fired boilers with a capacity of 10 tons/hour or less currently in operation in the built-up areas and industrial parks of Hulan, Acheng and Shuangcheng districts, as well as small coal-fired boilers with a capacity of 10-20 tons/hour (inclusive) currently in operation in the built-up areas and industrial parks of Harbin city (9 districts), the heating units or boiler owners (excluding those supported by the government and provincial units) that are to be eliminated in 2017 and undergo dismantling and grid connection, clean energy transformation, or abandonment and demolition projects will receive subsidies in accordance with this method.
2. Subsidy Standards
(a) Central heating grid connection subsidy standards
For small coal-fired boilers used for residential and mixed residential/non-residential heating, a subsidy of 50 yuan per square meter (building area) will be provided based on the actual heating area. Heating companies implementing network connection projects are prohibited from charging residents any other connection fees.
(ii) Adopting clean energy subsidy standards
1. For the replacement of small coal-fired boilers with clean fuels such as natural gas and liquefied petroleum gas that meet emission standards by adopting low-NOx combustion technology, a subsidy of RMB 120,000 per ton of steam will be provided based on the tonnage of the newly built boiler.
2. For those who replace small coal-fired boilers with electric boilers, a subsidy of 360,000 yuan per ton of steam will be provided based on the tonnage of the newly built boiler.
3. For those who replace small coal-fired boilers with other clean or renewable energy alternatives such as electric heating film, heat pump, and solar energy, a subsidy of 36 yuan per square meter (building area) will be provided based on their actual heating area.
3. Subsidy Standards for Eliminating Coal-fired Boilers
Industrial and commercial enterprises that dismantle their existing non-heating coal-fired boilers and do not install new boilers will receive a subsidy of 28,000 yuan per ton of steam, based on the tonnage of the dismantled boiler.