In November 2021, Beijing Gas and Heating Engineering Design Institute released this report assessing how rural areas of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region in Northern China reduces scattered coal burning, which brings both heavy air pollution and carbon emissions in the heating season.

Based on the current practice and existing problems of scattered coal control in the region, the report assesses the effects of the control measures and proposes optimized approaches, in hopes of helping achieve greater environmental benefits and more sustainable development in the populous region.

The authors believe the assessment provides first-hand experience for clean heating in China’s northern rural areas in the winter, and can help these areas select technical solutions and make policies for clean heating.

Support for the research came from Energy Foundation China.