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Strengthen methane emission control! The Work Plan for Methane Emission Control in Guangdong Province has been officially released
Time：
2024-08-27
In order to actively address climate change and strengthen methane emission control, Guangdong Province has formulated and released the "Guangdong Province Methane Emission Control Work Plan" in accordance with the "Action Plan for Methane Emission Control" issued by 11 departments including the Ministry of Ecology and Environment.
Work Plan for Methane Emission Control in Guangdong Province
In order to actively respond to climate change and strengthen methane emission control, this work plan is formulated in accordance with the "Action Plan for Methane Emission Control" (Huan Climate [2023] No. 67) issued by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment and 11 other departments, combined with the actual situation of our province.
1、 Overall requirements
Adhere to the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization, fully implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the 2nd and 3rd Plenary Sessions of the 20th Central Committee, thoroughly implement the important speeches and instructions of General Secretary Xi Jinping to Guangdong, adhere to the coordinated promotion of carbon reduction, pollution reduction, green expansion, and growth, handle the relationship between emission reduction, development, and safety, take the comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development as the guide, consolidate basic capabilities as the key, and use efficient utilization, technological innovation, and coordinated control as means to accelerate the formation of a methane emission supervision system, promote the coordinated and efficient reduction of pollution and carbon, and effectively control methane emissions in an effective and orderly manner.
By 2025, the policy, technology, and standard system for methane emission control will gradually be established, and the basic capabilities of methane emission statistics, accounting, monitoring, and supervision will be effectively improved. Positive progress will be made in the utilization of methane resources and emission control. The utilization rate of urban household waste resources and the harmless disposal rate of urban sludge continue to improve, and the level of methane recovery and utilization in sewage treatment continues to improve. The methane emission intensity of agricultural products from planting and breeding units has remained stable with a slight decrease.
By 2030, the policies, technologies, and standard systems for methane emission control will be further improved, and basic capabilities such as methane emission statistics, accounting, monitoring, and supervision will be significantly enhanced. The ability and management level for methane emission control will be effectively improved, and methane emissions will continue to steadily decline. The province's waste disposal continues to advance towards resource utilization and reduction. The methane emission intensity of agricultural products from planting and breeding units has been further reduced. Methane emissions in the energy sector have been effectively controlled.
2、 Key tasks
（1） Action to reduce methane emissions from solid waste landfill. Establish a system for classifying and treating household waste, and promote the recycling and utilization of renewable resources from household waste. Gas collection facilities are installed in the landfill site for household waste, and the landfill gas is treated harmlessly. Encourage the orderly promotion of landfill site closure and remediation through measures such as capacity evacuation and ecological restoration. By 2025, the Pearl River Delta region will achieve zero landfill of garbage, with incineration accounting for over 65% in the eastern, northwestern regions of Guangdong. The utilization rate of urban household waste resources in the province will not be less than 60%. (Provincial Development and Reform Commission, Department of Ecology and Environment, Department of Housing and Urban Rural Development, etc. are responsible for their respective duties)
（2） Action to reduce methane emissions in wastewater treatment. Comprehensively enhance the collection and treatment capacity of urban domestic sewage, promote the utilization of sewage resources and the harmless treatment of sludge resources. Carry out pilot demonstrations for methane recovery and utilization in industries with high methane emissions, and promote the application of advanced and applicable technologies and achievements. Encourage sewage treatment projects with conditions to adopt anaerobic digestion of sludge and other methods, and strengthen the recovery and utilization of biogas. By 2025, the harmless disposal rate of sludge in prefecture level and above cities in the province will reach over 95%, and in other cities it will reach over 90%. (The Provincial Development and Reform Commission, Department of Science and Technology, Department of Industry and Information Technology, Department of Ecology and Environment, Department of Housing and Urban Rural Development, etc. are responsible for their respective roles and responsibilities.)
（3） Action to reduce methane emissions in agriculture. Strengthen water management in paddy fields and promote water-saving irrigation techniques for paddy fields. Encourage pilot improvements in rice field fertilization management, promote technologies such as slow-release fertilizers, organic fertilizers replacing chemical fertilizers, straw carbonization returning to the field, straw substrate returning to the field, and straw composting returning to the field. Breeding and promoting high-yield, high-quality, low-carbon rice varieties, demonstrating key technologies such as aerobic cultivation, and creating demonstration projects and projects. Promote green and efficient planting and breeding models, conduct water drought rotation experiments and demonstrations, and integrate and demonstrate green, high-quality, and efficient technology models throughout the entire process. (The Provincial Development and Reform Commission, Department of Industry and Information Technology, Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, etc. are responsible for their respective duties.)
（4） Livestock and poultry breeding emission reduction action. Focusing on large-scale livestock and poultry farms, we will promote the intensive farming mode of industrial production, promote technologies such as low protein diets and whole plant silage, and high-yield and low emission livestock and poultry breeds, and reduce the intensity of intestinal methane emissions per unit of livestock and poultry products. Improve the facilities and equipment for treating livestock and poultry manure, promote technologies such as closed treatment of manure, gas collection and utilization or treatment, establish a ledger for the resource utilization of manure, implement nutrient balance management of livestock and poultry manure, improve the level of livestock and poultry manure treatment, and reduce methane isothermal chamber gas emissions from livestock and poultry manure. By 2025, the comprehensive utilization rate of livestock and poultry manure in the province will reach over 80%, and by 2030 it will reach over 85%. (The Provincial Development and Reform Commission, Department of Industry and Information Technology, Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Department of Ecology and Environment, etc. are responsible for their respective roles and responsibilities.)
（5） Agricultural Carbon Sequestration Enhancement Action. Promote the application of organic fertilizers, scientific straw returning, green manure planting, grain bean rotation, and the combination of organic and inorganic fertilizers, and establish a fertilization and carbon sequestration model that combines land use and land cultivation. Making farmland improvement a key priority, promoting the management of degraded farmland, improving soil fertility, and enhancing carbon sequestration potential. Continuously promote the utilization of straw as fertilizer, feed, energy, raw material, and base material, and give full play to the direct return of straw to farmland for conservation, carbon sequestration, and the integration of planting and breeding. Promote scientific and technological measures such as optimizing water and nitrogen fertilizer management after returning straw to the field, and improve soil carbon sequestration capacity. By 2025, the comprehensive utilization rate of straw in the province will remain stable at over 86%. (The Provincial Development and Reform Commission, Department of Industry and Information Technology, Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Energy Bureau, etc. are responsible for their respective roles and responsibilities.)
（6） Renewable energy substitution action. Develop rural biogas, encourage the construction of large-scale biogas projects in areas with conditions, promote centralized biogas supply for heating, power generation and grid connection, and carry out pilot demonstrations of replacing fossil fuels with bio natural gas vehicles or integrated into gas pipelines. Promote technologies such as biomass forming fuel, bundled direct combustion, and co production of pyrolysis carbon and gas, and equip them with clean stoves and biomass boilers. Promote solar water heaters, solar lights, and solar houses, and develop photovoltaic agriculture using agricultural facilities such as roofs and fish ponds to assist in clean energy use in rural areas. (Provincial Development and Reform Commission, Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Energy Bureau, etc. are responsible according to their respective duties)
（7） Action to reduce methane emissions in oil and gas systems. Promote the control of methane emissions from oil and gas field venting, encourage enterprises to carry out associated gas and vent air recovery and utilization according to local conditions, and for those that cannot be recovered or are difficult to recover, they should be vented after combustion. Improve the technical specification system for leak detection and repair in the oil and gas field, and promote the normalized application of leak detection and repair throughout the entire industry chain. Strengthen the research and application of advanced maintenance and repair technologies and equipment for pipelines, effectively enhancing the ability to control methane leaks. Comprehensively strengthen the control of unorganized emissions and reduce methane emissions during construction and use. Scientifically plan and design new oil and gas operation projects, and strive to gradually reduce conventional torch burning while ensuring production safety. By 2025, the methane emission intensity per unit of oil and gas equivalent in the oil and gas industry will decrease by more than 40%, and the recovery and utilization rate of oil and gas released air will reach more than 50%. (The Provincial Development and Reform Commission, Department of Housing and Urban Rural Development, Department of Ecology and Environment, Department of Emergency Management, Market Supervision Bureau, Energy Bureau, etc. are responsible for their respective duties.)
（8） Collaborative control action of pollutants and methane. Develop technical guidelines for coordinated control of pollutants and methane in key areas, and establish a governance system that integrates pollutant reduction and methane emission control. Strengthen the coordinated control of volatile organic compounds and methane, and properly dispose of combustible gases containing methane generated in industrial production. Promote the coordinated control of odor pollutants and methane in landfills. Encourage industries with high organic content and good biodegradability in wastewater to negotiate with urban sewage treatment plants on the concentration of water pollutants in accordance with laws and regulations. Promote the technological improvement of power systems for motor vehicles and vessels, and achieve coordinated control of pollutants and methane. By 2025, the collaborative control capability between pollution control and methane emissions will significantly improve. (The Provincial Development and Reform Commission, the Department of Industry and Information Technology, the Department of Ecology and Environment, the Department of Housing and Urban Rural Development, the Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, etc. are responsible for their respective duties.)
（9） Monitoring system construction action. Explore pilot projects for methane emission monitoring, promote methane emission source monitoring in key areas, and establish experimental monitoring stations for methane emissions in farmland. Gradually establish a sky ground integrated methane monitoring system, including ground monitoring, unmanned aerial vehicles, and satellite remote sensing, within the existing ecological environment monitoring system. Combining with the preparation of provincial greenhouse gas inventories, promote the construction of a comprehensive management system for greenhouse gas emission data, establish a methane emission accounting and reporting system for key industry enterprises, promote the localization of methane emission factors, gradually achieve normalized accounting of methane emissions, and promote cross departmental data sharing. Explore and carry out research on atmospheric methane concentration inversion emission models, and strengthen the verification of inversion data against accounting data. (Provincial Development and Reform Commission, Department of Ecology and Environment, Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, etc. are responsible for their respective duties)
（10） Technological innovation supports action. Intensify support for scientific and technological research and development, continue to carry out research and innovation in key technologies such as resource utilization, high-yield and low emission breeding, and monitoring, release a catalog of methane emission reduction technologies in various fields, and form a comprehensive set of technical solutions. Accelerate the integration and industrialization of methane emission control equipment and technology in key areas, deploy and construct a number of national key research and development innovation projects and major projects. Fully implement pollution control standards for household waste landfills and pollutant emissions from urban sewage treatment plants, encourage large enterprises to reduce methane emissions, and promote the development of related industries. (Provincial Development and Reform Commission, Department of Science and Technology, Department of Ecology and Environment, etc. are responsible according to their respective duties)
（11） Standard system construction action. Carry out the revision of standards related to methane emissions, timely improve the standards for oil and gas methane leakage emissions, formulate technical specifications for methane emission control in rice, livestock and poultry breeding, and waste resource utilization, revise technical specifications for methane emission monitoring, accounting, reporting, verification, etc., improve the accounting methods for greenhouse gas emission reductions in methane utilization projects, and update default emission factors in a timely manner. Develop methodologies for reducing methane emissions through the resource utilization of solid waste. (The Provincial Development and Reform Commission, Department of Industry and Information Technology, Department of Ecology and Environment, Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Market Supervision Bureau, etc. are responsible for their respective duties.)
（12） Innovative actions for economic incentive policies. Promote the inclusion of projects with methane emission reduction benefits into the EOD project library. Explore and study the incentive policies for methane emission reduction in rice cultivation and livestock breeding. Explore the inclusion of methane in Guangdong's carbon market or carbon inclusive market mechanisms, and support eligible methane utilization and emission reduction projects to carry out voluntary greenhouse gas emission reduction trading. Encourage climate investment and financing for methane emission control engineering projects. (The Provincial Development and Reform Commission, Department of Finance, Department of Ecology and Environment, Department of Housing and Urban Rural Development, Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, etc. are responsible for their respective duties.)
3、 Guarantee measures
（1） Strengthen organizational leadership. The Provincial Department of Ecology and Environment, in conjunction with relevant departments, will formulate specific implementation measures, strengthen overall coordination and guidance, promote information interconnection, and form a working force. Fully leverage the role of industry associations and other social organizations to urge enterprises to consciously fulfill their social responsibilities. (The Provincial Development and Reform Commission, Department of Science and Technology, Department of Industry and Information Technology, Department of Finance, Department of Ecology and Environment, Department of Housing and Urban Rural Development, Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Energy Bureau, etc. are responsible for their respective duties.)
（2） Strengthen the implementation of responsibilities. Establish a sound coordination mechanism for methane emission reduction, strengthen the vertical coordination of provincial and municipal policies, as well as the horizontal coordination of fiscal policies and related systems, to form a synergy between policies and funds, and ensure the effective implementation of key measures. The ecological environment department, together with relevant departments, will strengthen the tracking, scheduling, and analysis of the implementation of action plans, and regularly schedule the implementation of methane emission control targets. (The Provincial Development and Reform Commission, Department of Science and Technology, Department of Industry and Information Technology, Department of Finance, Department of Ecology and Environment, Department of Housing and Urban Rural Development, Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Energy Bureau, etc. are responsible for their respective duties.)
（3） Strengthen international cooperation. Through South South cooperation on climate change, the "the Belt and Road" International Alliance for Green Development and other platforms, exchanges and cooperation will be strengthened in methane control policies, technologies, standard systems, methane monitoring, accounting, reporting and verification systems, and emission reduction technology innovation. (The Provincial Development and Reform Commission, Department of Science and Technology, Department of Industry and Information Technology, Department of Ecology and Environment, Department of Housing and Urban Rural Development, Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, etc. are responsible for their respective duties.)
（4） Strengthen publicity and guidance. Conduct training on the establishment of a monitoring, accounting, reporting, and verification system for methane emissions, as well as the control of pollutants and methane. Make full use of various traditional and new media, broaden publicity channels, strengthen the promotion of climate, economic, environmental, and safety benefits of methane emission control, and carry out the promotion of excellent and typical practices for methane emission reduction. (The Provincial Development and Reform Commission, Department of Ecology and Environment, Department of Housing and Urban Rural Development, Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, etc. are responsible for their respective duties.)
Attachment: Column of Major Methane Projects in Guangdong Province
Column 1 Implementation Points for Methane Reduction Action in Solid Waste Landfill
1. Jiangmen City in the Pearl River Delta region and cities such as Yangjiang, Heyuan, Qingyuan, and Yunfu in the eastern, western, and northern Guangdong regions with relatively low incineration capacity should accelerate the planning and promotion of incineration power generation projects to enhance incineration treatment capacity.
2. For areas with surplus incineration capacity, it is encouraged to carry out screening and treatment of existing waste in domestic waste landfills, and to vacate the landfill capacity.
3. Encourage the flexible preparation of green hydrogen/methanol from landfill gas through joint reforming, achieving efficient resource utilization and reducing methane emissions. Support the key technology demonstration project of flexible production of green hydrogen/methanol through joint reforming of landfill gas in Guangzhou.
Column 2 Implementation Points for Methane Emission Reduction Action in Wastewater Treatment
1. Promote the reduction of sludge at the source and harmless disposal at the end, implement the "deep dehydration+incineration co firing" technology route, and construct sludge treatment and disposal facilities according to the "centralized+decentralized" mode. Encourage and guide sludge drying and reduction, promote collaborative treatment with coal-fired power plants, and promote resource utilization with urban solid waste. Support the construction of domestic waste resource utilization (co incineration) projects in Foshan City and sludge incineration and disposal facilities in Dongguan City.
2. Encourage industries and parks such as food and beverage, papermaking, etc. to carry out pilot demonstration projects for anaerobic treatment of industrial wastewater and methane recovery and utilization.
Column 3 Implementation Points for Methane Reduction Action in Planting Industry
1. Carry out research and integrated demonstration of key technologies for water-saving, emission reduction, and green high-yielding of double cropping rice in South China. Based on the climate, ecological environment, and cultivation modes (live broadcasting, seedling throwing, machine transplanting, etc.) of the rice growing areas in Guangdong, East, West, North, and Pearl River Delta, as well as the variety requirements of the rice industry in various regions, select 4-6 low methane emission, water-saving, drought resistant, and high-quality product varieties suitable for live broadcasting and machine transplanting cultivation modes. Through innovative integration of key technologies such as water-saving irrigation, efficient water fertilizer coupling, and aerobic straw returning cultivation, 2-3 sets of low-carbon and high-yield comprehensive technology models have been developed. A 2000 acre low-carbon and high-yield comprehensive technology demonstration base has been established, with 50000 acres of technology demonstration and promotion, and more than 600 agricultural technicians have been trained.
2. Carry out experimental demonstration projects for carbon reduction and carbon sequestration in agricultural water drought rotation and farmland. From the research on soil irrigation optimization management, low-carbon emission reduction cultivation technology model construction, and farmland carbon sequestration and sink enhancement technology, fertilizer management and cultivation management technologies for collaborative control of methane and nitrous oxide emissions under different water drought rotation modes have been developed, and technology integration and application demonstrations have been carried out.
3. Promote integrated demonstration of green, high-quality, and efficient technology models throughout the entire process. The modern farming mode adopts unmanned tractors for plowing, unmanned land levelers for leveling, unmanned rice transplanters and unmanned live streamers for sowing, unmanned harvesters for harvesting, and mechanical drying for plowing, planting, management, harvesting, and processing, achieving the integrated development of mechanization, informatization, and intelligence throughout the process.
Column 4 Implementation Points for Livestock and Poultry Farming Emission Reduction Action
1. Encourage the return and utilization of livestock and poultry manure, guide large-scale farms to develop plans for the return and utilization of livestock and poultry manure, and promote the establishment of a ledger for livestock and poultry manure treatment and manure utilization. Accelerate the research and development of advanced technologies and equipment for the resource utilization of livestock and poultry manure, and support farmers in building facilities for the treatment and utilization of livestock and poultry manure. Actively promote economic and efficient technology models for the resource utilization of livestock and poultry manure, such as full collection and utilization, and full mechanized application. Support the construction of gas collection and utilization projects and collaborative control demonstration projects for livestock and poultry manure treatment.
2. Carry out research and demonstration promotion of methane emission control technology for livestock and poultry breeding. Develop trace and efficient methane emission reduction feed additives, research and develop methane emission accounting standards for livestock and poultry production processes, conduct methane emission reduction assessments for livestock and poultry, establish a scientific and effective methane emission control plan for the entire livestock and poultry breeding process, carry out pilot demonstration work, and promote new technology demonstrations.
Column 5 Implementation Points for Comprehensive Utilization of Straw Action
1. Carry out the integration and demonstration of rice paddy carbon sequestration and emission reduction industry chain technology based on low-carbon and high-value utilization of straw, create a biochar carbon footprint measurement method based on plant shaping, formulate 1-2 technical standards/regulations for low-carbon utilization of straw, establish 1-2 corresponding experimental demonstration zones, with a total area of 500-1000 acres.
2. Carry out a demonstration project for low-carbon utilization technology of rice straw, and integrate and construct a comprehensive technology for low-carbon utilization of rice straw based on returning methods, water management, and nutrient management. Construct three typical demonstration zones with a demonstration area of over 500 acres, evaluate the impact of demonstration technologies on methane emissions, organic carbon, yield, etc., and form a scalable technology model.
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