Development Status, Problems and Countermeasures of Large- and Intermediate-Scale Biogas Projects in Beijing’s Mountainous Counties

Zhongren Zhou, Zhujun Zhou

Institute of Integrated Development of Agriculture, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing, China; 2Key Laboratory of Urban Agriculture (North), Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing, China; 3College of Economics & Management, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China..

DOI: 10.4236/jpee.2013.15010                

Abstract

Developing large- and intermediate-scale biogas project is an important gripper ofBeijingrural energy construction and “Green Beijing” construction. The existing projects have made obvious energy and environment benefits, but the overall effects have not been fully exerted. There is still a large gap betweenBeijing’s ecological civilization goal and the operation effect. This paper takes biogas projects ofBeijingseven mountainous counties as examples, the development status, ecological environment construction and existing problems of operating are explained respectively. Finally, some countermeasures and suggestions are proposed for promoting the sustainable development of biogas project inBeijing, such as strengthening technical innovation and setting standards, innovating development patterns and planning reasonable layout, improve the maintenance mechanism and intensify policy support.

Keywords

Biogas Project; Development Status; Countermeasures; Beijing

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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