1. Greening of Refrigerator & Room Air-Conditioner Industry in China
Ms. Liu Yuan FECO/MEP
Ms. Wang Lei CHEAA
11 September 2009, Manila

2. Contents What happened What impacted What done What contributed
What do in future
--For greening refrigerator and room air conditioner industry in China

3. What happened CFCs and HCFCs used
Refrigerator and Room air conditioner sector were rapidly developed since 1980’s in China
CFCs and HCFCs have been broadly used as refrigerant and foaming agent in Refrigerator and Room air conditioner products
CFC-11 (foaming agent) and CFC-12 (refrigerant) used in refrigerator sector in China
HCFC-22 (refrigerant) used in Room air conditioner in China

4. Historic production of refrigerators in China (10k units)
What happened
Since 1980’s, China refrigerator sector is growing up quickly driven by domestic and international market.
The CFCs peak consumption are about 10,000 tones/year during 1995 – 2002, new consumption is zero since 2008

5. Historic production of room air – conditioner (10k units)
What happened

6. What impacted ODS and GHGs
A number of commonly used chemicals have been found to be extremely damaging to the ozone layer which including the chemicals used in refrigerator and room air conditioner products.
With scientific confirmation, while CFCs and HCFCs consumed, the man-made chemicals and human activities are having a significant adverse impact on the ozone layer and the global climate.

7. The linkage between Climate change and Ozone layer depleting
What impacted
All F-gases are GHGs
Some F-gases are ODSs
Climate change---impact on ozone depleting

8. Schematic diagram HFCs/HCFCs/CFCs
What impacted

9. ODP of the F-gases
What impacted

10. GWPs of halocarbons commonly reported under the MP
What impacted
refrigerators
refrigerators AC

11. GWPs of halocarbons commonly reported under the UNFCCC
What impacted AC AC

12. China: Impact on GEP (history)
What impacted
Climate change:
LOW (China’s CO2 emissions from fossil fuel combustion were 79 Mt in 1950, contributing only 1.13% of the world total at that time; cumulative emissions of CO2 from fossil fuel combustion accounted for only 9.33% of the world total during the period of 1950~2002, and the cumulative CO2 emissions per capita are 61.7 tons over the same period, ranking the 92nd in the world.)
Ozone layer depleting:
LOW (less than 1% of the total emissions) before 1995;

13. a largest and fast developing but not developed
China: Impact on GEP (current)
What impacted
a largest and fast developing but not developed
Climate change: large country for total emission (6.1 billion ton CO2e)
Ozone layer depleting: the largest country on production and consumption of HCFCs

14. How to solve the global environmental problems (GEP)
Nowadays, ozone depletion and climate change have been at the forefront of the international community’s environmental agenda
Treaty
Convention
Agreement
Protocol
exchange of notes
declaration
What done

15. The bases and principles for the cooperation
What done
That States have, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations and the principles of international law, the sovereign right to exploit their own resources pursuant to their own environmental and developmental policies, and the responsibility to ensure that activities within their jurisdiction or control do not cause damage to the environment of other states or of areas beyond the limits of national jurisdiction.
Common but differentiated responsibilities: the respective capabilities of developed and developing countries, as well as the common but differentiated responsibilities of States as set forth in Principle 7 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development.

16. What done China signed / ratified:
How China working together with the world for solving the GEP (climate change and ozone layer protection)
What done
China signed / ratified:
Vienna Convention/Montreal Protocol (1989/1991)
UNFCCC/Kyoto Protocol (1993/2002)

17. What done Ozone layer protection in China
Vienna Convention/Montreal Protocol (1989/1991)
Country Program for Phaseout of Ozone Depleting Substances (CP) which the government approved in January 1993 and updated in November 1999
Copenhagen Amendment (2004)
Adjustment MP (2007)

18. What done ODS Phaseout approach Phaseout activities
Project - Sector Plan – Country Plan
Production – consumption – alternatives –policy
Completed the first country program in developing country
Developed the first sector plan for phaseout ODS
(was recommended in the 10 year assessment report for GEF implementation)
Choosing suitable alternatives
What done

19. Phaseout Target & Fund (by 2008)
What done
Consumption phaseout target (ton ODP)
Production phaseout target(ton ODP)
Total phaseout target(ton ODP)
IC (million USD, including supporting cost)
China
111,198
123,328
234,526
782
All Article 5
244,818
176,736
421,555
2,308
Percentage
45%
70%
56%
34%

20. Compliance with MP, Program implemented by UNIDO in China
What done
Total phaseout 17,300 tons ODP with 115 million USD IC, mainly in refrigerator and foam sector
HC technology used for the refrigerator production
Energy efficiencies were significantly approved

21. What done Project Number Project Title Project fund ODS Phaseout
MP/CPR/94/405
ELIMINATION OF OZONE DEPLETING SUBSTANCES USED IN THE PRODUCTION OF COMPRESSORS FOR HOUSEHOLD REFRIGERATORS AT JIAXIPERA COMPRESSOR COMPANY LTD.
40,294 -
MP/CPR/95/039
CONVERSION OF DOMESTIC REFRIGERATOR AND FREEZER FACTORIES TO PHASE OUT CFC-12 AND CFC-11 BY HYDROCARBONS ISOBUTANE AND CYCLO-PENTANE AT HANGZHOU XILING HOLDINGS COMPANY
16,012
MP/CPR/95/127
CONVERSION OF DOMESTIC REFRIGERATOR AND FREEZER FACTORIES TO PHASE OUT CFC-12 AND CFC-11 AT HANGZHOU XILING HOLDINGS COMPANY
2,790,320
360
MP/CPR/95/141
WORKSHOP ON DOMESTIC AND COMMERCIAL REFRIGERATOR COMPRESSOR CONVERSION
40,237
MP/CPR/96/028
FORMULATION OF INVESTMENT PROJECTS IN THE REFRIGERATION SECTOR WITH PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO DOMESTIC REFRIGERATION AND COMPRESSOR MANUFACTURING
55,000
MP/CPR/96/032
CONVERSION OF COMPRESSOR PRODUCTION FOR DOMESTIC REFRIGERATORS FROM CFC-12 TO HYDROCARBON REFRIGERANT AT JIAXIPERA COMPRESSOR FACTORY
1,490,000 96
MP/CPR/96/042
PHASING OUT ODS AT THE HANGZHOU HUARI REFRIGERATOR COMPANY
2,814,027
338
MP/CPR/96/087
PHASING OUT ODS AT THE COMPRESSOR FACTORY OF THE HUANGSHI DONGBEI REFRIGERATION COMPANY
899,030 60
MP/CPR/96/139
PHASING OUT ODS AT THE XI'AN YUAN DONG COMPRESSOR COMPANY
1,593,140
MP/CPR/96/184
PHASING OUT ODS AT THE REFRIGERATOR PLANT OF AUCMA ELECTRIC APPLIANCES GROUP COMPANY
2,914,904
708
MP/CPR/96/185
PHASING OUT ODS AT THE HOUSEHOLD REFRIGERATOR COMPRESSOR FACTORY OF THE GUANGZHOU WANBAO COMPRESSOR GROUP
2,250,000 3
MP/CPR/97/078
PHASING OUT ODS AT THE REFRIGERATOR PLANT OF HEFEI MEILING COMPANY LTD.
3,203,283
849
MP/CPR/97/090
PHASING OUT ODS AT THE ZEL TIANJIN COMPRESSOR COMPANY LTD.
962,175 30
MP/CPR/97/091
PHASING OUT ODS AT THE REFRIGERATOR PLANT OF ZEROWATT ELECTRIC APPLIANCES GROUP
2,383,490
423
MP/CPR/97/092
PHASING OUT ODS AT THE HUALING REFRIGERATOR PLANT
672,322
280
MP/CPR/97/183
PHASING OUT ODS AT THE CHANGSHU REFRIGERATING EQUIPMENT WORKS (BAIXUE), CHANGSHU
3,026,819
426
MP/CPR/97/193
PHASING OUT ODS AT THE REFRIGERATOR PLANT OF BOLE ELECTRIC APPLIANCES GROUP
1,467,465
132
MP/CPR/97/194
PHASING OUT ODS AT THE FREEZER PLANT OF XING XING ELECTRIC APPLIANCES INDUSTRIAL COMPANY
3,012,503
348
MP/CPR/97/195
PHASING OUT ODS AT THE REFRIGERATOR PLANT OF ZHEJIANG RONGSHENG ELECTRIC COMPANY LTD., ZHEJIANG, DEQING COUNTY
986,101
178
MP/CPR/97/202
PHASING OUT ODS AT THE YUHUAN COMPRESSOR FACTORY IN KANMEN TOWN IN YUHUAN COUNTY
1,455,969
116
MP/CPR/98/047
PHASING OUT ODS AT THE REFRIGERATOR PLANT OF HEFEI HUALING ELECTRONIC COMPANY, LTD.
777,720 83
MP/CPR/98/108
CONVERSION FROM CFC-12 TO ISOBUTANE TECHNOLOGIES AND PRODUCTS AT THE COMPRESSOR FACTORY OF HANGLI REFRIGERATION LTD., HANGZHOU
680,207
What done

22. What done

23. CFCs free
What done
The 45.9 million refrigerators converted from CFCs to non-CFCs
about 40 million refrigerators made with HC technologies and energy efficiency
Others made with HFCs and other refrigerants

24. MP provided dual protection: to Ozone layer and to Climate change
Global contributions
What contributed
MP provided dual protection: to Ozone layer and to Climate change

25. MP Overall benefits for 2010
What contributed
NMP87-Baseline
Offsets
Net value
Ozone depletion
HFCs
GWP-weighted emissions (GtCO2-eq/yr)
0.9
Radiative forcing (W/m2)
0.06
0.02
Kyoto target : ~2 GtCO2-eq/yr

26. ODP and GWP avoided in Chinese refrigerator sector
What contributed
At least 45,900 tons CFCs for new refrigerator production have been phased out
45,900 tons ODP has been phaseout per year
235 million ton CO2e emission has been avoided per year (account the 40 million refrigerators made with HC theologies only; energy saving has not been included)

27. What contributed China CFC Free before 2008
Two years ahead than the MP requirement to phaseout CFCs and Halons

28. What are China’s contributions with other developing countries in 2007 during MP parties meeting?
What contributed

29. What do in future - RAC sector as an example
Currently , UNIDO is helping China to develop HPMP in RAC sector;
Invite experts to introduce suitable alternatives
Joint data survey
Joint design phaseout strategy

30. Dual environmental benefits of ozone layer protection and climate change
What do in future
In the future, implementation of adopted HPMP will gain the dual environmental benefits of ozone layer protection and climate change;
China will phase out about 70,000 tons HCFC-22 (3,850 tons ODP) in this sector concomitant with reducing 2,100 tons HFC-23 (25 million ton CO2e) per year;

31. Potential environmental benefit
What do in future
China is searching alternatives for HCFCs;
HC, HFCs and others are the potential substitutes;
Assuming HC as alternative, then,
By 2030, estimation of environmental benefits of phasing out HCFC-22 for RAC sector will be: avoided 409 mtCO2-eq emission directly and 20568×108 kw-hr energy saving which avoided mtCO2-eq emission.

32. What do in future
As one of the largest sector, the RAC sector has high potential to introduce more green products which would contribute to the environment via zero ODP, low GWP and high energy efficiency.
The joint efforts contribute to green not only the Chinese industry, but also let Chinese industry provide the world green industrial products for the global sustainable development.

33. Thank you!