Chinanews.com, Yinchuan, December 1 (Reporter Li Peishan) During the heating season this winter, Wu Shengrong, a villager in Tongnan Village, Tonggui Township, Xingqing District, Yinchuan City, Ningxia, was envious of the "coal-to-electricity" conversion that his fellow villagers had completed.

  "Others are lying comfortably in a warm house, but I have to pick up coal in the yard in the cold. I have to lift three barrels of coal in one night. The burned coal cinders have to be taken out again." Every time I mention " Wu Shengrong regretted that he hadn't made up his mind sooner.

  The coal-to-electricity project for rural residents in Xingqing District is one of the winter clean heating projects in the northern region declared by Xingqing District in 2022, with a total investment of 19.46 million yuan. The current situation of burning coal for heating is low temperature and poor environment.

In 2022, Xingqing District will implement 5 clean heating projects in the northern region, with a total investment of 276 million yuan.

Among them, the existing building energy-saving renovation project in old residential quarters in cities and towns is divided into 8 sub-projects, with a total investment of 246 million yuan, which will benefit 9,323 households.

Spacious, clean and warm houses for farmers.

Photo by Ma Xiangyang

  The benefits of "replacing coal with electricity" are written in the residents' account books carefully calculated and written on the warm smiling faces.

"The house is much warmer. You don't need to pull coal every day, you don't need to add fire every now and then, and there is no unpleasant smell." When it comes to "coal-to-electricity", Na Yanmei, a villager in Tongnan Village, counted several "coal-to-electricity" in one go subsequent benefits.

"I can sleep well at night, and I don't have to worry about gas anymore." Ding Mai, Nayanmei's granddaughter, also praised the "coal-to-electricity" initiative.

  In the courtyard of the home of Ding Baorong, a villager in Tongnan Village, the electric heating equipment in operation is full of technology.

"This is the temperature controller. I set it to 20 degrees now. If the room temperature is lower than 18 degrees, the machine will automatically heat up. It will stop automatically after heating to 20 degrees. It is very simple." Ding Baorong, a villager, introduced the new electric heating installed this year to the reporter. equipment.

Entering the house, there is warmth, the windows are bright and clean, and the floor is shiny.

"This is because when coal was burned for heating, the house could not be so clean. Once the stove was fired, coal ash was everywhere in the house," he said.

  "Now the village is much cleaner than before." This is the common feeling of many villagers after the "coal-to-electricity" transformation.

  In the past winter, every household in the northern rural areas was busy transporting coal, adding coal, and cleaning up cinders. The yard was also full of branches and weeds used to make fires. When the wind blew the cinders and plant ash flew around, the villagers were very distressed.

After the "coal-to-electricity" heating system, the environment in the village has become clean and tidy, and everyone has begun to consciously maintain environmental hygiene.

Coal-to-electricity related equipment in Tonggui Township.

Photo by Ma Xiangyang

  "'Coal to electricity' not only improves the quality of life of the villagers, but also enhances the villagers' awareness of environmental protection." According to Ma Jianxu, Secretary of the Party Branch of Tongnan Village, Tonggui Township, there are more than 900 villagers in Tongnan Village, and this year they won the winter in Xingqing District. The clean heating demonstration project focused on the "coal-to-electricity" transformation of 392 households.

The renovation cost for each household is more than 20,000 yuan, the villagers will bear 3,000 yuan, and the rest will be subsidized by the government.

  After the "coal-to-electricity" transformation, whether the electricity bill can be afforded is one of the most concerned issues of the villagers.

"In the past, each household burned 2 to 3 tons of coal for heating in winter. Based on the current coal price, it cost nearly 4,000 yuan a winter. Now after the 'coal-to-electricity' change, the daily cost of each household is about 16 yuan. In winter, the cost can be saved by 40%.” According to Ma Jianxu, Secretary of the Party Branch of Tongnan Village, Tonggui Township, Xingqing District, the village has helped the masses settle the “economic accounts” of “coal-to-electricity” in terms of electricity prices, equipment safety, and investment in transformation. " and "Green Account", the residents involved in the reform changed from "I want to change" at the beginning to "I want to change" later.

  "We expect to add 737,400 square meters of energy-saving projects for existing buildings in old urban areas next year, 22,000 square meters of public buildings in rural areas without centralized heating, and 3,400 village households. The project is currently undergoing preparatory work," said Jiang Xu, deputy director of the Housing and Urban-Rural Development Bureau of Xingqing District.

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