Xinjiang Agricultural Energy Saving and Emission Reduction Helps Beautiful New Countryside

For the villagers in Yaozhiczi Village, Banbiangou Township, Qitai County, Xinjiang, the application of biogas changed their living environment. The 300-m3 medium-sized biogas project built by the village last year not only improved the living energy and living environment of the 100 households in the surrounding areas, but also led 200 households to develop ecological agriculture based on the “livestock breeding—biogas—ecological planting” model. .

Water, cooking, heating... At the villagers' homes, biogas stoves, biogas water heaters, and biogas boilers, one piece of supporting facilities make the most of biogas functions, and the application of biogas has even surpassed natural gas. So good to use biogas, the average price of 2 yuan per cubic meter, cheaper than the liquefied gas 1 yuan.

After the implementation of the Yaozhazizi biogas project, the cattle, sheep, and pig manure in the culture area will undergo anaerobic fermentation through advanced technology to become clean energy and high-quality fertilizer. The annual manure and sewage treatment capacity will be 3,000 tons. The annual output of biogas will be 1 Million cubic meters, 600 tons of biogas residue and 3,600 tons of biogas slurry. By carrying out the comprehensive utilization of “three marshes”, it not only solves farmers’ life energy use, but also improves soils, saves fertilizers and pesticides, improves crop yields and quality, effectively improves non-point source pollution, makes biogas become a modern and efficient agriculture, and promotes structural adjustment and construction. An important platform for ecological homes, improving the ecological environment, and promoting rural economic prosperity.

Biogas brings convenience to peasants' lives while also providing support for energy conservation and environmental protection in our district. According to Nur Muhammad Zuonen, Director of the Department of Rural Environmental Protection and Energy Development of the Agriculture Department of the Autonomous Region, 12 million people in the rural area of ​​our district have at least 2.6 million cooking stoves, and the biomass burned in a year amounts to 1.05 million tons. 60% of the total discharge of major pollutants in the district is in rural areas. The development of biogas in rural areas can gradually change the status of direct use of biomass fuels. The use of biogas instead of biomass direct combustion is an important means of rural energy conservation and emission reduction.

According to statistics, by the end of 2012, rural biogas users in our district exceeded 600,000 households, and annual production of biogas was 130 million cubic meters, equivalent to an annual energy saving of 819,480,000 tons of standard coal, reduction of sulfur dioxide emissions of 7,482,400 tons, and emission reduction of greenhouse gases of approximately 556.22. Ten thousand tons.

In addition to rural biomass energy projects, agricultural water conservation, residual film recovery, and soil testing formulas have also promoted the energy conservation and emission reduction of agricultural systems in our region, promoted the sustainable development of agriculture in our region, and laid a good foundation for building a beautiful new countryside. basis.

In 2012, our district has promoted an efficient water-saving area of ​​17.81 million mu, an increase of 3.44 million mu over the previous year. Compared with traditional irrigation methods, water conservation is about 40%, fertilizer is 30%, and production is increased by more than 20%. In the past two years, Yaozhizazi Village has vigorously carried out water-saving production, and has completed 20,000 mu of pressurized drip irrigation, and drip irrigation projects for other farmland are under construction. These drip irrigation can save more than 33% of water, ensure effective irrigation of farmland, and promote agricultural production to increase income.

"In the agricultural production process, a large amount of chemical fertilizers, pesticides, diesel fuel, and other substances are put into use. It is actually an energy input, and reducing its improper use or overdosing not only saves resources and energy, but also avoids pollution to the environment." Nur Mohammad Zuonong explained.

Last year, the Department of Agriculture of the Autonomous Region organized projects in 20 counties and cities such as Aksu and Yuli to apply for plastic film recycling projects. This year, in conjunction with the implementation of national agricultural cleaner production projects, a special financial project for the comprehensive control of wasteland and farmland membrane pollution in the autonomous region was established to expand the wasteland of farmland in our region. Plastic film management scope.

According to incomplete statistics, last year, our district has promoted the application of farmland soil testing and formula fertilization to 38.541 million mu, reducing the amount of irrational fertilization by 129,800 tons, an average of 3.37 kg per mu.