China mulls raising renewable energy commitment

Beijing currently aims to get one-tenth of its energy from renewable sources by 2020, and this year passed a law forcing power suppliers to buy more electricity from plants that do not burn fossil fuels.

But with imports rocketing and the environmental toll of dirty coal climbing — Premier Wen Jiabao said on Monday it met 75 percent of the country’s energy needs — officials are eyeing an even more ambitious programme.