China's renewable energy growth leads the world

Over the past 10 years, China's total installed capacity of renewable energy power generation has increased by about 90 times, cementing its position as the global leader in renewable energy capacity addition.

According to the US National Energy Administration, in the past 10 years, China's total installed capacity of renewable energy power generation has risen to 1.1 billion kilowatts, of which hydropower, wind power, solar power and biomass power generation capacity ranks first in the world.

China's total installed wind and solar capacity has reached 670 million kilowatts, nearly 90 times what it was in 2012, the report said.

An employee works in front of a photovoltaic panel production facility in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province, in June.

During the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-25) period, China's renewable energy generation is expected to account for more than 50% of total electricity generation, and wind and solar power generation capacity will double.

China has led the way in renewable energy production figures for years, and is now the world's largest producer of wind and solar energy and the largest domestic and overseas investor in renewable energy, one analyst said.

Wei Hanyang, an electricity market analyst at research firm BlumbergNEF, said China has long been the country with the highest installed capacity of wind and solar PV, supported by a complete supply chain and robust policies that can be deployed quickly.

Develop Clean Energy and Achieve "Double Carbon" Goal

 On August 12, the special forum on clean energy development under the "dual carbon" goal was held at the Qinghai Conference Center.

As one of the sub-forums of the 2022 "One Belt, One Road" Clean Energy Development Forum, this forum aims to plan a standardized top-level design for the "dual carbon" goal, and effectively promote the large-scale development and high-quality energy of Qinghai photovoltaic, wind power, solar thermal and other clean energy develop.

Summarize achievements, study and judge the situation, and discuss development together.

Looking back at the past, Qinghai's abundant clean energy resources are gradually transforming into a powerful driving force for Qinghai's economic and social development, the construction of a national clean energy industry highland, and the clean and low-carbon transformation of national energy. Qinghai Province has 39.33 million kilowatts of clean energy installed capacity, accounting for 90.9% of the province's total installed capacity, 26.74 million kilowatts of new energy installed capacity, accounting for 61.8%, and non-water renewable energy consumption accounts for 29.3%... Qinghai Province has become a national clean energy source , the province with the highest proportion of new energy installed capacity.

New energy shakes petrodollarsd

Since Biden took office at the beginning of this year, the United States has been caught in a vicious circle of new energy layout and "carbon neutrality", especially the so-called "zero emission clean energy" 2050 vision plan that Biden has always emphasized. The energy proposition has always been clear. In order to realize the 2050 Vision plan of the United States, the Biden administration has also allocated 2 trillion US dollars for investment and development in infrastructure, clean energy and other related fields, and the demand in the energy field is very high. Constant for a long period of time, in order to achieve carbon neutrality goals, completely abandon the energy policy of the last Trump era.

While rejoining the Paris Climate Agreement, Biden stopped the $9 billion U.S.-Canada oil pipeline project, commonly known as the "Keystone XL" plan, not only that, but after just a few weeks , Biden also referred to the plan of Sanders in the party to push the original 10-year 1.3 trillion infrastructure plan to a more radical direction. This plan is not only intended to rebuild the power grid, roads and bridges in the United States, but also There are the expansion of urban public transportation and the acceleration of the layout of new energy vehicles, including the construction of charging stations, the development of commercial energy storage technology, and clean energy-related infrastructure such as low-carbon emission facilities. Biden has used practical actions to deny Trump's energy route. Announce to the world the United States' determination to achieve carbon-free power generation and carbon neutrality goals, the United States will invest heavily in renewable energy power generation, and the world's largest economy has set carbon neutrality goals, which means that low carbon will become The mainstream of the world, the elimination of coal power will be the trend of globalization.

Promote Clean Energy Buses in Inner Mongolia

Recently, a reporter from Inner Mongolia Daily learned from the Transportation Department of the Autonomous Region that by 2025, Inner Mongolia will basically eliminate diesel vehicles with emission standards of National III and below, and the proportion of new energy and clean energy buses in the region will reach 80%.

Li Xi, deputy director of the Transportation Department of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, introduced at the regular policy briefing on the "14th Five-Year Plan for Energy Conservation and Emission Reduction Comprehensive Work Implementation Plan of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region" on the 9th. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, Inner Mongolia will coordinate industry development and The emission reduction target focuses on promoting new energy vehicles, optimizing transportation organization, promoting green infrastructure construction, improving the level of green travel services, building a green and low-carbon transportation system in the autonomous region, and supporting and serving the high-quality development of the autonomous region.

Impact of Russia-Ukraine War on Energy Supply

 As low-carbon emission reduction has become a global consensus, many countries in the world are actively getting rid of their dependence on traditional energy and accelerating the transition from traditional energy to clean energy.

However, the world has a long history of relying on traditional energy, and it is difficult to achieve it overnight. In the process of transformation, there has been an obvious bottleneck in the supply of clean energy. It still needs to rely on natural gas, oil, coal and other traditional energy sources to supplement it, which boosts the demand for traditional energy in the short term. The energy gap will be difficult to supply in a short period of time, causing the price of traditional energy to skyrocket, and the global energy crisis will spread in 2021.

Oil and gas prices soar as Russia-Ukraine conflict intensifies

Energy shortage is a pain in the process of adjusting the global energy structure, but the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian war in 2022 amplifies and deepens the impact of this energy crisis.

Russia has a very important position in the world's energy supply. As of 2021, Russia is the world's largest exporter of natural gas, the second largest exporter of crude oil after Saudi Arabia, and the third largest exporter of coal after Indonesia and Australia. Russia's energy is mainly exported to Europe and the Asia-Pacific region, especially Europe's energy dependence on Russia is very high. In 2021, Europe's imports of natural gas, coal and crude oil from Russia will account for 35%, 28% and 27% of its total imports. . At the same time, Russia’s economy also relies on energy exports. In 2021, Russia’s natural gas, coal, and crude oil exports to Europe will account for 74%, 49%, and 32%. Banning Russia’s energy imports is equivalent to cutting off Russia’s economic lifeline.

Huge Potential for Renewable Energy in Africa

 The accelerated development of renewable energy in Africa will not only mitigate the impact of global warming, but also power the continent's economic development and help millions of people lift themselves out of poverty.

According to a recent report released by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the African continent has great potential for developing renewable energy, and some African countries have made significant progress in renewable energy projects. The analysis believes that by tailoring a package of policies, African countries can use their advantages and resources to overcome their structural dependence on traditional energy sources, thereby bringing considerable economic, social and environmental benefits.

Many African countries speed up the deployment of renewable energy

The author of the United Nations climate report and energy expert Yamina Saheb believes that the development of renewable energy is an important strategy for Africa, which can reduce the pressure on energy supply. "African countries are actively developing solar, geothermal and wind power generation, moving in the right direction to accelerate the deployment of renewable energy." Formulate and issue relevant industrial policies to vigorously attract investment.

Hainan One-stop Service for New Energy Grid-connected Business

In order to help achieve the "dual carbon" goal and serve Hainan to promote the construction of the national ecological civilization pilot zone, China Southern Power Grid Hainan Power Grid Corporation recently released the "2022 Service Guarantee Clean Energy Consumption Special Action Plan", proposing to vigorously support new technologies such as photovoltaic power generation and offshore wind power. For the development of energy and power, since June this year, Hainan has newly accepted 100% online processing of new energy grid-connected projects, realizing the "one-time operation" and "one-stop service" for handling business.

In order to serve and ensure clean energy consumption, Hainan Power Grid Corporation has launched 16 measures from three aspects: promoting the clean development of the energy structure, strengthening the construction of the power grid, and promoting the electrification of terminal energy consumption, covering vigorously supporting the development of new energy, improving the service mechanism of new energy projects, Serving the county (city, district) distributed photovoltaic development pilot project construction, strengthening peak regulation capacity building, actively participating in west-east power transmission, speeding up the construction of clean energy transmission channels, deepening the development of electric energy replacement business and other measures; Non-fossil energy accounted for 38.5% of electricity, renewable energy power generation utilization rate reached 99%, and the electricity replaced by electricity was not less than 800 million kWh throughout the year; the power grid has the capacity to meet the needs of new energy installed capacity of more than 1.31 million kilowatts. capacity.

According to reports, in order to deepen the reform of "delegating power, delegating power and serving" in the new energy field, Hainan Power Grid Corporation launched the new energy project management information system in May this year. The system can realize the "online service" and "handheld service" of new energy grid connection services, and the grid connection process is standardized, the channels are unified, and the progress is transparent.

New energy project owners enter basic information such as project name, type, location, etc. through the "Southern Network Online" APP, and can complete the application for grid connection within 10 minutes, which greatly compresses various links of offline circulation; at the same time, online inquiry processing progress, Status and other service information, to achieve "do not run once" for business processing, and improve customer experience.

Up to now, Hainan Power Grid has connected 66 new energy projects to the grid. As of the end of May, Hainan's non-fossil energy power generation this year reached 6.807 billion kWh, accounting for 48.05% of the overall power generation, and wind power, photovoltaics, and hydropower were fully consumed.