Looking back on 2021, “double carbon” and “carbon peak carbon neutralization” are the hot words of this year. Others call this year the “first year” of carbon neutralization action.
The top-level design of carbon peak and carbon neutralization was introduced, new energy projects were launched, and green and low-carbon technologies were widely used… In 2021, China’s low-carbon transformation took solid steps.
make policy efforts to clarify the road map of carbon peak and carbon neutralization
Striving to achieve carbon peak by 2030 and carbon neutralization by 2060 is an extensive and profound economic and social systematic change. To fight this hard battle, we should integrate carbon peaking and carbon neutralization into the overall layout of economic and social development and ecological civilization construction.
According to Xu Huaqing, director of the national climate change strategy research and international cooperation center, the CPC Central Committee has paid unprecedented attention to carbon neutralization, unprecedented mobilization and participation of the whole society, and unprecedented challenges and opportunities around realizing carbon neutralization.
As the top-level design running through the two stages of carbon peak and carbon neutralization, the opinions of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council on completely, accurately and comprehensively implementing the new development concept and doing a good job in carbon peak and carbon neutralization were published in October. This is the “1” in the “1 + n” policy system of carbon peak carbon neutralization. It plays a leading role, puts forward 31 key tasks in 10 aspects, and defines the road map and construction drawing of carbon peak carbon neutralization.
Subsequently, the action plan for carbon peak before 2030 was made public, which is the overall deployment of the carbon peak stage and the policy document headed by “n”. It focuses on the two key carbon peak periods of the 14th five year plan and the 15th five year plan, and puts forward the main objectives of increasing the proportion of non fossil energy consumption, improving energy utilization efficiency and reducing carbon dioxide emission level.
Xu Huaqing said that the introduction of opinions and plans is of great significance to accelerate the formation of carbon peak carbon neutralization policy and action system, further clarify the timetable, road map and construction drawings, further unify understanding, gather strength and form joint forces.
Under the guidance of the top-level design, the implementation plans for key fields such as energy, industry, construction and transportation and key industries such as coal, electric power, steel and cement will be released one after another to form a “1 + n” policy system of carbon peaking and carbon neutralization together with safeguard measures such as science and technology, carbon sequestration, finance and taxation, and finance.
green transformation and solid steps in carbon reduction
On the vast sea, the fan rotates in the wind. In November, Cgn Power Co.Ltd(003816) group Shanwei Houhu 500000 kW offshore wind power project 91 fans were all connected to the grid for power generation.
On the vast Gobi, Cecep Solar Energy Co.Ltd(000591) photovoltaic panels are shining. Recently, a number of large-scale wind power photovoltaic base projects have been started in Inner Mongolia, Gansu, Qinghai and Ningxia, with a total scale of nearly 30 million KW.
Pan Jiahua, member of the academic department of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and President of the Institute of ecological civilization of Beijing University of technology, noted that with the continuous decline in the cost of new photovoltaic power generation and wind power projects, since 2021, China will no longer subsidize the newly filed centralized photovoltaic power plants, industrial and commercial distributed photovoltaic projects and newly approved onshore wind power projects, and implement parity Internet access.
He also introduced that this year, the number of Shanxi Guoxin Energy Corporation Limited(600617) cars has achieved a breakthrough. According to the data from China Automobile Industry Association, from January to November, the production and sales of Shanxi Guoxin Energy Corporation Limited(600617) automobiles reached 3.023 million and 2.99 million respectively, with a year-on-year increase of 1.7 times.
Since the beginning of this year, a series of measures have been implemented and launched to help achieve the “double carbon” goal——
The national carbon market officially launched online trading. Once launched, it will become the largest carbon market in the world. In December, the trading in the carbon market has increased significantly; The opinions on promoting green development of urban and rural construction was issued, which put forward systematic solutions from the aspects of green building and green construction, and proposed to vigorously promote ultra-low energy consumption and near zero energy consumption buildings; The “14th five year plan for green industrial development” was released, which defined the development goals of continuous decline in carbon emission intensity, significant decline in pollutant emission intensity and steady improvement in energy efficiency
The State Grid issued the action plan for carbon peak and carbon neutralization; The Three Gorges group defines the timetable for carbon peak and carbon neutralization; China Baowu iron and Steel Group announced that it will strive to reduce carbon by 30% by 2035
Greener industry, lower carbon life. It is a common practice to choose green lifestyles such as low-carbon travel, purchase energy-saving products and refuse food waste. Shanghai, Hubei, Guangdong and other places have explored the construction of relevant pilot projects, and the low-carbon concept has become more popular.
work for a long time and unswervingly promote the goal of carbon peak and carbon neutralization
The central economic work conference pointed out that achieving carbon peak and carbon neutralization is an inherent requirement for promoting high-quality development, which should be unswervingly promoted, but it is impossible to accomplish its work in one battle.
“The gradual withdrawal of traditional energy should be based on the safe and reliable substitution of new energy”, “based on the basic national conditions dominated by coal”, “pay close attention to tackling key problems of green and low-carbon technology”, “scientific assessment” and “ensuring energy supply”… The central economic work conference made a series of arrangements for promoting carbon peak and carbon neutralization.
We should see that while exploring the green and low-carbon transformation, some places have problems such as “carbon charging” and “sports carbon reduction”, which do not meet the requirements of the Party Central Committee. We should fully and accurately implement the new development concept and do a good job in carbon peak and carbon neutralization.
Pan Jiahua said that carbon peak and carbon neutralization is a complex and long-term work, which needs to be done for a long time. We should be firm in our goals, strive for progress in stability in strategy, fully consider China’s basic national conditions such as energy structure and industrial structure, and can not achieve it in one step, or “one size fits all”.
Facing the future, the importance of green and low-carbon technology is self-evident. “We must strengthen national strategic scientific and technological forces, deploy low-carbon cutting-edge technology research and implement breakthroughs as soon as possible.” Xu Huaqing said.
He proposed to rely on the R & D, promotion and application of low emission technologies to build new low emission infrastructure such as new energy vehicle charging piles, smart grids and zero carbon buildings. Develop green zero carbon industries and economic systems, and cultivate new growth drivers in high-tech, high-efficiency and low emission fields such as digital economy, clean energy and smart city.
