2021 is the first year of carbon economy. The meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee first proposed the goal of carbon peak and carbon neutralization; At the national two sessions in 2021, carbon peak and carbon neutralization were written into the government work report; The national carbon trading market was officially launched, and carbon emission trading systems have been established in various industries and fields. Looking forward to the future, the transformation of new and old kinetic energy and the upgrading of industrial structure around the goal of “double carbon” will be carried out vigorously.
In the context of the dual carbon goal, Huaxia times, as China’s mainstream financial media, will hold the 2021 China dual Carbon Energy Development Summit Forum in Shanghai on January 10, 2022. At that time, many front-line energy experts, scholars and industry practitioners will gather to gain insight into new opportunities for dual carbon development, explore the road of energy transformation and analyze the changes in energy application scenarios around issues such as the new energy track under the dual carbon goal and the reform of power marketization. At this forum, Huaxia times will also release the white paper on energy digital transformation (2021) by the energy Digital Economy Research Institute of the United Nations network energy research institute to explore how to break the traditional functional boundary of the main body of the power market and promote the integration and coordination of source network load storage.
energy transformation is imperative
China is the world’s largest energy consumer. At present, China’s energy security supply situation is more severe. Data show that in 2020, China’s total energy consumption will be 4.98 billion tons of standard coal, accounting for 26.2% of the world’s total energy consumption, and China’s external dependence on energy will reach 20%. In addition, China’s energy consumption structure has low cleanliness and large greenhouse gas emissions.
At present, China is in an important historical period of transition between traditional energy and clean energy. Motivated by the goal of carbon peak and carbon neutralization, clean energy represented by hydropower, natural gas, photovoltaic, wind energy and hydrogen energy will gradually replace the dominant position of traditional fossil energy.
However, over the past year since the dual carbon target was put forward, new situations and problems such as soaring coal prices and power shortage have also emerged in the market. In the process of carbon reduction, the importance of energy security also deserves attention. The recent central economic work conference pointed out that the gradual withdrawal of traditional energy should be based on the safe and reliable substitution of new energy. Based on the basic national conditions of coal, we should pay attention to the clean and efficient utilization of coal, increase the consumption capacity of new energy, and promote the optimal combination of coal and new energy.
How to realize the replacement of old and new energy while ensuring energy security? Lin Boqiang, President of China Energy Policy Research Institute of Xiamen University, said in an interview with Huaxia times that new energy is clean but unstable, and coal power is stable but not clean enough. The two need to strengthen cooperation and walk out of a low-carbon transformation road with Chinese characteristics. In the future, coal power needs to be transformed to become a standby energy for clean energy, In response to the volatility of clean energy and extreme climate, it plays a role in cutting peaks and filling valleys.
when carbon reduction in the energy industry is in progress
With the support of national policies, new energy sources such as wind power and photovoltaic have ushered in unprecedented development dividends, and the installed capacity has been increasing. The Shanxi Guoxin Energy Corporation Limited(600617) industry has come to the outlet of development and began to gradually transition to marketization. In order to reduce carbon emissions, enterprises in many industries have installed photovoltaic modules on the roof of their plants. For example, Nangang has arranged photovoltaic power generation projects in order to achieve the dual carbon goal, and cement giant Guangdong Tapai Group Co.Ltd(002233) also invested 1.3 billion in photovoltaic projects in 2021.
Traditional energy enterprises are also trying to seize the development outlet of carbon economy and realize the transformation of clean energy. Some traditional coal enterprises have begun to transform and develop into high-tech enterprises. Fossil energy such as coal and oil are changing from fuel to raw materials. Industries such as coal to oil, coal to gas and coal to methanol are developing rapidly. In the future, raw material energy consumption will no longer be included in the total energy consumption control.
The recent central economic work conference also pointed out that it is necessary to correctly understand and grasp carbon peak and carbon neutralization. Realizing carbon peak and carbon neutralization is the internal requirement of promoting high-quality development. We should unswervingly promote it, but it is impossible to accomplish its work in one battle. We should adhere to the principles of national overall planning, giving priority to economy, two-wheel drive, smooth internal and external flow and risk prevention.
Energy security is a strong backing for economic development. Zhang likuan, a researcher at the energy information research center, told the Huaxia times that at present, electricity plays a key role in China’s economic and social terminal energy consumption. Ensuring adequate power supply involves energy security and the national economy and the people’s livelihood. We must firmly grasp the bottom line of safe, stable and adequate power supply, and gradually withdraw from traditional energy on the basis of new energy security and reliability, Even traditional energy may still have the need for “emergency support” for a period of time after completing the role of “bottom-up support”.
celebrities gather to talk about the future of the industry
Energy is the cornerstone of the development of carbon economy, is of great significance to the system construction of carbon economy, and is also the key field of carbon emission. At present, the carbon trading market has just been established, and the carbon emission management is not perfect. Clean energy still faces some problems in technology, capital, promotion and return on investment.
Under this opportunity, the “Huaxia double carbon energy research institute” initiated by Huaxia times will focus on these issues. “Huaxia double carbon energy research institute” brings together many outstanding people such as well-known economists, energy industry executives and media opinion leaders at home and abroad, and is committed to providing suggestions and intellectual support for carbon emission reduction in the energy industry.
The enterprises participating in the summit have a great momentum, and many enterprises such as state grid, Tongwei group, Longi Green Energy Technology Co.Ltd(601012) , GCL group, Longyuan Power, Jolywood (Suzhou) Sunwatt Co.Ltd(300393) , Trina Solar Co.Ltd(688599) , Jingke energy, Risen Energy Co.Ltd(300118) , Guanghui Energy Co.Ltd(600256) , looking for steel network, Shanghai Ganglian E-Commerce Holdings Co.Ltd(300226) , Lange Iron and steel, Schneider, Jinding iron and steel, Shanghai Environment Group Co.Ltd(601200) have made a joint voice.
Huaxia times, which has great influence in the field of Finance and economics, jointly organized the 40 person forum of China finance and economics to hold this grand event. In addition, the summit has also been jointly voiced and spread by dozens of mainstream media. The activities will be broadcast by “one live broadcast” and reproduced and spread synchronously on the all media platform.
(Huaxia times)
