Tang Jihong, director of the Hunan Province Energy Bureau, said that standing at a new starting point, Hunan Province will firmly grasp the general trend and historical opportunities of global energy transformation, vigorously develop new energy productivity, promote the transformation of energy from ensuring economic and social development to leading industrial transformation and upgrading, and strive to create a trillion-level new energy industry cluster.

From March 18 to 21, General Secretary Xi Jinping inspected Hunan Province, presided over a symposium on promoting the rise of the central region in the new era and delivered an important speech. He emphasized that the central region is China's important grain production base, energy and raw material base, modern equipment manufacturing and high-tech industry base, and comprehensive transportation hub, and plays a pivotal position in the country. We must consistently implement a series of policies and measures taken by the Party Central Committee to promote the rise of the central region, form a joint force to promote high-quality development, and strive to write a new chapter in the rise of the central region in Chinese-style modernization.

Hunan is located in central China, connecting the east to the west and the south to the north. It has obvious location advantages, a solid industrial foundation, and rich scientific and technological innovation resources. It is a major economic province and an important fulcrum of national strategy. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping has visited Hunan four times, anchoring new coordinates, entrusting new missions, and clarifying new directions for Hunan's development from a national strategic perspective, providing fundamental guidance for the high-quality development of the energy industry.

"The General Secretary's speech is far-sighted, profound in thought, and rich in connotation. It is in the same line and keeps pace with the times, which makes us feel very excited and inspired." Tang Jihong, director of the Hunan Province Energy Bureau, said in an interview with a reporter from China Energy News that the energy system of Hunan Province will keep in mind the General Secretary's earnest instructions, implement it with a higher position, stronger responsibility, and more practical style, and contribute energy strength to the struggle to write a chapter of Chinese-style modernization of Hunan.

Make every effort to consolidate the energy supply guarantee market

Hunan is short of coal, oil and gas, and is a typical energy-importing province. Since the "14th Five-Year Plan", the province's energy system has continued to consolidate energy security in accordance with the overall idea of "increasing energy input, strengthening coal and electricity protection, actively developing new energy, improving system regulation capabilities, and building a strong smart clean energy network." Guarantee the foundation of supply.

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"Last winter and this spring, our province experienced four rounds of strong cold wave weather, including the most severe rain, snow and freezing disaster in early February since 2009, and the intensity of disasters in some areas even exceeded that in 2008. Faced with the severe energy supply guarantee situation in extreme weather, we have made every effort to mobilize resources, carry out grid ice and de-icing operations, formulate power emergency repair plans in advance, coordinate the opening of green channels for oil and gas, and successfully respond to the problem of energy supply guarantee in extreme weather." Tang Jihong said,"In recent years, when we have faced the peak winter and summer peaks, energy consumption in Hunan Province has hit record highs and is under great pressure, but we have successively fought beautiful battles to ensure supply."

Maintaining the bottom line of energy security is to lay a solid foundation for development. In recent years, Hunan Province's energy system has tried every means to increase and stabilize production and ensure supply steadily. It has successively promoted the completion and operation of a large number of major energy supply guaranteed projects such as Yongzhou, Pingjiang, Huarong Power Plants, and the Hunan Section of the New Guangdong-Zhejiang Guangxi Branch Line, and accelerated the construction of the "Nanjing Power to Hunan" project. The Hunan-Guangdong interconnection project is expected to start within the year, and the "Xinjiang Power to Hunan" project has been put on the agenda. As of the end of last year, the province's energy supply capacity reached 176 million tons of standard coal, the stable power supply capacity exceeded 42 million kilowatts, the power transfer capacity exceeded 12 million kilowatts, and the natural gas supply capacity exceeded 15 billion cubic meters. The Gasification Hunan Project covers all cities and prefectures, coal and refined oil transfer capacity has stabilized at 110 million tons and 18 million tons, providing a solid energy guarantee for economic and social development.

While continuing to enhance its energy supply guarantee capabilities, Hunan Province is making vigorous steps on the road of accelerating the construction of a new energy system with new energy as the main body. In April 2022, the Hunan Province Development and Reform Commission issued the "Notice on Matters Related to the Development and Construction of Wind Power and Photovoltaic Power Generation Projects during the" 14th Five-Year Plan ", clarifying that wind power and centralized photovoltaic power generation projects with development and construction conditions during the" 14th Five-Year Plan "period should be fully opened. Subsequently, a batch of wind power and photovoltaic projects with a total installed capacity of 11 million kilowatts entered the key construction list and started construction one after another.

Look at the land of Sanxiang, with infinite scenery, outlining a magnificent picture of the vigorous development of new energy. The country's first batch of large-scale scenery base pilot projects-Datang Huayin Loudi Ecological Governance 1 Million KW Photovoltaic Project will soon be connected to the grid for full-capacity power generation;12 county-wide photovoltaic projects will be included in the national pilot projects, and the construction of rooftop distributed photovoltaics in the province's industrial parks is fully rolled out; Wuqiangxi hydropower expansion of 500,000 kilowatts was successfully put into operation, and Fengtan and Zhexi hydropower expansion projects were advanced in an orderly manner; the installed capacity of biomass power generation increased to 1.26 million kilowatts. At present, the total installed capacity of electricity in Hunan Province is 70.86 million kilowatts, of which wind power and photovoltaic new energy installed capacity is 22.24 million kilowatts, accounting for 31.4% of the province's total installed power, historically surpassing hydropower to become the province's second largest power source; The construction of pumped storage projects such as Pingjiang and Anhua has accelerated, and the installed capacity of pumped storage under construction has reached 11.8 million kilowatts; the installed capacity of new energy storage has reached 2.66 million kilowatts, ranking second in the country.

Develop new energy productivity according to local conditions

Accelerating the cultivation and development of new productive forces is a new driving force to promote the accelerated rise of the central region.

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Energy equipment and energy materials are characteristic industries in Hunan Province. In 2023, the output value of new energy industry in Hunan Province will exceed 600 billion yuan, and the province has formed four major new energy industry clusters: Hengyang High-tech Zone, Xiangjiang New Area (Changsha High-tech Zone), Zhuzhou High-tech Zone, and Xiangtan High-tech Zone. The achievements are obvious to all-the lithium battery and solar cell industries are accelerating, and cathode materials are leading the country in terms of industry scale, technical level, and R & D capabilities; the market share of UHV transformers and reactor products reaches 25%, building a world-class UHV power transmission and transformation equipment manufacturing and core component R & D and manufacturing system; the domestic market share of offshore wind turbines ranks first, and the manufacturing scale of wind power blades ranks second in the country.

With the deepening of the energy revolution, new energy has become a key engine leading a new round of global power change, efficiency change, and quality change. It is also a key area for cultivating and developing new productive forces. Hunan Province must have new ideas, new actions, and new results.

Tang Jihong said that standing at a new starting point, Hunan Province will firmly grasp the general trend and historical opportunities of global energy transformation, vigorously develop new energy productivity, promote the transformation of energy from ensuring economic and social development to leading industrial transformation and upgrading, and strive to create a trillion-level new energy industry cluster.

How to implement the development of new productivity in the energy field with the new energy industry as the core? The energy system of Hunan Province has clear ideas. Tang Jihong said that it is currently necessary to speed up the planning and promotion of the four industrial clusters to focus on consolidating, improving and developing new energy productivity, give full play to their respective advantages, adhere to differentiated and characteristic development ideas, and adhere to the simultaneous advancement of technological innovation and product research and development.:Seize the opportunity of national policies, find the right position in the "4×4" modern industrial system of Hunan Province, promote the green and high-end development of new energy equipment, and further promote the upstream and downstream integration of the new energy industry chain; Seize industrial development opportunities, give full play to the advantages of our province's new energy industry with a good foundation, strengthen the leading role of enterprises such as TBEA, CRRC, and Sany Heavy Energy, strengthen the new energy and electrical equipment industries, and cultivate new growth points; Seize technological innovation opportunities, track and tackle cutting-edge new technologies such as energy storage, hydrogen energy, geothermal energy, solid-state batteries, and controllable nuclear fusion, increase investment in R & D, and fully rely on domestic and foreign scientific research institutes, universities and leading enterprises in the province to improve The integrated promotion system of industry, academia and research, implement a number of forward-looking and strategic major scientific and technological demonstration projects, promote the demonstration and application of the first (set) of major technical equipment, accelerate the transformation and application of advanced technological achievements, and innovate and cultivate new energy productivity. Seize the commanding heights of the future.

Strong momentum opens a new chapter

The new era shows new achievements, and the new pattern opens a new chapter. Tang Jihong said that Hunan Province's energy system will follow the direction of the General Secretary's guidance, keep a close eye on major national strategies such as promoting the rise of the central region and the development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt. Based on the unified national market, it will plan strategies to break the energy situation, and seize the moment. Awareness, focus on the core tasks of "ensuring supply, reducing costs, and promoting transformation", and solve the problem of whether Hunan Province's energy is "," expensive "and" green "with a broader vision, larger geographical space and longer time scale. Accelerate the construction of a new energy system with Hunan characteristics.

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In the long run, Hunan Province still needs to overcome and solve a series of problems to promote high-quality energy transformation and development. According to estimates, the total energy consumption of Hunan Province is expected to reach 187 million tons of standard coal in 2025 and 205 million tons of standard coal in 2030. Energy consumption will maintain rigid growth. However, Hunan lacks primary energy resources and has a high degree of dependence on foreign countries. The transfer of coal, electricity and gas during the peak period is limited, and energy supply is still facing greater pressure. However, the spatial layout of energy has blockages and difficulties. The original power grid development model is difficult to adapt to the needs of large-scale access of new energy, and the oil and gas infrastructure network is insufficient in southern and western Hunan. The energy system is still lacking in regulation capacity. The proportion of residential electricity and gas loads is much higher than the national average and the peak-valley difference continues to expand. The installed capacity of regulating power supply in the power system is relatively low. Large coal storage bases and gas storage and peak shaving facilities are not yet complete.

Prepare for rainy days and make arrangements early and take the initiative. Tang Jihong said that Hunan Province must not only actively strive for national coal power targets, promote the construction of clean and low-carbon coal power projects, and improve the ability to guarantee coal power. It must also make the best use of its own resources and lay out and build a number of new energy projects such as wind power and photovoltaic power generation to promote the green and low-carbon transformation of energy. At the same time, we will accelerate the construction of regional power exchange hubs and promote the complementary development of multi-energy and the integrated development of source, network, load and storage. Strictly control fossil energy consumption, stimulate renewable energy consumption potential, and comprehensively strengthen energy demand-side management. Focusing on solving energy institutional obstacles and institutional shortcomings, we will vigorously optimize price mechanisms and investment and financing mechanisms, build an effective competitive market structure and market system, and enhance energy governance capabilities. Build an open and win-win energy cooperation system, gather national energy development resources, improve the interconnection level of regional infrastructure such as electricity and natural gas, and firmly grasp the strategic initiative.

Building a new energy system with Hunan characteristics has a very clear goal:By 2030, the energy structure of Hunan Province will be cleaner. Renewable energy such as photovoltaics and wind power will become the main body of power generation installed capacity, accounting for 63%. Non-fossil energy will account for 26.4% of total energy consumption, and electric energy will account for 29% of terminal energy consumption.

"By 2030, Hunan's new energy system with strong support capabilities, strong supporting role, and strong radiating drive will be basically completed. This new system will be supported by the new power system, with a new energy structure, new system form, new industrial system, and development mechanism. New, is a green, low-carbon, safe, efficient, smart and flexible energy production, supply, storage and marketing system, which will provide important support and strong momentum for Hunan's high-quality economic and social development in the future." Tang Jihong is full of confidence.