On the 9th, Lin Shanqing, deputy director of the National Energy Administration of China, revealed in Berlin that China’s clean energy (including non-fossil energy and natural gas) accounted for about 22.2% of total primary energy consumption in 2018, an increase of 7.7 percentage points from 2012, but There is still a gap between the targets of 25% and 35% in 2020 and 2030, respectively.
Lin Shanqing attended the sub-forum of the Berlin Energy Transformation Forum on the same day and made a speech. In his speech, he said that as the world's largest energy producer and consumer, the Chinese government has adhered to the development concept of innovation, coordination, green, openness and sharing, and has achieved many positive results in energy transformation and development. Among them, from the supply side, China's energy supply quality has undergone major changes; from the consumption side, China's energy consumption structure has achieved a major transformation.
Lin Shanqing said that as the energy transformation progresses and develops, the new situation and new problems will increase. China's energy industry is huge, and in the process of transformation, it has encountered challenges such as addressing global climate change and ecological protection. Some specific difficulties, such as the application of technology and cost challenges, the challenges of uneven energy distribution and supply and consumption.
In response to the above challenges, Lin Shanqing said that China has three energy transformation measures:
First, continue to promote the adjustment of energy consumption structure and further increase the proportion of clean energy. “We will continue to optimize the energy consumption structure, accelerate the clean and low-carbon transformation, and actively promote the clean and efficient development and utilization of coal.”
The second is to reduce the supply cost of clean energy through technological innovation. Lin Shanqing said that in recent years, the scale of renewable energy has developed rapidly and the cost has been declining. In some areas with good resources, low construction costs, and good investment and market conditions, the cost advantage of fossil energy has been initially established. Wind power and photovoltaic power generation The cost is close to thermal power and provides useful experience for future development. In the future, it is necessary to promote the rapid decline of renewable energy costs and increase market competitiveness.
Third, renewable energy development adheres to both distributed and centralized. In the future, in the power load center areas of central and eastern China and the south, we will vigorously develop decentralized wind power and distributed photovoltaics, and develop biomass, geothermal energy and hydrogen energy according to local conditions, and improve the distributed energy system based on renewable energy. The proportion of application makes the energy supply on the spot nearby.
"In the next step, China will continue to expand the development of the clean energy industry, comprehensively build a clean, low-carbon, safe and efficient energy system, and achieve the strategic goal of energy transformation." Lin Shanqing said that China is also willing to work with countries to promote technological progress. The global energy transformation creates more favorable conditions.