From December 11th to 12th, the ** Economic Work Conference was held in Beijing. The meeting demanded that we adhere to the general tone of seeking progress while maintaining stability, completely, accurately and comprehensively implement the new development concept, accelerate the construction of a new development pattern, and strive to promote high-quality development. What to do in the energy sector?The reporter of "China Energy News" interviewed industry experts to interpret it.
Achieve safe, economical, and low-carbon synergy.
Zeng Ming, director of the Energy Internet Special Committee of the China Energy Research Society, said: "The general tone of next year's work in the energy field can be summarized by three elements: first establishing and then breaking, improving energy efficiency, and ensuring safety. At present, China wants to achieve the 'double carbon' goal by significantly increasing the proportion of renewable energy, and in order to ensure energy security and economy, it is necessary to 'establish first and then break', improve energy efficiency, and ensure reliability.
We will further promote the construction of ecological civilization and green and low-carbon development. "The meeting made it clear that green and low-carbon development will be achieved in the four links of 'source, grid, load and storage', build a green chain, and support the healthy development of the ecological chain of the energy system. Zeng Ming said.
Song Qinghui, chief economist of Qinghui Think Tank, said: "China has entered a critical period of green transformation, and accelerating the construction of a green and low-carbon chain is the only way to steadily promote carbon peak and carbon neutrality, and it is recommended to make good use of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, Internet of Things and big data." ”
Peng Peng, Secretary-General of the China New Energy Power Investment and Financing Alliance, said: "China urgently needs to establish a series of evaluation index systems to clarify the boundary conditions for the realization of the green chain. ”
Accelerate the construction of a new energy system, strengthen resource conservation, intensive recycling, and efficient utilization, and improve the ability to ensure the security of energy resources. Zeng Ming believes: "The construction of a new energy system must ensure the realization and dynamic coordination of the three-dimensional goals of energy 'security', 'economy' and 'low carbon'. ”
Song Qinghui suggested that we should start from two aspects: "First, we should insist on playing a game of chess in the whole country and make unified arrangements for all kinds of workThe second is to further promote the upgrading and evolution of the energy system, and lay the foundation for the eventual realization of systematic and transformative reshaping of energy. ”
The construction of a new energy system should greatly increase renewable energy, which is bound to reduce the amount of new power generation from coal, and cannot let the regulated power supply go bankrupt and withdraw, so it is necessary to improve the capacity price and other guarantee mechanisms. Peng Peng said.
Leading the development of the industry with scientific and technological innovation.
Lin Boqiang, dean of the China Energy Policy Research Institute of Xiamen University, said that the construction of a new energy system is an inevitable requirement to achieve the "double carbon" goal, and the biggest problem is that the stability of new energy is poor and the cost is relatively high, and it is necessary to make the new power system more stable at a lower cost through technological innovation.
In particular, the application of digital technologies to energy production, transmission and application scenarios will be one of the key areas of innovation. Zeng Ming said.
Bai Weiguo, director of the Industrial Green Development Research Department of the China Society of Urban Economics, suggested: "We should focus on scientific and technological innovation in energy extraction, storage and transportation, processing and utilization in the links of energy extraction, storage and transportation, processing and utilization, promote industrial transformation and upgrading, improve the modernization level of the industrial chain, promote the construction of a modern energy industry system, and develop new quality productivity of the energy industry." ”
Green consumption is essential to achieve the energy transition. Bai Weiguo believes that vigorously developing "green consumption" and "boosting new energy vehicles" can further stimulate the release of green consumer demand, give full play to the market adjustment mechanism, encourage enterprises to practice the concept of green and low-carbon, send a "green" signal, and change to green and low-carbon production and lifestyle.
Increasing the application scenarios of green energy can promote the trading of green electricity and green certificates, and the certification of product carbon neutrality and carbon footprint is particularly important, and it is necessary to improve the green brand building of enterprises. Bai Weiguo said.
Song Qinghui believes that the meeting released a positive signal and will give birth to a huge green market. "Especially with the further acceleration of China's urbanization process, green energy consumption has become an important force to promote the sustainable development of China's economy. ”
Continue to move into the "deep water area" of reform
The meeting called for deepening reforms in key areas and speeding up the construction of a unified national market. By promoting the process of marketization, we can stimulate the enthusiasm of market players and improve the efficiency of energy resource allocation. Since the beginning of this year, China has continued to promote the reform of the oil and gas market system and the reform of the power system, and advanced into the "deep water area" of reform.
Zeng Ming said: "Specifically, on the one hand, it is necessary to find ways to connect the energy market with the national carbon market and the green electricity and green certificate market to achieve convergence."On the other hand, it is necessary to pay attention to the issue of ensuring the access to the market of regulatory resources for the large-scale development of renewable energy. In addition, it is necessary to continue to break down the barriers of the energy industry and form a unified national market with a larger scale and wider coverage as much as possible, which is an important issue in the reform of the energy system. ”
Peng Peng also believes that "the connection between the carbon market and the green electricity and green certificate market should be realized as soon as possible, so that enterprises can reflect the value in carbon emission accounting while using green electricity." ”
How to better promote the reform of the system and mechanism in the energy sector?Bai Weiguo suggested: "First, the top-level design of the national unified power market system, overall arrangement, optimal allocation of electricity, and improve the multi-level unified power market system;The second is to speed up the construction of the spot market, gradually promote the first-class market, improve the ancillary service market, promote the organic connection between each other, and cultivate more power generation enterprises, power grid enterprises, electricity sales companies, financial institutions and users to participate in power trading;The third is to improve the formation mechanism of electric power, gradually promote the market-oriented pricing of electricity, and promote all kinds of power generation enterprises to directly participate in market transactionsFourth, improve the new energy power trading mechanism, promote the participation of new energy in market transactions in an orderly manner, continue to stimulate the enthusiasm of new energy entities to participate in market transactions, and attract more social capital to enter. ”
In terms of the reform of the oil and gas pipeline network, China will implement a new pipeline transportation mechanism from January 1, 2024, and "one price for one line (enterprise)" will become a thing of the past. "In the past, the main oil and gas pipelines were built and operated separately by major state-owned oil and gas enterprises, which were not connected to each other and had a low degree of marketization. Bai Weiguo believes that next, the national pipeline network company should integrate the "national network", fair opening of pipeline network facilities, improve pipeline network open standards and market supervision, continue to improve the fair and open service level of pipeline network facilities, drive social capital investment, and promote the marketization process of the oil and gas industry.