Towering Tianshan, vast Kunlun. In the northwest corner of the motherland, more than 1.66 million square kilometers of land are filled with the joy and happiness of more than 25 million people of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang. Under the blue sky and white clouds, a wind turbine stands in the sky and rotates in the wind; On the vast Gobi, rows of photovoltaic panels are lined up in a row towards the sun; Towering towers and silver lines flying north and south set up a "sky corridor" to continuously deliver "green electricity" to thousands of households.
Xinjiang has abundant new energy resources and is the "three bases and one channel" determined by the state, shouldering the important responsibility of ensuring national energy security. Since 2023, State Grid Xinjiang Electric Power has taken high-quality development as the main line, based on the advantages of Xinjiang's resource endowment, adhered to multi-energy complementarity and coordinated promotion of source, grid, load and storage, accelerated the construction of tens of millions of kilowatts of new energy bases such as Zhundong, Hami North, South Xinjiang Huanta, Ruoqiang, etc., bravely stood at the forefront and took the lead in the construction of new power systems and new energy systems, and fully served the high-quality development of new energy in Xinjiang.
Wind power and photovoltaic go hand in hand.
On December 10, 2023, a 400,000 kW photovoltaic project located in the First Division of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps was successfully connected to the Xinjiang power grid. The project is one of the first large-scale scenery base construction projects focusing on deserts, Gobi and desert areas issued by the state to Xinjiang. So far, the first batch of 4.4 million kilowatts of Shagehuang projects connected to the Xinjiang power grid have all been connected to the grid.
The picture shows the energy-saving photovoltaic power station in the Shichengzi Photovoltaic Industrial Park in Hami, Xinjiang.
In order to do a good job in the grid-connected service of new energy projects, State Grid Xinjiang Electric Power strengthens the coordination between government and enterprises, regularly reports the grid-connected situation of new energy to the competent energy department, and realizes a good working mode of timely work reporting, accurate information exchange and work coordination. In the face of power generation enterprises, the company has established a collaborative working mechanism of "monthly promotion and weekly control", and through the monthly routine holding of grid-connected consumption plant network coordination meetings, the construction progress of new energy stations and transmission projects is tracked on a rolling basis to ensure that new energy projects "should be merged, can be merged as soon as possible". At the same time, through the comprehensive application of the new energy cloud platform, the company realizes the online reporting, time-limited acceptance, and whole-process tracking of new energy project network connection applications, and compresses the new energy grid connection links from the original 34 to 19 to ensure that new energy is "connected".
It is understood that in 2023, 22.51 million kilowatts of new energy will be added in Xinjiang, which is 56 times, more than the total number of grid-connected in the past 8 years, a record high. At present, Xinjiang has a cumulative installed capacity of 64.43 million kilowatts of new energy, and has built tens of millions of kilowatts and a number of million-kilowatt large-scale wind and solar bases in Hami, Zhundong and southern Xinjiang, ranking first in Northwest China.
The picture shows that the pilot operation of pouring the foundation of the first tower of the Xinjiang section of the Hami Chongqing 800 kV UHVDC transmission line project is in progress.
The construction of the power grid project is ahead of schedule, and the State Grid Xinjiang Electric Power has accelerated the construction of new energy-related power transmission and transformation projects, continuously enhanced the transmission capacity of the power grid, vigorously promoted the construction of 220 thousand volt Hetian Kunyu and other collection and transmission projects, opened up the "highway" of clean energy power consumption and transmission, and ensured that new energy was "delivered".
In 2023, State Grid Xinjiang Electric Power will actively promote the grid-connection and transmission of new energy power sources, and put into operation four power transmission and transformation projects, including the Phoenix-Wubei Hui and the Phoenix-Yazhong Return. During the year, Yili-Bozhou-Wusu-Fenghuanghui and Yazhong-Dabanchenghui power transmission and transformation projects were put into operation to further enhance the regional capacity of new energy power consumption and transmission. At present, the construction of the third channel of Xinjiang Electric Power Transmission DC - Hami North - Chongqing 800 kV UHV DC project is being accelerated.
At present, Xinjiang Power Grid has formed a grid pattern of "four ring networks for internal supply and four channels for external transmission", which provides reliable grid support for the consumption of wind power and photovoltaic clean energy.
New energy storage relay endurance.
On December 29, 2023, the country's first grid-based SVG was connected to the grid at the 220 kV 40 well gathering station of Xinjiang Mulei Huadian, which is another demonstration of grid-based support projects of Xinjiang Power Grid after Aktao grid-based energy storage.
In order to fully respond to the national strategic goal of "double carbon", serve the large-scale development and utilization of new energy in Xinjiang, and promote the construction of a new power system in Xinjiang, State Grid Xinjiang Electric Power has planned ahead, accelerated the high-quality development of pumped storage, done a good job in the construction of source-grid-load-storage integration projects, and promoted the simultaneous construction of energy storage and new energy projects to ensure the "stable use" of new energy.
The picture shows the country's largest electrochemical energy storage power station in Yache County, Kashgar Prefecture.
In May 2023, State Grid Xinjiang Electric Power and the Development and Reform Commission of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region jointly issued the Notice on Doing a Good Job in the Construction of Source-Grid-Load-Storage Integration Projects, providing policy support for the orderly promotion of the construction of Xinjiang's source-grid-load-storage integration projects.
With the continuous growth of the scale of energy storage construction in Xinjiang, in July 2023, State Grid Xinjiang Electric Power actively promoted the construction of Xinjiang's first integrated platform for energy storage centralized control services, and on the basis of realizing cluster equipment management, intelligent operation and maintenance, multi-point aggregation and safety control of energy storage power stations, it efficiently responded to the peak regulation and frequency regulation needs of the power grid dispatching master station, provided service support for power grid data collection and analysis, industry management assistance, etc., and realized the safe operation of energy storage power stations, data observation and other collaborative control. Promote the positive interaction between energy storage and the power grid.
Up to now, the platform has completed the preparation and review of the project plan, the application of cloud resources and the construction and deployment of the platform, the link connection of the communication channel, the support for the renovation and construction of the Kashgar duty hall, and the technical support for the commissioning of the power station station, and has successfully accessed the full information of the four energy storage power stations in Karamay, Ruoqiang, Tashkurgan Tajik Autonomous County, and Pegatron, realizing the deployment and display of the basic functions of the platform.
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Xinjiang Fukang Pumped Storage Hydropower Station Lower Reservoir.
In order to solve the problem of rapid growth of new energy installed capacity and ensure the safe and stable operation of the power system, on November 25, the first pumped storage unit in northwest China, the No. 1 unit of the State Grid Fukang Pumped Storage Power Station, was put into operation for power generation, achieving a new breakthrough in the regulated power supply of Xinjiang and Northwest Power Grid. After the pumped storage power station is put into operation, it can act as a stabilizer and regulator for the safe operation of the large power grid, and mainly undertake the tasks of peak regulation, valley filling, energy storage, frequency regulation, phase modulation and emergency backup of the power system, and become a "charging treasure" to support the development of new energy.
At present, there are five pumped storage power stations under construction in Xinjiang. Under construction, there is also the Hami pumped storage power station with an installed capacity of 1.2 million kilowatts and the static pumped storage power station with an installed capacity of 2.1 million kilowatts, and the static pumped storage power station is also the country's first pumped storage and conventional hydropower integrated planning, development and operation of the power station.
Construction of a new power system.
With the continuous snowfall in many places in Xinjiang, although the temperature has decreased, the popularity of winter tourism such as skiing and skating has "heated up" significantly. On the shore of Sailim Lake, the towering wind turbine blades rotate with the wind, and the Sailim Lake Scenic Area is full of tourists under the blue sky and snow in winter.
As the only 5A-level all-green electric scenic spot in Xinjiang, Sailim Lake is also a Xinjiang model of "power + tourism". During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, Bozhou will make every effort to promote the implementation of the strategy of "rejuvenating the state through tourism", continue to promote the integrated development of Sailimu Lake and Hot Spring County, jointly take the path of green development, and make every effort to build a "global tourism demonstration zone + 5G + carbon peak + medical care and health care comprehensive demonstration pilot area" and "national 5A-level tourist attraction + 5G + zero-carbon scenic spot", so as to realize the cleanliness of clothing, food, housing and transportation for all-for-one tourism.
The picture shows the Sailim Lake Wind Farm.
In order to promote the construction of key demonstration projects, State Grid Xinjiang Electric Power has deepened the construction of a Xinjiang Electric Power characteristic innovation system with the Autonomous Region and the State Grid Corporation of China, Xinjiang Electric Power Leading the Problem, and Industry-University-Research to Solve the Problem, focusing on the three major issues of "guaranteeing the best quality, stabilizing delivery, and promoting consumption" in southern Xinjiang, and carried out research on thermal electrolytic coupling and coalbed gas power generation, and planned to build 13 demonstration projects. Xinjiang Electric Power has built a special energy big data center, and created 21 characteristic data products, such as eight major industries of electric power, environmental protection of electric power, and new energy development and consumption, to effectively serve the scientific decision-making of the autonomous region.
In terms of the construction of the new power system demonstration zone, State Grid Xinjiang Electric Power actively promotes the autonomous region to list Ruoqiang silicon-based and other projects as "new energy + industry" development demonstration projects, so as to realize the green and low-carbon transformation model of high-energy-consuming industries. Relying on Kuqa photovoltaic hydrogen production, we will establish an electric hydrogen synergy demonstration project to create a model of clean energy mutual aid and synergy. At the same time, we will explore the establishment of ecological photovoltaic power station demonstration projects in the tourism resource-rich areas of southern Xinjiang, rely on the new energy industry to help improve the ecological environment, and at the same time strengthen the industrial chain of agriculture, animal husbandry and service industry, and create a new business card for cultural tourism.
The picture shows the construction of an energy big data center to serve the development of new energy.
State Grid Xinjiang Electric Power actively promotes the reform of systems and mechanisms, accelerates the construction of market mechanisms such as spot market, auxiliary service market and capacity market, and forms a complete power market system with "medium and long-term + spot" as the main body and auxiliary services and capacity markets as supplements. Reasonably determine the weight indicators for renewable and non-hydro renewable energy consumption based on the scale of electricity sales in the market, scientifically set up reward and punishment measures, and encourage users to actively participate in new energy consumption。 Actively promote the trading of green electricity and green certificates, and make full use of the two markets and signals in Xinjiang and abroad to help the high-quality development of new energy.
The energy transition is "changing to 'new' and rising to 'green'". From extensive utilization to conservation and intensification, from tradition to clean, and from resource advantages to economic advantages, Xinjiang, with its "unlimited scenery", is striding out of a green and low-carbon development path for energy transformation. (Mao Weihua, reporter of China's **Xinjiang Reporter Station|.)Li Yun, Fan Junhui).
*: China**Net.