The Spring Festival is a day of family reunion. At present, new energy sources such as wind energy, nuclear energy, and geothermal energy are "flying into ordinary people's homes", turning into happy smiling faces, strings of laughter, and steaming Chinese New Year's Eve dinners, so that the warmth and greenery in winter coexist, and this Spring Festival becomes more "warm" and "bright".
Brighter homes: new energy instead of coal-fired heating.
In the middle of winter, the cold in the northern region is thick, and the home of Yinshan, a Mongolian herdsman in the Zalut Banner of Inner Mongolia, is as warm as spring. On Chinese New Year's Eve, families sit around and eat hot Chinese New Year's Eve dinner.
I didn't expect that the mountain breeze that had blown all my life could now be heated, and the room temperature could reach 245 degrees Celsius. Yinshan said happily, "In the past, every winter, the family had to make a coal stove to keep warm, and the inside and outside of the house were smoky and burning, and the coal dust was flying, and it cost about 5,000 yuan in a winter." Now as long as you turn on the switch, the house will be warm for a while, and it only costs about 3,000 yuan in winter, which is affordable and convenient. ”
Behind the "warmth", it is the Zalut Banner Heating Station that continuously transports the "heat" of the Zalut Banner Wind Farm to 120,000 households. "Compared with the common coal-fired boiler heating, we use regenerative electric boiler for heating, which ensures the stability and continuity of heating. Ben Xing, director of the Zalut Banner Wind Farm, said that during a heating season, 8,152 standard coal can be saved6 tons, reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 20,000 tons.
Approaching the Spring Festival, Mahai Village, Dachaidan Administrative Committee, Haixi Prefecture, Qinghai Province, is filled with a festive atmosphere. As the only Kazakh administrative village in Qinghai Province, Mahai Village is located in the Gobi Plateau at an altitude of more than 3,200 meters, and the lowest temperature in winter can reach minus 30 degrees Celsius. "In the past, our village relied on burning coal for heating in winter, and it was difficult to buy coal, difficult to transport, and the house was dirty, messy and emitting black smoke, and most importantly, there were certain safety hazards. Mahai village branch secretary Nurhali said.
With the support of the local **, in 2023, 130 households in Mahai Village bid farewell to coal-fired heating and used air source heat pump boiler heating. "Using the combination of 'air energy + electric energy', with a small amount of electric energy, absorb a large amount of low-temperature heat energy in the air, and then convert it into high-temperature heat energy through the compressor, which is clean and environmentally friendly. The relevant person in charge of the national energy group Qinghai Haixi Company, which is responsible for the project, said.
There is no more black smoke in the village, there is no more coal ash at home, and there is no need to get up at night to close the fire and light the stove in the morning. Uncle Mubarak, a villager, said with a smile, "The key is that it is very cost-effective, the local ** subsidizes the electricity price, the heating electricity bill is about 1,600 yuan in winter, and it used to cost about 3,000 yuan to burn coal, and our life is getting better and better." ”
The heart is hotter: new energy heating is comfortable and reassuring.
I had only heard of nuclear heating before, but now we are using it. On the eve of the Spring Festival, the cold wind gusted outside, Jin Jingzhe, a citizen of Rushan City, Shandong Province, told reporters while cleaning up his room that with nuclear heating, the room temperature can reach about 24 degrees Celsius, and the children are wearing single coats at home, which is particularly warm.
In November 2023, the third phase of the "Nuanhe No. 1" nuclear energy heating project was put into operation, which extended the heating area to Rushan City while heating Haiyang City, Shandong Province, and opened the "Twin Cities" heating mode of nuclear energy to ensure that 400,000 residents in Haiyang and Rushan City are warm in winter.
At the site of the nuclear heating project, four steam-water heat exchangers are running 24 hours a day, providing 1,651 gigajoules of zero-carbon heat per hour. "In the 'Nuanhe No. 1' heating project, multiple isolation barriers are adopted between the user and the nuclear power unit, and the whole process goes through 5 physical isolation circuits, and the pressure difference design is adopted between the circuits inside and outside the plant to ensure the safety and stability of heating. Wang Linhui, the person in charge of the operation of the "Nuanhe No. 1" nuclear heating system, said.
In the south, nuclear heating has a unique advantage. On the eve of the Spring Festival, the minimum outdoor temperature in Haiyan County, Zhejiang Province, has reached about zero degrees Celsius. Walking into the Zhongda Langyi (Haiyan) Elderly Care Service Center, a wave of warmth came to my face. "Before, we didn't have heating here, so we had to use air conditioning for heating, and it was very dry and uncomfortable after a long drive. Jin Weiying, an old man who was reading a book in the reading room, said with a smile that with nuclear central heating, the temperature can be adjusted by itself, and it is okay to wear a woolen sweater during the day, and everything is very neat and very comfortable.
As the first nuclear energy heating project in the southern region, from November 25, 2023, the "Zhejiang Haiyan Nuclear Energy Heating Demonstration Project" cooperated by Qinshan Nuclear Power and Haiyan County has entered the third heating season, and the heating area has added the elderly service center, making it more comfortable for more than 100 elderly people here.
After the nuclear energy central heating, the temperature of the elderly in various activity areas is very suitable, especially for the elderly with rheumatism and joint diseases. Ji Xian, general manager of the elderly care service center, said that the elderly live comfortably, and their families are more at ease.
In addition to nuclear heating, during the Spring Festival, in Xiong'an New District, Hebei Province, 60-year-old Cui Wenxiu, who lives in Xincheng Community in Xiongxian County, was preparing to cook breakfast for his granddaughter early in the morning, and the thermometer on the wall pointed to 24 degrees Celsius. "If you feel that the geothermal heating at home is not hot enough, a ** staff will come to the door. In the sub-center of Beijing, Ms. Liu, who was watching the Spring Festival Gala in the apartment in the D and F residential areas of Block 0701, recognized the effect of geothermal heating: "Compared with the hot air blown by the ** air conditioner, the geothermal heating is really good, the indoor temperature is about 25 degrees Celsius, and the air is not dry." ”
Travel more efficiently: new energy vehicles are on the road with "full grid".
Hearing that his family said that a new public charging pile had been built in the township, Feng Zhongming moved the idea of buying a new energy vehicle and driving home.
No, on the eve of the Spring Festival, Feng Zhongming first took the high-speed rail from Guangzhou to Kunming, and after getting the new energy vehicle in Kunming, more than 700 kilometers away, using the refined travel route provided by the "new energy navigation" and the real-time display of charging station information, more than 7 hours later, Feng Zhongming drove smoothly back to his hometown in Mangguang Village, Mengjiao Township, Cangyuan Wa Autonomous County, Yunnan.
The newly built public charging pile is 2 kilometers away from home, which is convenient for charging; In recent years, cement roads have been opened in the village, and new energy vehicles can run; Charging for half an hour, the electric car can run more than 400 kilometers, and only costs more than 40 yuan for electricity, which is ...... more cost-effective than fuel vehiclesChatting with a few new energy vehicle owners who returned to their hometowns, Feng Zhongming found that the reasons why everyone decided to buy new energy vehicles were really similar.
In Banhong Township, next door to Mengjiao Township, like Feng Zhongming's hometown, since the construction of two public charging piles in 2023, there are more new energy vehicles on the streets.
The two charging piles are the operation mode of fast charging and slow charging, covering the use of 6 village committees in the township. Chen Guangde, deputy director of Banhong Power Supply Institute of Yunnan Lincang Cangyuan Power Supply Bureau, said that Banhong Township is speeding up the construction of smart distribution network demonstration area. After the completion of the project, it can not only ensure the normal production and living electricity of the villagers, but also improve the stability of the power supply of the charging pile, making it more convenient and comfortable for the villagers to drive new energy vehicles.
In recent years, with its superior natural environment, unique ethnic and red cultural resources, Cangyuan County, which is located in the southwest border, has developed rural tourism. With the continuous growth of the number of tourists, the demand for charging piles in Cangyuan County has also increased accordingly. "During this period, several places in the township are applying for new charging piles," Chen Guangde said, with the improvement of infrastructure, it is hoped that small charging piles can "charge a battery" for rural revitalization and improve people's happiness.
I heard that Yunnan charging piles have achieved full coverage of townships and towns, and Feng Zhongming plans to drive back to Guangzhou after the Spring Festival, "When the time comes, I will play while walking, and now there are charging piles in the township and charging stations on the highway, so I don't have to worry about 'power anxiety' anymore." (People's Daily reporter Du Yanfei and Liu Yi).
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