The rise of energy industry has become Yunnan's first pillar industry
The press conference on the economic performance of Yunnan Province in the first half of 2024 held not long ago pointed out that in the first half of this year, Yunnan Province's green energy grew rapidly, with over-designated power generation increasing by 18%, and supporting a 10.3% increase in the added value of the energy industry. At the 2024 China Industrial Transfer and Development Matchmaking Event (Yunnan) held on September 8, Jin Zhuanglong, Party Secretary and Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, expressed support for Yunnan to vigorously develop new energy, new materials, biomedicine and other characteristic advantages based on functional positioning and industrial foundation. industries.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Yunnan Province has thoroughly implemented the strategy of strengthening the province with green energy. Based on existing conditions, it has taken various effective measures to transform the province's unique energy resource advantages into industrial advantages, economic advantages and development advantages. The energy industry has developed rapidly and emerged as the first pillar industry. Indicators such as the proportion of green energy installed capacity, green power generation capacity, and non-fossil energy in primary energy consumption rank among the leading domestic level. Green energy has become a bright business card for Yunnan Province.
Four major advantages support building a strong green energy province
Wang Ning, Secretary of the Yunnan Provincial Party Committee, delivered a speech at the opening ceremony of the 2024 China Industrial Transfer and Development Matchmaking Event (Yunnan), and said that Yunnan's resource advantages are now increasingly prominent. Taking green electricity as an example, the installed electricity capacity in Yunnan Province reaches 140 million kilowatts, and green electricity accounts for 90%."Green electricity + advanced manufacturing" has created new development advantages. The carbon footprint of photovoltaic products throughout the life cycle is lower than that of the country. 40%.
Relevant materials provided by the Yunnan Province Energy Bureau show that Yunnan Province has four obvious advantages in energy development.
Significant comparative advantages in resources. Yunnan Province can develop more than 200 million kilowatts of clean energy resources, the exploitable amount of hydropower resources ranks second in the country, and the utilization hours of wind power and photovoltaic power generation rank among the top in the country."Water, wind and light" electricity are highly complementary and have outstanding resource advantages.
The location advantages are obvious. As an important intersection for the development of the Belt and Road Initiative and the Yangtze River Economic Belt, Yunnan Province is the forefront of my country's opening up to South Asia, Southeast Asia and the Indian Ocean Rim region. The surrounding energy resources are abundant and highly complementary, which can realize the introduction of Tibet and electricity into Yunnan, the mutual aid of Yunnan-Guizhou "water, fire and coal", and the introduction of Sichuan and Guangxi gas into Yunnan.
Outstanding industrial advantages. Wudongde and Baihetan and other "major power equipment" have been put into operation to generate electricity, and the two national hydropower bases, Jinsha River and Lancang River, have been basically completed. The China-Myanmar oil and gas pipeline and the refining and chemical project in Yunnan Province were completed and put into operation, and the oil and gas industry has achieved a leap from "scratch". A regional international energy hub has taken shape, forming 14 power channels to connect power to neighboring countries.
Green electricity has the lead. Green energy has a clear background, and carbon emissions per unit of energy are less than half of the national average. The province's designated green power generation capacity has reached more than 360 billion kilowatt hours, which is equivalent to reducing carbon emissions by 300 million tons compared with thermal power; green energy installed capacity accounts for 90%, and power generation accounts for nearly 85% of the province's total power generation. It can drive the implementation of green industries, green power product manufacturing and other industries in the province.
Relevant experts believe that overall, Yunnan Province is one of the provinces with obvious green comparative advantages in the country. From the perspective of the province's resource endowment, energy structure, industrial foundation, etc., energy is still the first driving force and key support for the province's economic growth, and is in a rising period of rapid development. At present and in the future, it is still the opportunity to consolidate the advantages of energy development. During the opportunity period, building a strong green energy province has a solid foundation and strong momentum for sustainable development. There are obvious advantages in promoting the integrated development of green energy and green manufacturing. There is broad space and potential for accelerating the construction of new energy systems and new power systems.
Take multiple measures to accelerate the development of green energy
In order to thoroughly implement the decisions and arrangements of the Yunnan Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government on building a strong green energy province, all departments at all levels in Yunnan Province have coordinated and coordinated efforts to improve organizational structures and strengthen institutional guarantees to ensure that the implementation of various key tasks has achieved results.
The Yunnan Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government attach great importance to ensuring the supply of energy and power, taking it as the primary task to support economic and social development, systematically conducting research and judgment, in-depth research, improving mechanisms, and promoting it at a high level. The Yunnan Province Energy Commission was established, with the main leaders of the provincial government serving as directors, and the deputy governor and secretary-general in charge of development, reform, and energy work serving as deputy directors. The executive deputy governor and deputy governor in charge jointly took the lead in establishing a special power work class and held regular special class meetings to promote the resolution of major issues in ensuring energy and power supply. At the same time, the Yunnan Province Development and Reform Commission and the Provincial Energy Bureau took the lead in establishing six special work classes including power operation and scheduling, focusing on major tasks such as energy and power security, construction of a strong green energy province, construction of a new power system, and overall development and security, and strengthening overall coordination, research and analysis and work scheduling, and implementing list-based management and promotion of key tasks.
Focusing on comprehensively implementing the new energy security strategy of "Four Revolutions and One Cooperation", Yunnan Province is focusing on strengthening institutional guarantees from four aspects and promoting the transformation of energy green and low-carbon.
Anchoring the "3815" strategic development goals, studying and formulating the "14th Five-Year Plan for Green Energy Development in Yunnan Province" and special plans in five sub-fields. Since the implementation of the plan, the completion of the main indicators has made good progress.
Focusing on the work goals and key tasks for the second two years after the "14th Five-Year Plan", the Yunnan Province Energy Bureau drafted and issued the "Late Work Plan for the 14th Five-Year Plan for the High-Quality Development of Green Energy in Yunnan Province", which mainly focuses on green energy itself, taking into account the construction of new power systems. The integrated promotion of "water, wind, water and wind storage", and the coordinated development of source, network, load and storage. It proposes to vigorously promote energy security protection actions, clean energy green expansion actions, and improve power regulation Capacity actions, new power system construction actions, etc.
At the beginning of 2024, the Yunnan Province Energy Commission issued an outline of the medium-and long-term energy development strategic plan, focusing on comprehensively improving energy supply capabilities, enhancing fossil energy support capabilities, building a modern energy infrastructure system, building a new power system with characteristics of Yunnan Province, promoting low-carbon and efficient use of green energy, improving the level of energy technology and industrial innovation, deepening energy system reform and innovation, and building an international regional green energy hub. Specific tasks are proposed.
Focusing on the idea of "strengthening energy security and supply, vigorously developing clean energy, clarifying the path for fossil energy to peak, reducing carbon on the supply side and reducing carbon on the consumption side", Yunnan Province has organized scientific calculations of the peak time and total carbon emissions in the energy sector, analyzing and judging the boundary conditions for energy carbon peak, reasonably calculating thermal power installed support and coal consumption, and analyzing the comprehensive impact of multiple dimensions such as "double control" of energy consumption and carbon emission intensity, Yunnan Provincial Development and Reform Commission, The Provincial Energy Bureau jointly issued the province's implementation plan to promote green and low-carbon transformation of energy and achieve carbon peak work.
Tap potential and improve efficiency and enhance the potential for green energy development
Relevant information shows that after more than 10 years of continuous efforts, Yunnan Province has achieved many great achievements with milestone significance.
The advantages of hydropower have been further expanded. The province's hydropower installed capacity has increased from 34.99 million kilowatts (end of 2012) to 82 million kilowatts (end of 2023), ranking second in the country in installed capacity. Among the top 10 hydropower stations in the world, Yunnan Province has 4. The two major hydropower bases of the Jinsha River and Lancang River have been basically completed, effectively improving the power supply structure and greatly increasing the power supply capacity.
New energy is emerging rapidly. The installed capacity of photovoltaic and wind power generation increased from 1.53 million kilowatts (at the end of 2012) to 34.68 million kilowatts (at the end of 2023), an increase of 22.6 times. Photovoltaic and wind power installed capacity surpassed coal power to become the second and third largest power source after hydropower. As of the end of July this year, the province's total installed power capacity exceeded 143 million kilowatts, of which clean energy installed capacity was approximately 130 million kilowatts, accounting for 90%; the province's total installed capacity of new energy exceeded 45 million kilowatts.
At the same time, cross-provincial and cross-regional power transmission capabilities lead the country. Yunnan Province has built the world's most technologically advanced, most complex characteristics, and greenest power grid at the provincial level. A cross-provincial and cross-regional optimal allocation pattern of power has been established, and the scale of power transmission and transformation on the main network ranks among the top in the country. A number of landmark major power grid projects have been built, and many technologies such as flexible AC and DC transmission are world-leading. Pumped energy storage and new energy storage are in the ascendant. The scale of power transmission from west to east ranks first in the country. So far, the cumulative power transmission has exceeded 1.6 trillion kilowatt-hours, reducing standard coal consumption in the eastern region by nearly 450 million tons, and reducing carbon dioxide emissions by about 1.2 billion tons.
With the continuous improvement of its ability to ensure the security and supply of energy and electricity, Yunnan Province has realized the transformation from sending power generation to universities to sending power generation and electricity to universities. Since the beginning of this year, the province's power generation and electricity consumption have maintained a rapid growth trend. From January to July, the province's total power generation, the whole society's power consumption, and external power transmission reached 2490, 1547, and 108 billion kilowatt hours respectively, with growth rates of 18.5%(the first in the country in growth rate) and 14.0%(the third in the country in growth rate, second only to Xizang and Xinjiang) and 30.8%.
It is understood that since the beginning of this year, Yunnan Province has made great efforts to ensure the electricity consumption of enterprises in the province and support "green electricity + advanced manufacturing." The electricity consumption of green aluminum, green silicon, and new energy batteries has increased by 39%, 27.5%, and 78.8% respectively year-on-year. In the first half of the year, the added value of the power industry increased by 13.3% year-on-year, pushing the growth rate of the added value of the energy industry to 10.3%, which played a supporting and guiding role in the province's stable economic growth. Within this year, Yunnan Province will continue to accelerate the construction of power supply projects to ensure that 16 million kilowatts of new energy will be put into production and connected to the grid throughout the year, and fully support the province's high-quality economic and social development.
In the next step, Yunnan Province will expand its advantages of huge clean energy volume, strong supply, and good power grid infrastructure, focus on serving to ensure the development of the industry, accelerate the adjustment of the energy structure and industrial structure, and accelerate the construction of efficient and stable support for the green development of the economy and society. A modern energy system, through expanding photovoltaics, optimizing hydropower, increasing coal power, distributing energy storage, and promoting integration, tap the development potential of green energy, continue to enhance development potential, and strengthen and optimize the green energy economy. Promote the construction of a strong green energy province to a new level.
