Persist in promoting the energy revolution with a systemic perspective (commentator observation) Ecology | China | Energy

Read the key to achieving success through coordinated development, focus on promoting economic development and ecological protection in a coordinated manner, and seek dynamic balance among multiple goals

At the first Shanghai Carbon Expo recently held, a person in charge of the National Development and Reform Commission introduced that the current installed capacity of non fossil energy power generation in China has reached 50.9%, historically exceeding the installed capacity of fossil energy power generation.

A green and low-carbon society is full of vitality, with vibrant green and low-carbon industries and unlimited potential for green and low-carbon innovation. In recent years, China's "dual carbon" work has achieved a good start, and solid steps have been taken in the green transformation of development mode. In terms of energy revolution, the construction of the "1+N" policy system for carbon peak and carbon neutrality has been completed, and major actions have been solidly promoted. A number of large photovoltaic wind power bases have started construction in deserts, Gobi and desert areas. The energy-saving and carbon reduction transformation, flexibility transformation, and heating transformation of coal-fired power units have been accelerated. In 2022, the proportion of clean energy consumption in China has increased to 25.9%, an increase of 11.4% compared to 2012, and the cumulative energy consumption intensity has decreased by more than 26%. It should also be noted that as the world's largest developing country, China needs to make arduous efforts to achieve the world's highest carbon emission intensity reduction and achieve carbon neutrality in the shortest time in global history. We need to continue to deepen the energy revolution, coordinate the promotion of carbon reduction, pollution reduction, green expansion, and growth, and accelerate the formation of a green and low-carbon production and lifestyle.

As an organic component of economic structural adjustment, promoting the energy revolution should be planned comprehensively, focusing on solving the problems of China's energy structure being biased towards coal, industrial structure being biased towards heavy, and resource utilization efficiency being low, and solidly promoting energy structural adjustment and industrial green and low-carbon transformation. This is a complex project and a long-term task that cannot be achieved overnight. The reason why it is necessary to correct the practices of "carbon charging", "one size fits all", "sports style" carbon reduction ", and" power rationing "is that they do not conform to the ideas and requirements of promoting the energy revolution and" dual carbon "work. To better promote the adjustment of energy structure and industrial structure, we must adhere to a systematic concept, uphold integrity and innovation, consolidate and expand the positive trend of economic recovery, increase the implementation of "dual carbon" implementation plans and support measures in important areas and key industries, orderly promote the conversion and substitution of new and old energy, promote the deep integration of emerging technologies and green low-carbon industries, and promote the transformation from "dual control" of energy consumption to "dual control" of carbon emissions.

Although the road is near, it cannot be reached. The report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China proposed: "Collaborative promotion of carbon reduction, pollution reduction, green expansion, and growth, promoting ecological priority, conservation and intensification, and green and low-carbon development." To implement this important deployment, we must remember the key to winning through coordinated development, do more articles that promote economic development and ecological protection in coordination, and seek dynamic balance among multiple goals. Reducing the high carbon economy and increasing the low-carbon economy are necessary to make growth more sustainable and development healthier. Based on the current situation of China's energy resource structure, which is rich in coal, poor in oil, and scarce in gas, we should coordinate and handle the relationship between development and emission reduction, overall and local relationships, long-term and short-term goals, and the relationship between the government and the market, in order to promote the effective improvement of economic development and the reasonable growth of quantity.

In Shanghai, "Photovoltaic Intelligent Road" appeared at the Carbon Expo, and new energy vehicles can continuously charge wirelessly while driving on it; In Shenzhen, we are exploring the launch of near zero carbon demonstration scenarios in various fields such as energy, transportation, industry, and construction, and urban carbon reduction is entering the fast lane... Accelerating the energy revolution, incorporating the "dual carbon" work into the overall layout of ecological civilization construction and economic and social development, constructing institutional arrangements and coordinated mechanisms for coordinated promotion of carbon reduction, pollution reduction, green expansion, and growth, will surely promote China's green and low-carbon development to achieve new and greater results, and continuously shape new international competitive advantages.