Chinanews.com, Lanzhou, May 28 (Reporter Feng Zhijun and Li Yalong) Nearly 20 years ago, a small wind power station was built in the "Yadan Devil City" at the junction of Xinjiang and Gansu, which opened the way for the exploration of new energy in Dunhuang.
Nowadays, various new energy industries are "blooming everywhere" in Dunhuang, and continue to be integrated into all aspects of economic and social development. The local area wants to use wind and solar storage and multi-energy complementary and integrated development to promote the comprehensive utilization of new energy resources.
The picture shows the new energy power generation industry in Dunhuang, Gansu.
(Data map) Photo by Wu Jianxin
Dunhuang, famous for its "Dunhuang Grottoes" and "Dunhuang Murals", has long been marketed as the "Place of Pilgrimage" for ancient Silk Road travel.
In fact, there are many "high-tech and cutting-edge" labels such as "the country's first million-kilowatt solar power demonstration base", "the country's first batch of new energy demonstration cities", and "China-Germany new energy demonstration cities".
Chen Xiaojian, a cadre of the Energy and Project Construction Service Center of the Dunhuang Development and Reform Bureau, said in an interview with a reporter from Chinanews.com that Dunhuang has superior solar and wind energy resources, and lacks hydropower, coal, oil and natural gas resources.
As a region with the most abundant solar energy resources (Class A) and a level 1 wind energy resource area, Dunhuang has a huge space for new energy development and utilization, and it has the resource conditions for planning and building a large-scale multi-energy complementary integrated delivery base.
The picture shows the "blooming" new energy utilization in Dunhuang, Gansu.
(Data map) Photo by Xu Yongtao
“Dunhuang’s current annual new energy generation capacity is three times the total annual electricity consumption of the local area.” In Chen Xiaojian’s view, Dunhuang’s geographical advantage is obvious. It is the gateway to Xinjiang and the bridgehead for westward development. It is in the “Western Development”. In the strategic plan, Dunhuang is located at the westernmost end of the north-west power transmission channel. Due to the reverse distribution of energy production and consumption in my country, Dunhuang and its surrounding areas will become an important node for power transmission from west to east.
Around 2000, Dunhuang, which has a fragile ecological environment, began to popularize household solar water heaters on a large scale to thousands of households. Some hotels have also explored the conversion of natural energy according to local conditions to achieve the effect of "warm in winter and cool in summer".
Today, new energy applications continue to expand in the local area, from urban public transportation, to rural micro-buses, and even hospitals and schools, gradually using clean energy.
As the country's first million-kilowatt solar photovoltaic power generation demonstration base, the country's first batch of new energy demonstration cities, and the country's high-proportion new energy demonstration cities, Dunhuang is currently working hard to promote 100% renewable energy power cities, 100% clean energy heating cities, 100% renewable energy public transportation city, 100% renewable energy tourism city construction.
Chen Xiaojian said that Dunhuang solar energy and solar thermal resources can effectively promote the development of wind and solar complementary integrated projects in the Hexi Corridor area where Gansu has the most abundant solar and wind energy resources.
Dunhuang can use the thermal power and energy storage facilities in Xinjiang Power Grid and Gansu Power Grid to develop multi-energy complementary applications. It can also use its own new energy resource advantages to strengthen the construction of energy storage, solar thermal and other peak-shaving power sources, develop multi-energy complementary applications, and promote new energy. Development, consumption and utilization.
More than a year ago, Dunhuang put forward the idea of building a "Dunhuang multi-energy and complementary new energy comprehensive base".
According to reports, the development of Dunhuang New Energy not only has opportunities for development in the future, but also faces difficulties and problems such as insufficient energy consumption capacity, lack of peak-shaving power supplies, and weak channel delivery capabilities.
Chen Xiaojian said that in the future, the development of Dunhuang New Energy will rely on financial support such as the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China. It will adhere to large-scale project-driven and base development. On the basis of good local consumption, based on external consumption, speed up the development and utilization of solar energy, and actively promote wind power development. Do a good job in the construction of peak-shaving power sources such as energy storage, build a pattern of simultaneous and coordinated development of power, grid, consumption, peak-shaving, and equipment manufacturing to promote the high-quality development of Dunhuang new energy.
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