Contribute to the energy and low-carbon development of the Sanjin Power
Our reporter Liang Jing and Li Hongguang
The two-day "Taiyuan Energy Low-Carbon Development Forum 2021" ended on September 4 in Taiyuan, Shanxi.
Domestic and foreign guests discussed the cooperation and development in the energy field around "energy, climate, environment" and other topics.
As a major coal province, Shanxi has undertaken the important mission of comprehensive reform pilots for the energy revolution, and comprehensively promoted energy supply, consumption, technology, institutional revolution and international cooperation.
Lin Wu, secretary of the Shanxi Provincial Party Committee, said that taking this forum as an opportunity, Shanxi will further enrich and expand the energy revolution in Shanxi, and continue to contribute to the development of low-carbon energy in the country and the world.
International people have highly affirmed and appreciated China's commitments and actions in carbon neutrality.
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa believes that China's commitment has activated global efforts to decarbonize and reduce the negative impact of climate change.
Alok Sharma, full-time chairman of the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference, said that China’s commitment is to achieve greater achievements on the existing basis, and China has made more contributions than any other country.
Promoting the goal of achieving carbon peak and carbon neutrality demonstrates China's firm determination to take a green, low-carbon, high-quality development path, and demonstrates China's initiative to fulfill its international responsibilities in tackling climate change and its responsibility as a major country in promoting the building of a community with a shared future for mankind.
As the country's first comprehensive reform of the energy revolution, Shanxi's promotion of the energy revolution has been extended to all areas of energy.
In the past five years, Shanxi has eliminated 157 million tons of outdated coal production capacity. The installed capacity of wind power and photovoltaic power has increased by 24.16% and 63.22% annually.
"Shanxi's green and diversified energy supply system is accelerating." The relevant person in charge of the Shanxi Provincial Energy Bureau said that Shanxi is changing from a single coal power to a multi-wheel drive such as coal-bed methane, photovoltaics, and wind power, and the structure and quality of the energy supply system are improving. Inject surging power into quality development.
Statistics show that in the first seven months of this year, the production of new energy vehicles in Shanxi has increased by 2.5 times, and the consumption of new energy vehicles has increased by 1.3 times, reflecting the continuous growth and growth of new momentum inspired by changes in Shanxi's energy consumption patterns, whether it is the manufacturing or the consumer side.
From Shanxi's development practice, low-carbon energy development contains huge development opportunities.
At this forum, Li Shufu, chairman of Geely Holding Group, said that carbon neutrality is not only a major challenge, but also an important development opportunity.
Any single energy source is not the most effective carbon neutral solution. It must be adapted to local conditions, multiple measures, and comprehensive utilization in order to ensure national energy security and achieve the goal of carbon neutrality.
Xin Baoan, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Chairman of the State Grid Corporation of China, believes that the development of energy technology innovation is accelerating, and new technologies and equipment in areas such as the development of new energy, multi-energy conversion, and advanced energy storage are constantly emerging, and the energy system is more open, efficient and friendly. .
The energy industry ecology has accelerated leaps and bounds, and traditional energy companies have accelerated their transformation, spawning a large number of new businesses, new formats and new models, and profound changes in the industrial structure and ecology.
In recent years, Shanxi's energy international cooperation has continued to advance in depth, laying a solid foundation for creating a new situation in all-round energy international cooperation.
Joao Neto, Angola's ambassador to China, said that taking this forum as an opportunity, Angola and Shanxi will carry out further cooperation.
Fernando Lugris, Uruguay's ambassador to China, said that the forum has established an exchange platform and hopes to develop clean energy and green hydrogen cooperation with China to a greater extent.
The good momentum has gradually emerged. With the expansion of the influence of the Taiyuan Energy Low-Carbon Development Forum, international cooperation in the energy field will continue to expand to a wide range, multi-level, and entire industrial chain.
Our reporter Liang Jing and Li Hongguang