On the afternoon of August 18, the National Energy Administration held its first press conference since its establishment at the Beijing International Press Center. Zhang Guobao, deputy director of the National Development and Reform Commission and director of the National Energy Administration, said that China's energy structure has undergone positive changes and its influence in international energy affairs is increasing.
Energy supply capacity has been significantly increased Energy production has increased by 7.1% annually for 7 years
Zhang Guobao said that since 2000, China’s energy supply capacity has significantly increased and China has become the world’s second largest energy producer. Statistics show that in 2007, China’s energy output was 1.8 times that of 2000, and it grew at an average annual rate of 7.1% for seven years. In addition, China’s total energy consumption in 2007 reached 2.65 billion tons of standard coal, making it the second largest energy consumer in the world. However, due to China's large population, per capita consumption is only 62% of the world average.
In recent years, China's power industry has achieved leap-forward development, structural adjustment and industrial upgrading have accelerated, and energy conservation and emission reduction have achieved remarkable results. In 2007, the country’s installed power generation capacity reached 713.29 million kilowatts, ranking second in the world, second only to the United States. In 2007, the power generation amounted to 3,255.9 billion kilowatt-hours, an average of more than 13.2% for seven consecutive years. Among them, the proportion of hydropower accounts for more than 20%, and the proportion of nuclear power and wind power has further increased.
China attaches great importance to the environmental protection and energy efficiency indicators of electricity and energy. From 2000 to 2007, the proportion of desulfurization of thermal power units in China increased by 40% to 45%. In addition, the country’s power supply coal consumption and grid transmission line losses have declined.
In 2007, China’s natural gas production increased by 2.5 times compared to 2000, from 27.2 billion cubic meters to 69.3 billion cubic meters. Oil and gas production increased steadily, and major construction projects proceeded in an orderly manner. Last year, oil production increased by 14.7% over 2000.
In recent years, the construction of large-scale coal bases in China has also achieved initial success, and the degree of industrial concentration has increased significantly. There are 35 coal enterprises with a production capacity of over 10 million tons. In 2007, the output accounted for 44% of the country's total output. Of these, 13 large-scale coal bases accounted for 83% of the country's total output.
Further development of renewable energy The installed capacity of wind power has reached the fifth place in the world In 2007, China's renewable energy utilization amounted to 220 million tons of standard coal, which is 8.5% of the total primary energy consumption. Among them, hydropower and wind power have developed rapidly, and the installed capacity of wind power has reached the fifth place in the world.
Last year alone, China’s newly installed wind power capacity reached 3.05 million kilowatts. In order to make better use of our country's abundant wind energy, a series of large-scale wind power bases in the Hexi Corridor of Gansu Province have already started construction, and a number of wind power plants with more than 100,000 kilowatts have also been formed in Inner Mongolia grassland.
It is worth mentioning that in recent years, China has carried out a bright project plan to eliminate the electricity-free township. The central government has invested huge amounts of money to use solar energy to solve herdsmen's electricity problems in the Tibetan Plateau and has solved the electricity demand of 900,000 people.
At present, the use of solar water heaters in China has reached 120 million square meters, ranking first in the world. The annual production capacity of photovoltaic cells reaches 1 million kilowatts, making it the world's largest producer of photovoltaic cells. In addition, China also actively uses biogas, there are more than 5,000 large and medium-sized biogas facilities, and there are more than 27 million household biogas digesters, which provides a way to solve the fuel problems of scattered farmers.
In order to promote the use of renewable energy, China has formulated the "Renewable Energy Law" and the "Renewable Energy Development Plan." At the same time, it has introduced a series of measures to encourage the development of renewable energy, such as wind power generation levied half of value-added tax. Zhang Guobao said that there is still great potential for the use of renewable energy in China. The National Energy Administration will increase the development of renewable energy, formulate corresponding policies to encourage the development of renewable energy, and plan more renewable energy projects.
Energy International Cooperation Extensively Developed Participating in 14 Multilateral Cooperation Mechanisms In international energy cooperation, China has undertaken a wide range of international obligations and has also played a positive and constructive role.
Up to now, the National Energy Administration has participated in 14 multilateral cooperation mechanisms and 34 bilateral cooperation mechanisms. China has become a full member of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Energy Working Group, the ASEAN-China, Japan-South Korea (10+3) Energy Cooperation, the International Energy Forum, the World Energy Conference and the "Asia Pacific Clean Development and Climate New Partnership Project." As an observer of the Energy Charter, China has maintained close ties with international energy agencies, oil exporting countries, and other international organizations. It has also established energy dialogue and cooperation mechanisms with many energy consumers and producers in the United States, Japan, Russia, and the European Union. Enhance dialogue and cooperation in areas such as energy development, utilization, technology, environmental protection, renewable energy, and new energy, and conduct extensive communication and exchange in energy policies, information, and data.
In recent years, China’s cooperation with neighboring countries in energy has also made considerable progress. The second phase of the Sino-Kazakhstan crude oil pipeline project from Atasu town in Kazakhstan to Alashankou in Xinjiang in the east has been completed by the end of 2005. It has supplied nearly 5 million tons of oil to Dushanzi in China last year. In July this year, China-Central Asia natural gas pipeline also officially started construction. In addition, two 1 million-kilowatt generating units at the Tianwan Nuclear Power Station in Lianyungang, Jiangsu Province, which was built in cooperation with Russia, have been successfully put into operation for nearly one year.
Zhang Guobao stated that China’s energy development adheres to the basic domestic policy and the basic national policy of opening up to the outside world. The development of China’s energy will bring more development opportunities to all countries in the world, and it will bring a broad space for development to the international market and provide energy for the world’s energy. Make a positive contribution to stability.