Risks, Challenges and Countermeasures for China's Power Industry to Cope with Carbon Peaking

• Published in: Meteorological and environmental research Vol. 13; no. 3; pp. 40 - 43
• Main Authors: Zhang, Bingliang, Wang, Sheng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cranston Wu Chu (USA-China) Science and Culture Media Corporation 01.06.2022
• Subjects: Alternative energy sources; Carbon dioxide; Carbon dioxide emissions; Carbon emissions; Clean energy; Clean technology; Climate change; Coal; Consumption; Economic development; Economics; Electric industries; Electricity; Emissions; Emissions control; Energy industry; Fossils; Free energy; GDP; Gross Domestic Product; Industry; Per capita; Photovoltaic cells; Photovoltaics; Renewable energy; Renewable resources; Resource management; Social change; Social interactions; Sustainable development; Wind power; Wind power generation; Xi Jinping; Canada; United Kingdom > UK; United States > US; China; Australia; Germany
• ISSN: 2152-3940
• DOI: 10.19547/j.issn2152-3940.2022.03.009

According to China's energy structure, the power industry needs to promote low-carbon fossil energy power generation, clean primary energy power generation, and normalized clean energy power generation. In 2018 , California proposed that 60% of electricity will come from renewable energy by 2030, and only " carbon-free energy" will be used to generate electricity by 2045. [...]from a global perspective, China's economic structure needs high-quality development on the one hand; on the other hand, the pressure of carbon emission reduction, carbon peaking and carbon neutrality is still relatively high, especially in the power and energy industries. 1.2 Carbon peaking situation of China's power industry from a national perspective Achieving carbon peaking and carbon neutrality isa broad and profound economic and social change. The total emissions of carbon dioxide from the power and energy industėes was still growing, and the pressure on carbon dioxide emission reduction was huge. [...]from the perspective of the national level, China's power industry must actively implement the call of the Party Central Committee, and focus on the theme of carbon dioxide emission peaking and neutralizing to further strengthen forwardlooking thinking, overall planning, strategic layout, and overall promotion. 2 Risks and challenges for China's power industry to cope with carbon peaking The "30 * 60" goal of carbon peaking and carbon neutrality has put forward higher requirements for the low-carbon transformation of energy and power in Jiangsu Province, which is mainly reflected in the adjustment of energy structure and power generation structure. At the end of 2020, China's "wind power capital" Ulanqab City, Inner Mongolia, had power supply difficulties, which is mostly related to the above reasons. [...]in the process of achieving carbon peaking and carbon neutrality, how to solve the instability of vigorously developing wind power and photovoltaics is one of the risks and challenges. 2.2 Risks brought by economic development and energy structure adjustment In order to achieve carbon peaking and carbon neutrality, referring to international experience, the consumption ratio of fossil energy and non-fossil energy generally reaches about 1: 9, and the current ratio in China is about 5.