The development of new energy industry in western regions is facing difficulties

In the vast Gobi Desert, the hot sun and strong wind have become the dominant resources for the development of new energy in the western region. According to the new energy development plan of Gansu Province, it is expected that by the end of 2015, the installed capacity of wind power will reach 17 million kilowatts, and the installed capacity of solar power will reach more than 6 million kilowatts. At present, the installed capacity of wind power and photovoltaic power in Gansu is 6.4 million kilowatts and 600,000 kilowatts respectively, but the phenomenon of abandonment of electricity has seriously plagued the development of enterprises.

Gansu New Energy is the epitome of the entire western region. In Shaanxi, Ningxia, Qinghai, Xinjiang and other provinces, a new round of major development is also planned. However, the planning for the construction of power plants and power grids is inconsistent. In particular, the examination and approval of UHV projects is slow, so that the western new energy sources that are widely deployed face widespread difficulties in accessing the Internet and abandoning electricity on a large scale.

Western planning progresses

The development plan of wind power in Yumen City is just part of the new energy map of Gansu Province. As an economically backward inland province, Gansu is looking to use the new energy industry as a new engine to stimulate the economy.

Yumen is China's first oil industry base. However, with the depletion of oil resources, Yumen’s industrial focus gradually shifts outward. In 2009, Yumen City was listed by the State Council as the second batch of resource-exhausted cities.

“It can be said that the new energy industry is already a pillar industry for the transformation of Yumen City and is still in a large-scale development stage.” Shi Yubao, deputy director of the Yumen City Energy Bureau, told reporters that Yumen is known as the “world outlet” and is rich in As for wind energy resources, Yumen City has invested 17 billion yuan in the new energy industry.

“Yummen's wind power installation in 2013 will exceed 2 million kilowatts. According to Shi Yubao, as of the end of 2012, seven large enterprises such as Datang, Huadian and Huaneng have completed and put into operation 17 wind farms in Yumen, with a total installed capacity. It is 1.92 million kilowatts.

In the eyes of local officials, Yumen’s wind power installation will also have significant room for improvement. It is understood that Yumen City has a wind energy theoretical reserve of 30 million kilowatts or more, of which about 20 million kilowatts can be developed and utilized. According to local government plans, by 2016, wind power installations in Yumen City will exceed 6 million kilowatts-this means three In the year, the installed capacity of wind power will be tripled.

The development plan of wind power in Yumen City is just part of the new energy map of Gansu Province. As an economically backward inland province, Gansu is looking to use the new energy industry as a new engine to stimulate the economy. According to the new energy development plan of Gansu Province, it is expected that by the end of 2015, the installed capacity of wind power will reach 17 million kilowatts, and the installed capacity of solar power will reach more than 6 million kilowatts. At present, the installed capacity of wind power and photovoltaic power in Gansu is only 6.4 million kilowatts and 600,000 kilowatts respectively.

Abandoned electricity troubled development

Originally, the local company had promised that the amount of power generated could be “acquired in full,” but as Dunhuang has more and more photovoltaic projects on the Internet, it has become an empty talk.

"Yummen's current grid-connected wind power projects can only be sent out to 60%~70%." Shi Yubao said that wind power plants could not contribute to local taxation for eight years after completion, so Yumen City is also It plans to introduce some high energy-consuming industries such as coal chemical industry and electrolytic aluminum to absorb local electricity. It is understood that the Jiuquan Group has set up an electrolytic aluminum project in Yumen City, which can consume 12 billion to 13 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity each year. This will also be the largest industrial power project introduced locally.

“The smooth delivery of electricity is the biggest issue that restricts the current development of the company.” According to the person in charge of China’s energy-saving wind power generation, the company’s projects that have already been put into operation are 500,000 kilowatts. There are 35 projects under construction and approved. Ten thousand kilowatts. Since 500,000 kilowatts are privileged projects, the electricity sent out can be sent out, and the latter two projects are more difficult to send.

“Now local authorities encourage everyone to actively participate in new projects. On the one hand, power grid construction is seriously incompatible.” A person in charge of the CGNPC Gansu project told reporters in Dunhuang City, Gansu Province that at present the company only sends half of its electricity every day. Electricity can go online.

Originally, the local company had promised that the amount of power generated could be “acquired in full,” but as Dunhuang has more and more photovoltaic projects on the Internet, it has become an empty talk.

The investment in the China Guangdong Nuclear Power Dunhuang Photovoltaic Project is 230 million yuan, and the initial calculation of the company’s investment recovery period is 12 years. Later, due to the substantial decrease in the cost of photovoltaic modules, the payback period was also reduced to 8 years. However, half of the electricity is now wasted, which also makes the company's cost recovery period extended again.

“Everyone needs to go online. In order to maintain the balance of the dispatch, the power grid can only allow half of each of them to generate electricity.” According to the person in charge, in 2009, there was only one CGN project in Dunhuang, and as many as 16 in June 2013. Home, from 20 MW capacity to 200 MW.

Supporting construction delay

It takes one year for a wind power project to be completed, and for a photovoltaic power plant to be faster, and it can be completed within half a year. However, the shortest time for a 330KV power grid project generally takes one and a half years. The disproportion between the three is that the abandon power must exist.

At the end of June, the construction of the 750 kV second channel of the Xinjiang-Northwest Main Grid connected to the “Twelfth Five-Year Plan” key construction project of the State Grid was completed and entered a comprehensive system commissioning phase. Some companies in Gansu Province had hoped that the second channel would send most of the new energy generated in Gansu.

"But in fact, the two channels are mainly transported electricity in Xinjiang, Gansu just take a ride. In addition, some places in Gansu, such as Yumen in the grid system does not match, can not transfer the capacity." Wind power responsible person.

The person in charge of the State Grid Gansu Electric Power Company told the reporter that in order to solve the problem of new energy output in Gansu, the State Grid plans to build an 800 kV high voltage power transmission and transformation project from Jiuquan to Zhuzhou, which can solve the bottleneck problem of the delivery of new energy in Gansu Province. At the same time, it will also ease the use of electric power in Hunan Province.

The project originally planned to start construction in June 2013, but so far the relevant road has not yet been obtained.

It is understood that after the Spring Festival in 2013, the Gansu Electric Power Company sent a minister of development planning to Beijing to stay. The company’s leaders instructed “when (NDRC) was approved, when will you return?”. However, there is still no reply so far.

An industry source who declined to be named told reporters that since 2013, the National Development and Reform Commission has cancelled and decentralized a number of energy approval projects. The local development and reform commission has more powers for approval of wind power and photovoltaic projects. However, grid construction remains stuck. National Development and Reform Commission, the approval lags behind.

The source said that due to the high construction cost and the relatively high risk, the high-level and power industries are still maintaining a more cautious attitude toward UHV projects.

“In addition, most places are built with new energy sources first, and then plan for power grids. In the construction cycle of power projects and grids, it takes one year for a wind power project to be completed, and photovoltaic power plants are faster and can be completed in half a year; but The shortest time for a 330KV power grid project is generally one and a half years. The three parties are disproportionate, and the abandoned electricity must exist, said the above-mentioned sources.