Technological innovation has brought the development of new energy to a new level

The latest data from the National Energy Administration show that after breaking through 1.3 billion kilowatts in June this year, the installed capacity of renewable energy power generation in the country reached a new high, breaking through 1.4 billion kilowatts by the end of October, reaching 1.404 billion kilowatts, an increase of 20.8%, accounting for about 49.9% of the total installed capacity of power generation in the country. It is expected that the installed capacity of renewable energy power generation in the country will exceed 1.45 billion kilowatts by the end of the year, and the installed capacity of wind power photovoltaic power generation will exceed 1 billion kilowatts. In the same period, the country's renewable energy generation reached 2.33 trillion KWH, accounting for 31.8 percent of the country's total power generation. It is expected that the national renewable energy generation will reach 3 trillion KWH in the whole year, accounting for about 1/3 of the electricity consumption of the whole society. With the continuous expansion of installed capacity, the development of new energy in China has entered an important window period, and technological innovation has become a powerful driving force for the growth and development of the new energy industry.

● "Quality" and "quantity" double increase

"China's new energy installed capacity, investment, and power generation have ranked first in the world for many consecutive years. China's new energy has become a national business card." Zeng Shaojun, secretary-general of the new Energy Chamber of Commerce of the National Federation of Industry and Commerce, recently said publicly. In the view of Zhong Baoshen, chairman of Longji Green Energy: "At present, China's new energy shows a good trend of fast development, good operating quality, high utilization level and strong industrial competitiveness, and is changing from the growth of 'quantity' to the double increase of 'quality' and 'quantity'."

Zhao Yongqiang, director of the Renewable Energy Development Center of the Energy Research Institute of the National Development and Reform Commission, pointed out that to achieve the "double carbon" goal, the change in the energy field is the most important. "In the future, wind power, photovoltaic, electric vehicles are the three main areas with the most potential to reduce emissions." At present, China's photovoltaic, wind power industry has formed a strong competitiveness, the development speed is very fast, electric vehicles are now accelerating development, about 30% of China's new vehicles are electric vehicles, in the cost, competitiveness and other aspects have been continuously strengthened."

The recent Sunnylands Statement on Strengthening cooperation to address the climate Crisis notes that in the critical decade of the 2020s, the two countries support efforts to triple global renewable energy installations by 2030, as outlined in the G20 Leaders' Declaration. It also plans to fully accelerate the deployment of renewable energy in both countries between now and 2030 at 2020 levels to accelerate the replacement of coal and oil generation, so that a meaningful absolute reduction in emissions from the power sector can be expected after peaking.

"The last time it took 12 years to triple the installed capacity of renewables, it tripled the amount of electricity generated." Alizadi Nagafabadi, head of Asia-Pacific research at Bloomberg New Energy Finance, believes that overall, most markets around the world will have varying degrees of difficulty in achieving the goal of tripling renewable energy installations by 2030, but China is expected to achieve the goal of tripling renewable energy installations by 2030.

● Innovation ability continues to improve

Many participants believe that in recent years, China's new energy "quality" and "quantity" double increase transformation thanks to the progress and breakthrough of industry technology level. "The development of China's new energy industry basically has a technological cycle and iteration every three years, so technology must be the core of new energy development." Zeng Shaojun thinks.

Li Can, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and researcher of the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, pointed out that scientific and technological innovation to open up a new track for the development of new energy fields and shape the new advantages of the development of new kinetic energy is the general trend of The Times and an urgent requirement for high-quality development. After years of development and accumulation, the development level and innovation capacity of new energy continue to improve, and supporting innovative technologies are also increasing.

Taking the photovoltaic industry as an example, it is understood that the crystalline silicon-perovskite laminated battery developed by Longi Green Energy has been certified by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in the United States, and the efficiency has reached 33.9%, refreshing the world record for battery efficiency. "Technological innovation plays an important and even decisive role in the overall development of photovoltaic." Huo Yan, general manager of Longi Green Energy brand, said, "For every 1% increase in photovoltaic conversion efficiency, the terminal application price will be reduced by 4%-7%." Photovoltaic has now become the world's cheapest clean energy, grid electricity prices are lower than traditional thermal power, in the future does not even rule out photovoltaic become close to zero cost clean energy."

● Form a competitive advantage

Li Can pointed out that under the background of the current fierce competition in global new energy technology, the advantages of China's new energy technology longboard have not been fully played, and there is still a lot of room for improvement, and there is still great potential for innovative and leading technological innovation in the field of cutting-edge new technologies. "We must continue to promote mechanism innovation and technological innovation, and truly transform resource advantages into industrial advantages, innovation advantages and even international competitive advantages."

Zhang Yuqing, former deputy director of the National Energy Administration, suggested that China's new energy industry should strive to improve the ability of independent innovation, fully promote the deep integration of the digital economy and the energy real economy, constantly promote the development of new formats and new models, adhere to inclusiveness and openness, actively participate in international cooperation, and establish a new image of China's new energy products.

In Zhao Yongqiang's view, the future energy system must be green, safe, economic and cost acceptable, that is, clean and low-carbon, safe and resilient, flexible and intelligent, economically efficient and inclusive sharing as the main characteristics. In this process of change, energy supply, consumption, and markets will all change.

"The future of new energy must be concentrated at the head of the whole industrial chain, relying on long-term accumulation of technology, resources, market and management experience, and moving towards high-quality development." Zeng Shaojun believes that traditional energy has a huge market resources, and new energy should be further inclusive development with traditional energy in the future.