"14th Five-Year Plan" new energy industry development has a long way to go

Data from the National Energy Administration press conference on February 13 show that in 2022, China's wind power and photovoltaic power generation exceeded 1 trillion KWH, reaching 1.19 trillion KWH, which is close to the domestic electricity consumption of urban and rural residents. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, China's renewable energy will further lead the mainstream direction of energy production and consumption revolution, play a leading role in green and low-carbon energy transformation, and provide the main support for achieving the goal of carbon peak carbon neutrality.

"14th Five-Year Plan" new energy development shows new features

On June 1, 2022, nine departments including the National Development and Reform Commission and the National Energy Administration jointly issued the "14th Five-Year Plan for Renewable Energy Development" (hereinafter referred to as the "Plan"). The plan proposes to develop and efficiently use renewable energy on a large scale, and accelerate the cultivation of new models and new forms of business. By 2025, the total consumption of renewable energy will reach about 1 billion tons of standard coal, accounting for about 18% of primary energy consumption. Annual renewable energy generation reached 3.3 trillion KWH, and wind and solar power generation (5.260, 0.03, 0.57%) doubled; The weight of total renewable energy power and non-hydropower consumption responsibility reached about 33% and 18% respectively, and the utilization rate was kept at a reasonable level. The scale of non-electric utilization of solar thermal energy, geothermal energy heating, biomass heating and biomass fuel has reached more than 60 million tons of standard coal. "Planning" for the first time in the form of joint issuance of nine departments, reflecting that the use of renewable energy to achieve "both large-scale development, but also a high level of consumption, more to ensure the stable and reliable supply of electricity", must rely on energy, finance, natural resources, ecological environment, housing, agriculture and rural departments between the coordination mechanism.

Under the background of "double carbon", the task of high-quality development of new energy is arduous, and new and higher requirements are put forward for detailed investigation of resources, land and sea use, meteorological services, ecological environment, finance and other aspects of finance and finance, and it is urgent to improve the land, finance and other support policies related to the development of renewable energy, and strengthen policy coordination.

"14th Five-Year Plan" period, the development of new energy will show new characteristics: first, large-scale development, on the basis of leapfrog development, further accelerate the increase in the proportion of installed power generation; Second, high-proportion development, from the incremental supplement of energy and electricity consumption to the incremental main body, the proportion of energy and electricity consumption increased rapidly; Third, market-oriented development, from subsidy-supported development to affordable and low-cost development, from policy-driven development to market-driven development; Fourth, high-quality development, both large-scale development, but also a high level of consumption, more to ensure the stable and reliable supply of electricity.

Renewable energy underpayment problem is expected to usher in "living water"

From 2021, newly approved onshore wind power projects and photovoltaic projects will be fully connected to the Internet at parity, and the state will no longer subsidize them. Since 2022, the newly approved offshore wind power project countries will no longer subsidize, and the total demand for wind power photovoltaic state subsidies will basically close. With the accumulation of time, the renewable energy subsidy gap continues to expand, and the issue of subsidies has become a chronic disease that hinders the high-quality development of the renewable energy industry. According to the rough calculation of the wind energy Committee of the China Renewable Energy Society, by the end of 2021, the total amount of arrears in subsidies is about 400 billion yuan.

Since 2022, the issue of renewable energy subsidies has repeatedly appeared in the policy documents of relevant state departments, and the problem of renewable energy subsidies arrears is expected to usher in a turnaround. The Announcement of the State Grid Co., Ltd. on the allocation of the first renewable energy Price Additional subsidy funds in the 2022 annual budget shows that the Ministry of Finance is expected to allocate about 33.9 billion yuan of the annual budget of the company's renewable energy price additional subsidy funds. Among them, wind power generation is about 10.5 billion yuan, solar power is about 26 billion yuan, and biomass power is about 3.35 billion yuan. In August 2022, the grid company led the establishment of two major settlement companies in order to unlock the "knot" of subsidy arrears. With the issuance of subsidies, renewable energy underpayment ushered in "living water", and the pressure on related "scenery" companies' accounts receivable will be eased.