Law is the "rudder" : to promote the development of renewable energy

Renewable energy refers to wind energy, solar energy, water energy, biomass energy, geothermal energy, ocean energy and other non-fossil energy. Renewable energy is favored by all countries in the world for its renewable, clean and green.

On the afternoon of December 24, 2019, at the 15th meeting of the Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress, Ding Zhongli, Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, delivered a report of the Law Enforcement Inspection Group of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on checking the implementation of the Renewable Energy Law.  It plays an increasingly important role in promoting the energy revolution, protecting the ecological environment, and promoting sustainable economic and social development.

During the sub-group deliberations, members of the Standing Committee and non-voting participants fully affirmed the contents of the report, pointing out that the report's overall analysis of the implementation of the Renewable Energy Law was realistic and realistic, the issues were objective and pertinent, the opinions and suggestions on the next step of the implementation of the law were clear, and the strong effectiveness of supervision pointed out the direction for the development of renewable energy.

Remarkable achievements, renewable energy to achieve leapfrog development

Since the implementation of the Renewable Energy Law on January 1, 2006, the scale of development and utilization of renewable energy in China has been significantly expanded, and the level of technical equipment has been continuously improved. The report pointed out that the cumulative installed capacity of hydropower, wind power and photovoltaic power generation in China ranks first in the world. In 2018, renewable energy generated 1,867 billion KWH of electricity in China, accounting for 26.7 percent of the total power generation, 10.6 percentage points higher than in 2005. Among them, the total installed capacity of non-water renewable energy is 94 times that of 2005, and the power generation is 91 times that of 2005. Renewable energy accounted for about 12.5 percent of total primary energy consumption, double that of 2005.

"In 2018, renewable energy generation accounted for 26.7% of the total power generation, which has become the second largest power supply in China, and the installed capacity ranks first in the world, especially the scale of photovoltaic power generation industry has ranked first in the world for many years." The development and utilization of renewable energy has made outstanding contributions to increasing energy supply, improving energy structure, ensuring energy security, protecting the environment, and especially to poverty alleviation and the realization of sustainable development." Vice Chairman Aligen Iminbahai pointed out during the group deliberation that the report was clear in thinking, focused, rich in content, and solid and in-depth in inspection. In the 13 years since the implementation of the renewable Energy Law, China's renewable energy has grown from "dispensable" to pivotal large-scale development.

Gao Hucheng, chairman of the Environmental Protection Committee of the National People's Congress, participated in the inspection of the enforcement of the renewable energy Law. His greatest experience is that since the implementation of the renewable energy Law, it has played a great role in the development and utilization of renewable energy in China, the change of the national energy structure, as well as scientific and technological progress and innovation.

"Most of the important enterprises mentioned in the report are private enterprises, they have played an important role in the energy structure change and technological innovation, especially in the field of polysilicon and high-grade photovoltaic cells raw materials, has formed a very strong industry, basically no longer dependent on imports." The cumulative installed capacity of hydropower, wind power and photovoltaic power generation ranks first in the world. We have visited some countries and admired the technological capabilities of other countries in new energy and power transmission and transformation. Since 2006, China's energy structure has undergone earth-shaking changes, and it is at the forefront of the world in terms of structural and technological progress." Gao Hucheng said.

The implementation of legal provisions, renewable energy favorable policies have been introduced

The report emphasizes that since the implementation of the renewable Energy Law, various regions and departments have introduced supporting regulations and systems to enhance the level of legalization of renewable energy development. In accordance with the law, relevant departments of The State Council have issued hundreds of supporting regulations and policies in terms of resource surveys and total volume targets, standardized the online management of renewable energy power generation, clarified the on-grid tariff and cost-sharing system, formulated technical standards for renewable energy equipment and equipment, and created a favorable policy environment for promoting the rapid development of renewable energy. Local governments at all levels have formulated local regulations and policies in light of local conditions, and the supporting regulations and policy systems supporting the development of renewable energy have gradually improved.

Member Jiao Yong believes that the renewable energy law is a real promotion law. With the help of this law, two major policies have been created to promote the rapid development of renewable energy: one is the policy of full purchase of renewable energy online electricity; The second is the electricity price subsidy policy for renewable energy generation. "Before the introduction of the renewable energy law, wind and photovoltaic power generation in our country was very backward. From the perspective of the power industry, wind and photovoltaic power generation are negligible. However, it is precisely because of these two major policies that have greatly promoted the enthusiasm of power enterprises to invest in wind energy and photovoltaic power generation, promoted the technological progress of the power industry, and effectively reduced the cost of wind energy and photovoltaic power generation, making it highly competitive in the market. For example, the cost of photovoltaic power generation has even been reduced by 90%, which has greatly promoted the development of the renewable energy industry. Data show that at the end of 2005, China's wind power installed capacity is only 1.26 million kilowatts, photovoltaic power installed capacity is only 70 million kilowatts. However, since the implementation of the renewable Energy Law in 2006, the installed capacity of wind power generation has grown at an average annual rate of about 45% and the installed capacity of photovoltaic power generation has grown at an average annual rate of more than 80%, making China's hydropower, wind power and photovoltaic power generation rank first in the world. Wind power and photovoltaic power generation have changed from insignificant to pivotal, making important contributions to ensuring national energy security, promoting the adjustment of the energy structure, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and promoting the prevention and control of air pollution."

Cheng Lifeng also affirmed the positive role of the renewable energy law. He believes that although its provisions are only 33, but practical, effective, the implementation of the five legal systems, especially the full guarantee of the acquisition and renewable energy development fund price compensation system, greatly promoted the leapfrog development of China's renewable energy industry, promote the formation of renewable energy market system and industrial system. "China's renewable energy market entities are increasingly diversified, from the beginning to be dominated by state-owned energy enterprises, to the active participation of state-owned and private various types of entities, the rapid development of the market scale, China's hydropower, wind power, photovoltaic power installed scale ranked first in the world." Technological progress has greatly promoted the development of the equipment manufacturing industry and formed a relatively complete industrial system. Our hydropower units, wind turbines, photovoltaic products in all aspects of the world are in a leading position or even leading the world."

"Since the promulgation and implementation of the renewable energy Law, relevant regulations and policies have been introduced across the country to strengthen systematic planning, strengthen resource surveys, scientifically formulate plans, and promote the implementation of the renewable energy law." For example, Ningxia has issued a number of opinions on accelerating the development of the new energy industry and a number of policies and regulations to promote the development of the new energy industry, which has better achieved the legislative goals of the renewable energy Law to promote the development and utilization of renewable energy, improve the energy structure, and protect the environment." Member Li Rui said.

The potential of renewable energy is huge, and it is recommended to further strengthen the top-level design

According to the requirements of the "13th Five-Year Plan" for the development of renewable energy, by 2020, China's non-fossil energy consumption will account for 15% of the total primary energy consumption. With the rapid development of technology and industry, China's renewable energy has entered a comprehensive, rapid and large-scale development stage, and the development prospect of renewable energy is worth looking forward to.

"In the face of the new situation of energy development, we should further attach importance to the strategic position of renewable energy in energy development and the entire economic and social development, adhere to the priority development of renewable energy, continue to develop and expand renewable energy, maintain the good momentum of sustainable, healthy and high-quality development of renewable energy, and make this industry bigger and stronger." Dou Shuhua expressed his confidence in the development of renewable energy.

Yin Fanglong believes that the development of renewable energy should be placed in a more prominent strategic position. "The earth's fossil energy is limited, at the current rate of consumption, it will not take many years to run out." The development of renewable energy is related to the survival and development of human beings, especially our country has nearly 1.4 billion people, per capita fossil energy level is very low, accelerate the development of renewable energy is more urgent. We must, in accordance with the Fourth Plenary Session of the 19th CPC Central Committee on promoting the energy revolution and building a clean, low-carbon, safe and efficient energy system deployment and requirements, put the development of renewable energy in a more prominent strategic position, take more effective measures to promote high-quality and efficient development."

With the rapid development of renewable energy, it also faces many challenges. The report pointed out that there are problems in the implementation of some institutional provisions of the renewable energy law, such as lack of coordination between each other and insufficient implementation. The report recommends that top-level design be done well to make planning more scientific and coordinated; We will further revise and improve the renewable Energy Law.

Wang Yi believes that the relevant policies of the renewable energy law should be different from the past, and the policy of renewable energy 2.0 can be introduced. "This policy is not only a single technology such as solar photovoltaic and wind power, but also to combine these technologies with smart grids, energy storage technology, distributed energy systems, multi-energy complementarity and intelligent terminals to become a 'package' system policy, in order to more effectively promote the development of renewable energy." To put the country on the right track for future energy transformation and related industrial technological revolution as well as sustainable development."

The Renewable Energy Law has been in force since 2006 and was amended in 2009. Vice Chairman Zhang Chunxian pointed out that the current renewable energy power output obstruction is more obvious, inter-provincial power trading barriers still exist, it is urgent to improve the coordination mechanism, deal with the relationship between energy development and consumption and utilization. He suggested that around the key bottlenecks in the development of renewable energy, summarize mature experience, aim at the direction of development, revise and improve relevant laws and regulations, and promote the high-quality development of renewable energy.