Energy China Group Promotes China's Green, Low-Carbon Development

China Energy Engineering Group Co., Ltd. (Energy China Group) has been a pioneer and main force in promoting China's green and low-carbon energy transformation, contributing to the country's goal of reaching peak carbon dioxide emissions by 2030 and achieving carbon neutrality by 2060.

Innovating technology

Energy China Group has played a guiding role in power planning, new energy consumption and providing solutions to China's green and low-carbon development in the energy and power industries. The company has also developed and mastered a series of core technologies in the fields of energy storage, as well as hydrogen energy and carbon capture.

The carbon capture test platform built by its subsidiary in South China's Guangdong Province is Asia's first international carbon capture technology test facility. It is a milestone in reducing  carbon dioxide emissions and dealing with climate change.

Relying on a 1 million-kilowatt coal-fired generator unit, the platform can capture about 20,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide. The gas can be used in food processing and chemical production after purification.

A bird's-eye view of Energy China Group's carbon capture test platform in Guangdong  [Photo/sasac.gov.cn]

During the 13th Five-Year Plan period (2016-20), Energy China Group carried out planning and research on construction of comprehensive new energy bases in regions like Inner Mongolia, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Xinjiang and Qinghai, intending to explore new energy development modes that suit different regions.

Focusing on main business

Energy China Group has been promoting low-carbon transformation and sustainable development in the energy industry.

It has built many clean and highly-efficient green energy projects, such as the first third generation nuclear conventional island, the largest wind and photovoltaic power storage and transmission project, the first multi-terminal flexible direct current power transmission project and the first thermal plant-based carbon capture test platform in the world.

The Zhuhai Jinwan Offshore Wind Farm, the first large-capacity offshore wind farm in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, can provide nearly 800 million kilowatt-hours of green and clean power annually, meeting domestic demand of 300,000 households and increasing the proportion of clean energy in the area.

Wind blowers at the Zhuhai Jinwan Offshore Wind Farm in South China's Guangdong Province [Photo/sasac.gov.cn]

The company made and released instructions on green engineering that have made achievements in the reduction of dust and smoke, noise, and waste residue and water.

It has also made efforts to promote innovation in energy conservation and environmental protection technology to improve comprehensive utilization of energy.

For example, its cement subsidiary has shut down outdated production facilities and realized ultra-low emissions of dust and smoke. Its emissions of oxynitride went down by 5.3 percent in the last five years.

Exploring green industries

The land greening program is a key part of increasing carbon sinks and realizing carbon neutrality in China.

Energy China Group has set ecological protection as a main part of its business and participated in water environment governance, land restoration, sewage and sludge treatment and rural greening.

It owns several high-standard surface waste water treatment plants with advanced technology and a smart pipeline network information management system.

Its technologies in deep sewage treatment, water environment restoration and smart water  systems have been used in projects in the Xiongan New Area in North China's Hebei province, Haikou in South China's Hainan province and Tongzhou District in Beijing.

The company invested and built 11 sewage treatment plants and 630 rural sewage treatment facilities in Fengkai County, Guangdong, which are able to handle about 6,200 tons of sewage per day and have improved the sewage treatment rate in the area to 85 percent.

It has also played a role in ecological environment restoration.

For instance, the company took part in a municipal road and mining ecological restoration project in Wuxue, Central China's Hubei Province, building a 33-kilometer-long area along the Yangtze River into a viewing corridor and restoring the ecological environment of 36 waste mining areas.

(Executive editor: Niu Yilin)