Jiang Yi, chairman of the board and secretary of the leading Party members group of China Huadian Corporation Ltd., is a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference. [Photo/sasac.gov.cn]
Building a new power system is crucial to attaining China’s carbon peaking and carbon neutrality goals, to advancing the green transformation of economic and social development on all fronts and to safeguarding national energy security.
A new power system needs not only a shift in the energy mix, but also comprehensive innovation in development concepts, technologies and operating models.
To achieve this objective, Jiang Yi, chairman of the board and secretary of leading Party members group of China Huadian Corporation Ltd., and a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, proposed the following tasks for the energy sector in the 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-30):
First, the energy sector should enhance the complementary advantages of multiple energy resources to safeguard energy security and make energy supply more resilient.
Efforts should be made to advance the upgrading of traditional energy, and accelerate the development of major energy projects such as large-scale renewable energy bases in the desert and Gobi regions in Northwest China, power stations that integrate hydro, wind and solar power in southwestern regions and offshore turbines in coastal regions.
The integrated development of “new energy+” models should be promoted and the green hydrogen-based energy industry should be cultivated. Meanwhile, the deployment of next-generation nuclear energy should be explored to ensure the safe and stable operation of the new power system.
Second, more coordinated efforts are needed to make technological breakthroughs in order to address the challenges and issues in building a new power system and achieve the safe, economical, low-carbon and coordinated development.
The enterprises, universities, research institutes and power plants should work together to solve crucial, pervasive technological challenges. Artificial intelligence should be integrated into the energy industry, thereby offering sound technological support for the new power system.
Third, a policy mechanism that facilitates new energy consumption should be established while building a unified national power market. The system of this market should be improved to promote the high-quality development of new energy and enhance the investment and operational efficiency of the power system and the effectiveness of the power market.
Fourth, cooperation should be strengthened between State-owned and local enterprises as well as between those involved in the upstream and downstream of the energy industrial chains.
In this way, their advantages in resources, industries, technologies and talent can be utilized to help expand cooperation scopes and create new cooperation models.
All these moves will be conducive to building a sustainable and resilient energy transition ecosystem, thereby promoting the establishment of the new power system and the green, low-carbon and high-quality development of China’s energy industry.
(Executive editor: Yuan Ting)
