Transcript of the National Energy Administration's online press conference in the fourth quarter of 2021
Spokesperson of the National Energy Administration:
On November 8, 2021, the National Energy Administration will hold an online press conference for the fourth quarter to announce the energy situation and the grid-connected operation of renewable energy in the first three quarters, and answer questions from reporters.
Continuous optimization of energy structure in the first three quarters of 2021
Since the beginning of this year, my country's economy has continued to recover and energy demand has grown rapidly. The National Energy Administration thoroughly implements the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, strengthens the construction of energy security assurance capabilities, and accelerates the transition to green and low-carbon energy. The energy situation in the first three quarters can be summarized as four characteristics:
First, the year-on-year growth rate of energy consumption has fallen quarter by quarter. Since the beginning of this year, energy consumption growth has shown a trend of "high before and low". The year-on-year growth rate has fallen quarter by quarter. The year-on-year growth rate in the third quarter has dropped by approximately 14.3 percentage points and 4.7 percentage points from the first and second quarters, respectively. Among them, the electricity consumption of the whole society in the third quarter increased by 7.6% year-on-year, down 13.7% and 4.2% respectively from the first and second quarters; the growth rate of coal consumption in the third quarter dropped by 13.1% and 2.8% respectively from the first and second quarters Percentage points; the growth rate of natural gas consumption dropped by 10.5 percentage points and 9.5 percentage points from the first and second quarters, respectively; the apparent consumption growth rate of refined oil dropped by 14 percentage points and 6.7 percentage points from the first and second quarters, respectively.
Second, the growth rate of energy consumption in high-energy-consuming industries has dropped significantly. In the third quarter, the electricity consumption of the four high-energy-consuming industries increased by 2.2% year-on-year, a decrease of 16.7% and 7.3% respectively from the first and second quarters. The contribution rate to the growth of electricity consumption in the whole society fell from 18.7% in June to 9. -4.2% for the month; total gas consumption in the chemical, ceramic, glass, and steel industries increased by 9.4% year-on-year, down 43.1 percentage points and 17.6 percentage points from the first and second quarters, respectively. The contribution rate to the growth of natural gas consumption increased from June’s 32.4% dropped to 0.7% in September. Coal consumption in the building materials industry has experienced a year-on-year negative growth since May, and coal consumption in the iron and steel industry has experienced negative growth year-on-year and month-on-month since June. The role of tertiary industries in stimulating the growth of electricity consumption in the whole society has increased, and their contribution rates have risen from 29% in June to 31.6% in September.
Third, the clean energy industry continues to grow. Accelerate the promotion of the construction of new power systems, and publish the "Mid- and Long-term Development Plan for Pumped Storage (2021-2035)" and "Guiding Opinions on Accelerating the Development of New Energy Storage" to further expand the scale of clean energy consumption. As of the end of September, the total installed capacity of hydropower, nuclear power, wind power, and solar power generation totaled 1.01 billion kilowatts, which accounted for 44.1% of the total installed power capacity, an increase of 3 percentage points from the same period last year.
Fourth, energy supply in some regions is tight. After smoothly passing the heating season at the beginning of the year and the two peaks of energy consumption in summer, entering August, affected by the low inflow of water and high coal prices in the south, the peak capacity of thermal power units is insufficient. The 4 provinces (regions) in the southern region and Mengxi have been implemented in an orderly manner. Electricity measures. Since September, the capacity of temporary maintenance units across the country has increased, and the scope of orderly power consumption has been further expanded, and power cuts have occurred in individual areas.
In response to the above situation, the state has quickly introduced a series of policies and measures. At present, the release of coal production capacity has accelerated, and the increase in production and supply has achieved obvious results. With the gradual increase, the nationwide power supply and demand tension has been eased, and there has been no more power cuts. In the next step, the National Energy Administration will thoroughly implement the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee and the State Council on ensuring the supply of energy and electricity for this winter and the next spring, and ensure a safe and warm winter, vigorously increase coal production and supply, strengthen the connection of natural gas production, transportation, storage and marketing, and make every effort to ensure the safe supply of electricity. .
Renewable energy continues to maintain high-quality development in the first three quarters of 2021
1. The overall development of renewable energy
In the first three quarters of 2021, the National Energy Administration conscientiously implemented the Jinping Ecological Civilization Thought and the "Four Revolutions, One Cooperation" new energy security strategy, anchored the carbon peak and carbon neutral goals, focused on strengthening industry management, and accelerated the promotion of large-scale wind power The construction of major projects such as photovoltaic bases focuses on energy and people’s livelihood protection, makes every effort to increase the supply of clean power, and strives to promote the high-quality development of renewable energy.
The installed scale of renewable energy has steadily expanded. As of the end of September 2021, my country's installed renewable energy power generation capacity reached 994 million kilowatts. Among them, hydropower installed capacity is 384 million kilowatts (of which pumped storage is 32.49 million kilowatts), wind power installed capacity is 297 million kilowatts, photovoltaic power generation capacity is 278 million kilowatts, and biomass power generation capacity is 35.361 million kilowatts.
Renewable energy power generation continues to grow. From January to September 2021, the national renewable energy power generation capacity reached 1.75 trillion kilowatt-hours. Among them, hydropower above designated size was 903.0 billion kWh, a year-on-year decrease of 0.9%; wind power was 469.4 billion kWh, a year-on-year increase of 41.5%; photovoltaic power generation was 248.6 billion kWh, a year-on-year increase of 24.0%; biomass power generation was 120.6 billion kWh, a year-on-year increase of 25.7% .
Renewable energy maintains a high level of utilization. From January to September 2021, the water energy utilization rate of major river basins across the country is about 97.6%, an increase of 1.5 percentage points over the same period of the previous year, and the amount of waste water is about 15.39 billion kWh; the national average utilization rate of wind power is 96.9%, an increase of 0.3 compared with the same period last year. Percentage points, the curtailment of wind power was approximately 14.78 billion kWh; the national average utilization rate of photovoltaic power generation was 98.0%, a decrease of 0.3 percentage points from the same period of the previous year, and the amount of solar energy curtailment was approximately 5.02 billion kWh.
Actively promote the construction of large-scale wind power photovoltaic base projects focusing on deserts, Gobi and desert areas. In order to thoroughly implement the major strategic decisions of the Party Central Committee and the State Council on carbon peak and carbon neutrality, and accelerate the construction of wind power and photovoltaic power generation bases, the National Development and Reform Commission and the National Energy Administration have summarized and proposed the first A batch of large-scale wind power photovoltaic base projects focusing on deserts, Gobi and desert areas, with a scale of about 100 million kilowatts. These projects are mainly distributed in Inner Mongolia, Qinghai, Gansu, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Xinjiang 6 provinces (regions) and Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, etc., and are being started in an orderly manner in accordance with the principle of "one mature, one start". We will dispatch large-scale wind power photovoltaic bases on a monthly basis, keep abreast of the progress of base construction, supervise and promote the construction of bases, and ensure that they are completed on time.
2. Hydropower construction and operation
From January to September 2021, the country’s newly added hydropower grid-connected capacity is 14.36 million kilowatts. As of the end of September 2021, the country’s installed hydropower capacity is approximately 384 million kilowatts (including 32.49 million kilowatts of pumped storage). Baihetan Hydropower Station has 4 units. The first batch of units of the Lianghekou Hydropower Station was put into operation for power generation.
From January to September 2021, the national hydropower generating capacity above designated size was 903 billion kWh, a decrease of 0.9% year-on-year; the average utilization hours of hydropower nationwide was 2,794 hours, a year-on-year decrease of 100 hours.
From January to September 2021, the water energy utilization rate of major river basins across the country was about 97.6%, an increase of 1.5 percentage points year-on-year; the amount of waste water was about 15.39 billion kWh, a decrease of 11.2 billion kWh from the same period last year. Water abandonment mainly occurred in Sichuan and Henan provinces. The amount of electricity discarded in Sichuan was 10.17 billion kWh, a decrease of 7.44 billion kWh compared with the same period last year; the amount of water discarded in Henan Province was 3.54 billion kWh, mainly at the Xiaolangdi Water Control Project; Hydropower remains low.
3. Wind power construction and operation
From January to September 2021, 16.43 million kilowatts of grid-connected wind power will be added nationwide, of which 12.61 million kilowatts will be added for onshore wind power and 3.82 million kilowatts will be added for offshore wind power. In terms of the distribution of new installed capacity, the central and eastern and southern regions accounted for about 60%, and the "Three North" regions accounted for 40%. The layout of wind power development has been further optimized. By the end of September 2021, the cumulative installed capacity of wind power nationwide was 297 million kilowatts, including 284 million kilowatts of onshore wind power and 13.19 million kilowatts of offshore wind power.
From January to September 2021, the national wind power generation capacity was 496.4 billion kWh, an increase of 41.5% year-on-year; the utilization hours were 1,649 hours. Among the provinces with higher utilization hours, Yunnan 1995 hours, Mengxi 1897 hours, and Jiangsu 1883 hours.
From January to September 2021, the national average utilization rate of wind power was 96.9%, an increase of 0.3 percentage points year-on-year, and the amount of wind power was approximately 14.78 billion kWh; especially in Hunan, Gansu and Xinjiang, the utilization rate of wind power increased significantly year-on-year, and the utilization rate of wind power in Hunan was 98.6 %. The utilization rate of wind power in Gansu was 96.1%, and the utilization rate of wind power in Xinjiang was 92.6%, up 4.2, 2.5, and 3.0 percentage points year-on-year respectively.
4. Construction and operation of photovoltaic power generation
From January to September 2021, the nation's newly installed photovoltaic capacity will be 25.56 million kilowatts, including 9.15 million kilowatts of photovoltaic power plants and 16.41 million kilowatts of distributed photovoltaics. By the end of September 2021, the cumulative installed capacity of photovoltaic power generation will be 278 million kilowatts. From the perspective of the new installed capacity, the regions with a relatively high installed capacity are North China, East China and Central China, accounting for 44%, 19% and 17% of the country's new installed capacity respectively.
From January to September 2021, the national photovoltaic power generation capacity was 248.6 billion kWh, an increase of 24.0% year-on-year; utilization hours were 919 hours, an increase of 3 hours year-on-year; areas with higher utilization hours were 1,141 hours in Northeast China and 1,010 hours in North China. The provinces with the highest utilization hours are Jilin 1,206 hours, Inner Mongolia 1,204 hours, and Heilongjiang 1,197 hours.
From January to September 2021, the national photovoltaic power generation utilization rate was 98.0%, a decrease of 0.3 percentage points year-on-year, and the amount of photovoltaic power was about 5.02 billion kWh. The photovoltaic power generation utilization rate in Northwest China and North China, where the problem of photovoltaic consumption is more prominent, was 94.7% and 98.5%, respectively, a year-on-year decrease of 1.2 percentage points and an increase of 0.2 percentage points.
5. Construction and operation of biomass power generation
From January to September 2021, the newly installed capacity of biomass power generation reached 5.547 million kilowatts, the cumulative installed capacity reached 35.361 million kilowatts, and the biomass power generation capacity was 120.6 billion kilowatt-hours. The top five provinces with cumulative installed capacity are Shandong, Guangdong, Zhejiang, Jiangsu and Anhui, with 3.997 million kilowatts, 3.379 million kilowatts, 2.882 million kilowatts, 2.552 million kilowatts and 2.302 million kilowatts; the top five newly-added installed provinces They are Hebei, Guangdong, Zhejiang, Heilongjiang and Henan, with 853,000 kilowatts, 555,000 kilowatts, 481,000 kilowatts, 408,000 kilowatts and 350,000 kilowatts respectively; the top six provinces in terms of annual power generation are Guangdong, Shandong, Zhejiang, and Jiangsu , Anhui and Henan, respectively, 15.77 billion kWh, 13.92 billion kWh, 10.69 billion kWh, 9.88 billion kWh, 8.60 billion kWh and 5.67 billion kWh.
Answer the reporter's question record
1. In order to do a good job of clean heating this winter and next spring, what policy measures has the National Energy Administration adopted?
In response to the severe situation that may be faced by the heating season this winter and next spring, the National Energy Administration has fully implemented the spirit of the important instructions of General Secretary Jinping, and in accordance with the decisions and deployment of the State Council executive meeting, we will do our best to clean and heat this winter and next spring.
The first is to issue the "Notice on Doing a Good Job in Winter Clean Heating in Northern Areas in 2021." Guide and urge local governments to effectively improve the level of organizational leadership and overall coordination to form a joint force for heat preservation and supply; fully implement clean heating support policies such as energy supply, financial subsidies, and price concessions to ensure the continuous and stable operation of clean heating facilities that have been built; improve work style and eliminate "One size fits all" and other extreme practices; strengthen operation and maintenance, and implement safety management responsibilities.
The second is to organize the special supervision of clean heating in the northern region during the heating season from 2021 to 2022. Focus on energy supply, heating costs, heating effects, implementation of preferential policies, heating of the poor and safe heating, etc., to consolidate the main responsibilities of local and enterprise heating and supply, to ensure that the people are safe and warm through the winter.
The third is to pay close attention to pre-heating preparations. Supervise and urge all localities to carry out investigations of "coal-to-gas" and "coal-to-electricity" users entering villages and households, and make rectifications in place before the arrival of the heating season to ensure that households can supply electricity (gas) and heat. We will conscientiously complete power, gas, and coal supply plans and emergency protection plans, and put heat protection in a more prominent position.
2. In order to ensure a stable supply of energy, the National Energy Administration has recently started to increase coal production and supply. What is the effect? What are the work arrangements for the next step?
The National Energy Administration resolutely implements the spirit of the important instructions of General Secretary Jinping and the decision and deployment of the Party Central Committee and the State Council on stable energy supply, with the goal of ensuring the supply of coal this winter and next spring, and the guidance of increasing coal production, actively working with relevant departments and key coal production The provinces and regions have refined measures to go all out to increase coal production and ensure the supply of coal, so as to ensure the people's warmth through the winter. Through measures such as the release of advanced production capacity, on-site supervision, elimination of production restrictions, tightening of responsibilities, and strengthening of production scheduling, coal production has achieved relatively significant growth. During the National Day, coal mines across the country insisted on normal production. From October 1st to 28th, the dispatched average daily output was 11.2 million tons, an increase of 800,000 tons over September. The average daily output in recent days was about 11.4 million tons. From the perspective of key coal-producing regions, Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Mongolia have an average daily coal output of more than 8.3 million tons, accounting for 75% of the national coal output, contributing about 100% to the output growth, giving full play to the role of large provinces and large mines.
Energy consumption peaks in winter and spring, and coal demand will further increase on the basis of the current high level. In the next step, the National Energy Administration will continue to implement the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee and the State Council on energy supply guarantee, coordinate production increase guarantees, safety and environmental protection, keep an eye on coal production, actively coordinate outstanding issues in the process of stabilizing production and increasing production, and effectively increase coal production capacity. Ensure the stable operation of the economy and society, ensure the safety of energy supply, and ensure that the people live through the winter warmly.
The first is to focus on increasing coal production and supply. Strengthen categorized guidance and policy coordination, keep track of the implementation of the policies that have been issued, and make real-time adjustments to the unsuitable. Focus on ensuring the full and stable production of large coal-producing provinces and safe and secure large mines, helping provinces with low capacity utilization and still have potential for increasing production to solve practical difficulties, further increasing capacity utilization, and promoting the stability of national coal production at a relatively high level. Level to achieve a safe increase in production and supply.
The second is to optimize coal supply. Pay close attention to the supply and demand situation of coal during the peak winter period, and achieve a tight, orderly, and controllable situation on the whole. Focus on ensuring the supply of coal in key areas such as the Northeast, prioritize arrangements for resources and transportation capacity, and focus on implementation, and resolutely ensure the coal demand for people's livelihood.
The third is to make overall considerations. Implement the 14th Five-Year Plan for coal in accordance with the principle of giving full play to the role of coal as the main energy source, adhere to the system concept, continue to deepen the supply-side structural reforms, adhere to the principle of The quality of green production has further implemented the protection role of coal.
3. In recent years, what achievements has the National Energy Administration achieved in the construction of gas storage capacity?
Since 2021, the National Energy Administration has vigorously promoted the construction of a natural gas production, supply, storage and marketing system to improve its ability to guarantee gas supply.
This year's heating season can be completed
Production of Xinjiang Coal-to-Gas Export Pipeline (Qianjiang-Chenzhou Section), West-East Gas Pipeline West Section Pressurization Project, Liaohe Gas Storage Pipeline Pressurization Project.
At the same time, the National Energy Administration has taken "should open all the way" and "should store all the storage" as the main line of work, and make every effort to build gas storage capacity. This year's underground gas storage gas injection plan can be over-completed ahead of the heating season, which is the winter natural gas To lay a solid foundation for peak shaving and to ensure supply; in addition, the National Energy Administration has made every effort to start construction of the project, and the newly-built and expanded gas storage projects included in the annual plan have realized the "should be fully opened", and issued the "National Energy Administration on Printing and Distributing the National Gas Storage Capacity" Construction Implementation Plan>Notice" to strengthen the "14th Five-Year Plan" and medium and long-term gas storage capacity building.
