Shanxi makes strides in renewable energy generation
Shanxi province
in north China has taken concrete actions to increase power
production from renewable energy sources and achieved remarkable results in replacing
coal with clean energy.
Solar energy
offers a clean source of power. On the ridge bordering Yungang district and
Zuoyun county in Datong, solar panels were glinting in the sunlight, and
modular prefabricated substations stood among them, delivering clean
energy to distant places.
On a mountain
near Shahukou in Youyu county, more than 30 wind turbines rotated continuously
under the clear blue sky. With 1,680 hours of effective wind speed each year,
they could produce 80 million to 100 million kilowatt-hours of electricity.
In recent years,
Shanxi has quickened its steps for energy transformation, giving priority to
green and diversified development. Aside from coal power generation, the
province has increased photovoltaic (PV) and wind power generating capacities.
As a national
energy base, Shanxi has vigorously promoted new energy projects and
significantly increased installed capacity of wind power and PV power
generation.
Over the past
three years, the installed capacity of wind power and solar PV power grew by
16.3% and 70.9% respectively, making wind and solar PV power the second and
third largest power sources in the province.
The installed
capacity of wind power exceeded 10 million kilowatts. The solar PV power
generation capacity in Shanxi reached 4 million kilowatts, ranking first in
China.
Shanxi has
stepped up the development of wind energy resources, actively promoted the
construction of low wind speed projects in central and southern part of the
province, and pushed ahead the construction of a 7 million–kilowatt wind power
base in the north.
The province is
striving to integrate at least 14 million kilowatts of wind power capacity into
its power system by 2020.
Moreover, the
province has promoted the development of pilot clean heating projects. It plans
to bring the capacity of wind power heating units to 600,000 kilowatts and
expand the areas covered by clean heating to 1.2 million square meters.
In terms of PV
power, Shanxi has applied for approval from the National Energy Administration
for construction of national solar PV leading technology bases, in an effort to
increase its installed PV power generation capacity to 10 million kilowatts by
2020.
Shanxi has also
intensively developed geothermal projects. It has promoted geothermal
development projects and technologies, improved geothermal energy development
and utilization, and built geothermal heating demonstration zones in Taiyuan,
Jinzhong, Xinzhou, Changzhi and Linfen. By 2020, the geothermal heating area in
the province will reach 23.6 million square meters.
Additionally,
Shanxi has used internet technologies to support the building of a smart system
of clean energy. The province adheres to the integrated development of the internet,
advanced information technology and energy industry.
It has improved
energy internet infrastructure construction, built an intelligent system for
energy production and consumption, made the production of renewable energy
smarter, and promoted the coordinated development of centralized and
distributed energy storage.
Shanxi has advanced
the pilot construction of intelligent energy service parks and improved the
consumption capacity of green electricity. It encourages new energy power
generation enterprises to trade wind and thermal power as a whole with places
in and out of the province as a way to boost new energy consumption capacity.
The province has
encouraged private sectors to take part in the power transformation projects
from coal to electricity. It has also enlarged the proportion of green
electricity output to other provinces through existing channels.
Thanks to the
effective measures, sustainable development of new energy in Shanxi has shown a
strong momentum.
Datong coal
mining subsidence area PV base is the country’s first national solar PV leading
technology base with a power generation capacity of one million kilowatts. By
the end of June, 2018, the project’s power generation had been connected to the
grid.
Nowadays, the
land and vegetation in the mining subsidence area have been gradually restored,
and the environment has been effectively improved. With rows of PV panels
shining brightly, the mining subsidence area has become a beautiful landscape
in Datong.
Lingqiu county
in Datong is home to the largest wind power heating project in China. Put into
operation in October 2018, the project has a generation capacity of 400,000
kilowatts
The project
could be used as a source of indoor heating for an area of 200,000 square
meters in the short run and 800,000 square meters in the long run, directly
benefiting 5,513 residents relocated for poverty alleviation.
Shanxi’s first
large-scale biological gas project was put into operation in April this year.
It is able to process 100,000 mu (about 6,667 hectares) to 200,000 mu of crop
straws or 100,000 tons to 150,000 tons of livestock and poultry breeding waste,
and produce 14 million cubic meters of biogas, more than 7 million cubic meters
of natural gas, more than 40,000 tons of high efficient organic fertilizers and
6 million cubic meters of carbon dioxide.
Tanghuai industrial
park in Shanxi has implemented geothermal and clean energy heating projects. In
2018, the park achieved full coverage of clean energy central heating, with an
accumulative clean energy heating area of 2.2 million square meters.
Shanxi
Shuangliang Renewable Energy Industry Group has utilized the world advanced
technology to develop deep geothermal heating, and has built the first and
largest geothermal central heating station in China.
Through steadily
advancing on the path of sustainable development of new energy, Shanxi is
firmly shouldering its historical mission.
Wind farm of Jinneng Group.
Shanxi makes strides in renewable energy generation
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