Under the guidance of the carbon peak and carbon neutral goals, my country has clearly established a clean, low-carbon, safe and efficient energy system, controlled the total amount of fossil energy, focused on improving utilization efficiency, implemented renewable energy substitution actions, and deepened the reform of the power system. A new power system with new energy as the main body.

In 2030, my country's installed wind and solar power generation capacity is expected to reach over 1.2 billion kilowatts, and new energy sources will continue to maintain a rapid development momentum. In the future, new energy sources such as wind power and solar energy will become the main power source of my country's power system, and the design of the national power market rules needs to be transformed and optimized in the direction of promoting the consumption of new energy.

In response to the decision and deployment of the Party Central Committee and the State Council to accelerate the establishment of a green and low-carbon circular development economic system, and in accordance with the relevant guidelines of the National Development and Reform Commission for pilot green power trading, the State Grid Co., Ltd. organized the Beijing Power Exchange Center to develop and establish a green power trading market The mechanism not only enriches the types of electricity market transactions, but also transmits to the society the value signal of the green environment of new energy power generation, which greatly enhances the confidence and determination of energy companies and social capital to continue to invest in the new energy industry, and is important for accelerating the science of my country’s new energy industry. Development plays a key role in boosting.

(Text丨Zhang Zhiwu)

The green environmental value of new energy power generation has been effectively tapped, and the emission reduction path for end users has been broadened

At present, all walks of life across the country are actively formulating a roadmap to achieve carbon peak and carbon neutral goals. Direct use of clean energy alternatives such as green power can effectively reduce emissions from energy sources, while demonstrating corporate social environmental responsibility. Effectively enhance corporate brand influence.

The "Green Power Trading Pilot Work Plan" approved by the National Development and Reform Commission establishes a green power trading mechanism from the top-level design, which fully reflects the power commodity value and environmental value of green power. Power users purchase green power from new energy companies through bilateral transactions. Electricity not only meets the energy demand for production, but also obtains traceable green environmental value rights and interests. Green power trading not only helps energy-consuming companies broaden their emission reduction paths, but also optimizes the energy consumption structure. At the same time, it highlights the green environmental value attributes of new energy power generation.

Green power trading effectively increases the income of new energy companies and has a positive impact on the development of the new energy industry

New energy generation such as wind power and solar energy has the characteristics of intermittent and instability. As large-scale and high proportion of new energy is connected to the grid, it will bring great challenges to the safe and stable operation of the power system.

Recently, the National Development and Reform Commission and various local governments have successively issued relevant policies requiring new energy projects to build or purchase energy storage, pumped storage and other peak shaving energy storage system adjustment capabilities. There is still room for optimization in terms of economy and other aspects. The large-scale and large-scale increase of investment in such projects by new energy companies will increase investment costs, especially when the country’s new energy has entered the era of parity online, high-quality wind and light resources for development are increasing. Under the more scarce environment, the business development of new energy companies will be under certain pressure.

How to improve investment confidence in the new energy industry has become an urgent problem to be solved. The establishment and implementation of the green electricity trading mechanism will effectively increase the operating income of new energy companies and hedge the operating risks of high costs of investment or purchasing peak shaving capabilities. This will undoubtedly have a positive impact on the sustainable development of the new energy industry.

Green electricity trading and green certificate trading run synchronously to maintain the consistency of green environmental value

The issue of the certification and management of green power's green environmental value attributes has always attracted much attention. The process of green power from production to transaction to verification and write-off requires a complete scientific and complete management system to maintain the consistency of its green environmental value.

Before the release of the "Green Power Trading Pilot Work Plan", power users usually purchase green certificates to meet their own green environmental value needs. After the establishment of the green power trading market, green power products have been enriched and sales channels have been diversified. The two markets, green power trading and green certificate trading, operate simultaneously to give full play to their respective roles and ultimately ensure that the green environmental value of new energy power generation is effectively reflected.

It is recommended that green electricity, green certificates and the carbon trading market be gradually connected to help achieve the goal of carbon reduction

With the gradual implementation of the carbon peak and carbon neutral targets, my country's energy structure will undergo tremendous changes. To this end, it is necessary to actively explore the effective connection between green power, green certificates and the carbon trading market, and encourage power users to use traceable, evaluable, and certifiable green power products, that is, to help users achieve emission reductions from energy consumption and reduce consumption. Of green power will be reduced or exempted during the carbon emission verification, thereby encouraging the consumption of green power in all walks of life, forming a benign green energy consumption circular economy system, and promoting the high-quality, sustainable and healthy development of the new energy industry.

The establishment of a green power trading market is a major measure of my country’s power market under the strategic goal of carbon peaking and carbon neutrality. It will promote the optimization and adjustment of the energy consumption structure on the power user side, and realize the coordinated and unified development of source network load storage and multi-energy complementary , To further improve the comprehensive regulation capability of the power system, and help the healthy and orderly development of the new energy industry.

CGN New Energy (01811) has always been on the road of green and low-carbon development. During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, we will increase the installed capacity of more than 7 million kilowatts per year and strive to reach 60 million kilowatts of new energy installations by 2025. . At the same time, we will actively participate in green power transactions, continue to provide power users with high-quality green energy, implement the concept of green development, and contribute to the realization of the national carbon peak and carbon neutral goals!

(The author is Secretary of the Party Committee, Executive Director, and Deputy General Manager of China General Nuclear Power New Energy Holdings Co., Ltd.)