Promote energy saving and emission reduction, adhere to green development

Original source: People's Daily

Improve the green and low-carbon policy mechanism

Member Gu Shuzhong, Deputy Director of the Institute of Resources and Environmental Policy, Development Research Center of the State Council:

At present, my country has fully established the goal of carbon peak by 2030 and carbon neutral by 2060.

Carbon peaking and carbon neutrality cannot be achieved overnight, and must not be blindly and arbitrarily.

Carbon peaking and carbon neutrality are a complex process of contradictions and even conflicts.

Member of Zhong Maochu, Professor of the Institute of Economics of Nankai University:

To achieve the goal of green development, relevant policy systems should be improved.

Reasonably formulate green industry support policies.

It is necessary to form a regional green coordinated development policy based on the balance of interests, and explore the formation of a market system that promotes the optimal allocation of ecological and environmental elements.

　　Vigorously develop new power systems

　　Member Shu Yinbiao, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Chairman of China Huaneng Group Co.

　　According to the goal of carbon peak and carbon neutrality, it is estimated that by 2060, China's non-fossil energy consumption will reach 83%, electric power consumption will reach 70%, and the proportion of new energy power generation will increase from the current 8% to over 60%.

　　Specifically, the new power system should have the basic characteristics of extensive interconnection, intelligent interaction, flexibility, safety and controllability.

　　The clean and low-carbon transition is an energy technology revolution.

　　Chairman of Xinjiang Goldwind Science and Technology Co.

　　In the more than 10 years since the implementation of the Renewable Energy Law, China’s renewable energy supply and technology have achieved leapfrog development.

　　At the national level, during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the top-level design should be further strengthened, and the green power consumption guarantee mechanism should be improved to provide sufficient momentum for green development.

　　Encourage high-capacity park loads to adopt smart green power transformation to adapt to the trend of renewable energy replacing fossil energy more and more, and the smart construction of power grids should adapt to multiple energy complementary operation modes.

　　For enterprises, especially high-energy-consuming enterprises, the utilization of load-side renewable energy should be further strengthened, and cross-provincial transactions, distributed power generation market-oriented transactions, and spot market transactions should be actively explored to realize the green transformation of enterprises.

　　In addition, it is recommended that the “carbon neutral” demonstration project be promoted nationwide during the “14th Five-Year Plan” period to provide experience and demonstration for my country’s economic and social green transformation.

　　Speed ​​up energy conservation and emission reduction to optimize the supply of "green carbon"

　　Jiang Yaodong, former vice president of China University of Mining and Technology (Beijing)

　　In the "14th Five-Year Plan", the critical period and window period for carbon peaks, the coal industry, as a "high-carbon" industry, must do the following:

　　Correctly understand the industry positioning.
For a long time, coal has been my country's main energy source and the "ballast stone" of my country's energy supply.
However, in the context of carbon peak and carbon neutrality, it is necessary to recognize the general trend and correctly understand that coal will gradually change from the main energy source of ballast stone to the role of guaranteeing energy.
Only with the correct positioning of the industry can we continue to promote structural reforms on the coal supply side, forcing coal companies to accelerate technological innovation, reduce production costs, and promote green development.

　　Speed ​​up breakthroughs in key technologies for clean and efficient use of coal.
In terms of energy saving, coal enterprises should accelerate breakthroughs in consumption reduction and efficiency improvement technologies, focusing on breakthroughs in key technologies for coal utilization, such as power generation and smelting, to reduce consumption and improve efficiency.
In terms of emission reduction, coal companies must accelerate breakthroughs in the comprehensive carbon capture and utilization technology, accelerate large-scale low-cost carbon capture, storage, and utilization technology breakthroughs, convert carbon into solid and liquid usable substances, and achieve sustainable coal utilization.
Sustainable development of the industry.
At the same time, coal enterprises should accelerate the realization of green coal mining and promote the green development of the coal industry.

　　Pay attention to the long-neglected issue of carbon emissions throughout the life cycle of coal.
Carbon emissions throughout the life cycle of coal refer to greenhouse gas emissions during coal mining, processing, transportation, and use.
For example, in the past, methane (gas) emissions during coal production have not received much attention.
The climate warming effect of every kilogram of methane in the atmosphere is 120 times that of every kilogram of carbon dioxide.
How to achieve exhaustion and reduce emission reduction costs is critical to improving emission reduction effects.

　　Committee Member Song Qing, Deputy Dean of Urban Development Think Tank of Suzhou University of Science and Technology:

　　Forestry carbon sink, also known as "green carbon", is a process, activity or mechanism that the forest ecosystem absorbs carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and fixes it in vegetation and soil, thereby reducing the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
It has low cost and high ecological added value.
And the significant advantage of large amount of carbon sequestration.

　　At present, my country's forest area has reached 220 million hectares, the forest stock is 17.
56 billion cubic meters, and the total carbon storage of forest vegetation is 9.
186 billion tons.
Forestry carbon sinks have great potential to contribute to carbon neutrality, and they should be active in exploring and constructing mechanisms for realizing the value of ecological products.

　　my country is the country with the largest annual afforestation scale, but the quality of forest tending still lags behind that of developed countries.
Therefore, it is necessary to further strengthen both quantitative and qualitative afforestation work, strengthen forest tending management and low-efficiency forest transformation, vigorously cultivate plant varieties with strong carbon dioxide absorption capacity, optimize forest resource structure and distribution pattern, and realize forest stock volume, forest carbon density, and total carbon.
The overall increase in reserves will improve the ecological quality of forests and activate the potential for increasing forestry carbon sinks.

　　Accelerate the innovation of forestry carbon sink trading system, establish and improve the trading technology support and policy guarantee system, encourage enterprises and individuals to actively participate in the development of carbon sink projects, explore the value realization mechanism of ecological products, and produce more ecological products based on carbon sinks.
At the same time, select counties, towns, villages, or high-emission industries in high-emission areas, as well as large-scale domestic and foreign conferences, to carry out “carbon neutral” pilot projects in a planned way, explore policies and technological paths for achieving “carbon neutrality”, and form Green and low-carbon development experience with Chinese characteristics.