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News Focus

In September, a total of 11,631 new renewable energy power generation projects were added nationwide.On November 5, the National Energy Administration released the announcement on the situation of newly added renewable energy power generation projects (excluding household photovoltaic) in September 2024, indicating that in September, there were a total of 11,631 new renewable energy power generation projects (excluding household photovoltaic), including 36 wind power projects, 11,560 photovoltaic power projects (50 centralized photovoltaic power projects and 11,510 industrial and commercial distributed photovoltaic power projects), and 35 biomass power generation projects.


 

371.9 trillion yuan, state-owned assets announced the latest 'balance sheet'.According to Xinhua News Agency on November 5, the comprehensive report on the management of state-owned assets for the year 2023 released by the State Council shows that by the end of 2023, the total assets of state-owned enterprises nationwide amounted to 371.9 trillion yuan, the total assets of state-owned financial enterprises reached 445.1 trillion yuan, and the total assets of administrative and public institutions amounted to 64.2 trillion yuan. The total area of state-owned land is 52,371.4 million hectares, and the total annual water resources amount to 25,782.5 billion cubic meters.

 

Domestic News

The '2023 National Renewable Energy Power Development Monitoring and Evaluation Report' has been released.On November 5, the National Energy Administration released the '2023 National Renewable Energy Power Development Monitoring and Evaluation Report', which shows that by the end of 2023, the cumulative installed capacity of renewable energy power generation nationwide reached 1.516 billion kilowatts, a year-on-year increase of about 25%, accounting for 52% of the total installed capacity of electricity. The actual completion rate of renewable energy power consumption responsibility weight in 2023 was 32.0%, an increase of 0.4 percentage points year-on-year.


 

The largest single coal mining subsidence area photovoltaic base in China has been connected to the grid for power generation.According to CCTV news reports on November 5, the National Energy Group announced that China's largest single coal mining subsidence area photovoltaic base - Blue Ocean Photovoltaic Power Station has officially connected to the grid for power generation. The project has an annual power generation capacity of 5.7 billion kilowatt-hours, which can meet the electricity demand of two million households for a year. The Blue Ocean Photovoltaic Power Station is located in Ordos City, Inner Mongolia, with approximately 5.9 million photovoltaic panels installed and a total installed capacity of three million kilowatts. It is a key supporting project for the national 'West-to-East Power Transmission' - ultra-high voltage direct current transmission project from western Inner Mongolia to southern Shandong.

 

The Shaanxi section of the Longdong-to-Shandong ultra-high voltage direct current transmission project has been fully connected.According to Xinhua News Agency on November 5, it was reported that recently, the Shaanxi section of the Longdong-to-Shandong ±800 kV ultra-high voltage direct current transmission project successfully achieved full line connection. The project starts from Qingyang City in Gansu Province and passes through Shaanxi, Shanxi, and Hebei to reach Tai'an City in Shandong Province, with a total length of 926.4 kilometers and a transmission capacity of 8,000 megawatts.This project is a key project in the national '14th Five-Year' electricity planning and is also China's first 'integrated wind-solar-fire-storage' export ultra-high voltage project, expected to be put into operation in 2025.

 

Shandong's new energy and renewable energy generation have historically surpassed coal power.According to Dazhong Daily on November 5, the latest statistics released by Shandong Provincial Energy Administration show that Shandong's cumulative installed capacity for new energy and renewable energy generation has reached 10,642.6 megawatts, historically surpassing coal power and becoming the largest power source in the province. Currently, new energy and renewable energy installations account for 46.9% of total installed capacity; coal power accounts for 46.88%; energy storage accounts for 2.63%; natural gas accounts for 0.57%; waste heat and other sources account for 3.02%. The energy structure continues to be adjusted and optimized as green electricity production enters a new stage.

 

Shanxi has created a total of 115 national-level green factories.According to Shanxi Release WeChat account on November 4, Shanxi is accelerating the construction of a green manufacturing system with a cumulative creation of 115 national-level green factories, seven green industrial parks, and five green supply chain management enterprises.

 

Ningxia's first ten-thousand-ton green hydrogen production storage transportation project has started construction.According to China News Network reports on November 4, Ningxia's first ten-thousand-ton green hydrogen project - Sun Mountain Green Hydrogen Production Storage Transportation Integrated Project (Phase I) with an annual production capacity of 16,500 tons of green hydrogen held its groundbreaking ceremony in Wuzhong City Sun Mountain Development Zone. This project integrates green electricity hydrogen production, hydrogen transportation, green ammonia green methanol production, and hydrogen-ammonia-methanol coupling chemical industries to connect wind, solar, hydrogen, and ammonia industrial chains, marking a solid step forward in building Sun Mountain as 'China's Hydrogen-Ammonia Valley'.


 

Inner Mongolia releases list of severely disaster-affected coal mines.On November 5, the website of the National Mine Safety Supervision Bureau Inner Mongolia Bureau published an announcement regarding the list of severely disaster-affected coal mines in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region indicating that there are currently29 severely disaster-affected coal mines in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region; among them are six high-gas mines; one outburst mine; fourteen mines with complex or extremely complex hydrogeological types; and nineteen mines with rock burst pressure.

 

Gansu's grid capacity for renewable energy consumption in Hexi region has been further enhanced.According to Xinhua News Agency on November 5 reports that at around17:30 on November4th , Gansu Grid's newly built No.3 main transformer at Hexi Substation completed its72-hour trial operation with all equipment running normally , marking that Hexi Power Hub expansion project officially put into operation . This greatly enhances Gansu Grid's power supply capacity , providing solid support for gathering and delivering new renewable energy in Gansu .

 

Promoting the development of new energy storage industry; Guangzhou builds three major parks as its first batch.According to Guangzhou Daily on November4th , recently released 'Implementation Plan for Promoting New Energy Storage Industrial Park Construction in Guangzhou' indicates that three new energy storage industrial parks will be built in Baiyun District , Huangpu District , Huadu District as its first batch . Driven by these three new energy storage industrial parks , Guangzhou aims to achieve over600 billion yuan in operating income from its new energy storage industry by2025 , form a trillion-level industrial cluster by2027 , form a three-trillion-level industrial cluster by2030 , and form a five-trillion-level industrial cluster by2035 .

 

International News

The US and South Korea sign a nuclear cooperation memorandum to promote civil nuclear cooperation.According to CCTV news reports on November5th , on local timeNovember4th ,the US Departmentof Energy issued a statement saying thatthe USand South Korea signedthe 'Memorandumof Understandingon Nuclear Exportand Cooperation Principles' onNovember1stto promote civil nuclear cooperation . This memorandum will undergo final review by both countries.

 

Japan's tenth round of nuclear contaminated water discharge into the sea has ended; the next round is expected to start around February next year.According to CCTV news reports, on November 4 local time, Tokyo Electric Power Company announced that the 10th round of nuclear contaminated water discharge from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant was completed on that day. This round of discharge began on October 17, with an estimated discharge volume of about 7,800 tons. According to the plan, Tokyo Electric Power Company will inspect the equipment related to the discharge. After the inspection, the next round of nuclear contaminated water discharge is expected to begin around February next year.

 

Corporate News

◐ China’s ATF fuel assembly independent research and development has taken a key step.According to news from the China National Nuclear Corporation's WeChat official account on November 4, recently, the ATF accident-tolerant characteristic fuel assembly developed by the China National Nuclear Corporation's China Nuclear Power Research and Design Institute has completed two long-cycle irradiation operation tests, running in the reactor for three years and successfully being discharged. Thus, China has completed the full-cycle commercial reactor operation test of ATF accident-tolerant characteristic fuel assemblies, marking a key step in the independent research and development of ATF fuel assemblies in China.

 

The world's first pure electric mining electric wheel dump truck - Xiangdian XEG220E has been delivered for use.According to news from China Coal's WeChat official account on November 5, recently, the world's first pure electric mining electric wheel dump truck - Xiangdian XEG220E, developed in cooperation between China Coal Pingshuo Group and Xiangdian Group, has been delivered for use at the Anjialing open-pit mine of China Coal Pingshuo Group. This replaces fuel-powered mining dump trucks with pure electric mining electric wheel dump trucks, injecting strong momentum into the development of green mines, safe mines, energy-saving mines, and smart mines.