Observe the energy Internet is the strategic fulcrum of the energy revolution.
On February 24, the National Development and Reform Commission, the National Energy Administration, and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology jointly issued the "Guiding Opinions on Promoting the Development of" Internet "Smart Energy" (hereinafter referred to as the "Opinions"), pointing out that "Internet" smart energy (referred to as "Energy Internet") is a new form of energy industry development in which the Internet and energy production, transmission, storage, consumption, and energy market are deeply integrated, with the main characteristics of equipment intelligence, multi-energy collaboration, information symmetry, scattered supply and demand, flat system, open transaction and so on, the document attracted wide attention as soon as it was released.
"The Opinion, as a programmatic document for the country, gives a relatively clear statement on the direction of the energy Internet, which at least confirms that the energy Internet has officially become a direction of development for the country. The document is issued on the basis of the theory of the energy revolution and is a strategic fulcrum for leveraging the energy revolution." Gao Feng, a member of the "Opinions" drafting group and deputy dean of the Energy Internet Innovation Research Institute of Tsinghua University, told reporters.
The First Ten-Year Plan for the Internet of Energy
The "Opinions" pointed out that the energy Internet is a new form of energy industry development, and related technologies, models and formats are in the exploration and development stage. In the near and medium term, it will be divided into two stages, and from 2016 to 2018, efforts will be made to promote the pilot demonstration of energy Internet. From 2019 to 2025, efforts will be made to promote the diversified and large-scale development of the energy Internet.
"On the one hand, it can be seen that the government has high hopes for the development of the energy Internet, and this industry has endless development opportunities; on the other hand, the industrial development path is in urgent need of top-level design and guidance. The" Opinions "appropriately pointed out the development of the industry in the next ten years. The direction can be described as the first ten-year plan for the energy Internet." Dr. Miao Ren, an associate researcher at the Energy Research Institute of the National Development and Reform Commission, told reporters.
One of the major innovations of the "Opinions" is the clear definition of the concept and boundaries of the energy Internet. The "Opinions" make it clear that from the intelligentization of coal, oil, and gas pipe networks to the integration of cold, heat, and electricity, they are all in the development plan of the energy Internet industry, not just limited to electricity. Miao Ren believes that from the point of view of system operation, a variety of energy sources complement each other and stand by each other, which can effectively improve the safety and reliability of energy system operation; for energy Internet enterprises, it means that the expansion of market share has the possibility of cross-border.
"The core highlight of the" Opinions "is the innovation system, including the development of new technologies, new models and new business formats, and the creation of an innovative ecological core system for the energy Internet. This is the most important thing. It is not purely based on technology or government investment., But to find a sustainable and reproducible model." The peak said.
Experts believe that the secret of the unprecedented success of the Internet is to match Internet technology with business models. The business model determines the relationship between enterprises and users. Under the energy Internet system, energy users are also energy producers. Therefore, the evolution of the energy Internet business model must match the operation mode of the energy system in order to promote the chemical reaction between the business model and the development of technology.
The Opinions also focus on the coherence of industrial development and institutional design. It inherits the macro national strategy, initiates the micro technology and industrial development, and is widely connected with China's existing energy and low-carbon development policies, forming a multi-dimensional and unified policy and technology development system. "The" Opinions "effectively inherit and integrate China's previous experience in the integration of industrial informatization and the development of the energy Internet industry. This will not only build a stage for the development of related technologies that have achieved certain development, but also accelerate my country's energy revolution." Miao Ren said.
The first intelligent renewable energy production
Focusing on the development of energy Internet, the opinions put forward ten key tasks, including promoting the construction of intelligent energy production and consumption infrastructure (hereinafter referred to as "task 1"), strengthening the construction of multi energy collaborative integrated energy network (hereinafter referred to as "task 2"), promoting the deep integration of energy and information and communication infrastructure (hereinafter referred to as "task 3"), and creating an open and shared energy Internet ecosystem.
Liu Dunnan, a member of the drafting group of the "Opinions" and deputy director of the Energy Internet Research Center of North China Electric Power University, told reporters that the ten major tasks cover the development and construction needs of energy Internet infrastructure construction, ecosystems and business models, key technologies, and standard systems at different levels. Among them, infrastructure construction is the physical support for the development of the energy Internet, and it is the first basic problem to be solved. Therefore, the first three tasks are carried out around the infrastructure, of which "task one" is to promote the intelligence of energy supply and demand components on each node in the energy interconnection network, "task two" is to build the energy network, and "task three" is the integration of the energy network and the information network.
The reporter found that the "opinion" divided "task one" into promoting the intelligent production of renewable energy, promoting the clean, efficient and intelligent production of fossil energy, promoting the coordinated development of centralized and distributed energy storage, and accelerating the intelligent energy consumption.
In this regard, Liu Dunnan said that "task one" is the primary task to promote the construction and development of the energy Internet. Among them, encouraging the development of renewable energy, increasing the proportion of renewable energy, optimizing the energy structure, and achieving safe, efficient, green and sustainable use of energy are the core goals of the construction of the energy Internet. "Promoting the intelligent production of renewable energy" has become the "NO.1" of the key tasks in the "Opinions", and it is the first thing to do to develop the energy Internet.
Miao Ren believes that after the "opinions" build a grand plan for the industry, first, enterprises should speed up technological research and development and clarify the development layout, and find their own position in the future energy Internet system; second, the government should refine the development strategy, speed up the research on the follow-up system scheme design, and cooperate with relevant enterprises and industrial alliances to promote the construction of energy Internet standardization system.
Dr. Liu Manping, senior economist at the Price Monitoring Center of the National Development and Reform Commission, told reporters that the root of the energy Internet is energy, not the Internet. It is similar to Internet finance, and any innovation and reform of the industrial chain will bring huge dividends while also Hidden risks increase intermediate costs. While promoting the development of energy Internet, the government should take precautions. At present, when the Internet financial chaos is frequent and government supervision is urgently needed, the energy Internet should also sound the alarm in advance: when vigorously promoting, government supervision should keep up with it in time. In addition, the development of energy Internet industrialization should serve the goal of realizing the whole energy revolution, and should not deviate from this purpose; thirdly, when promoting the development of energy Internet industrialization, we should not completely rely on a few large energy enterprises or Internet giants to promote it. We should adhere to the principle of equality, break monopoly, lower the threshold, and allow enterprises of different ownership and scale to enter, In order to achieve the effect of "a hundred flowers bloom.
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