A New Plan to Build a New-Energy-Dominant Power System by CSG

A New Plan to Build a New-Energy-Dominant Power System by CSG

Calls for adding 100-GW New-Energy Installed Capacity
Building a Model for Clean, Low-Carbon Electrical Grids

Guangzhou - March 26, 2021 - In mid-March, senior managers from China Southern Power Grid Company held a press conference here in Guangzhou to announce its ambitious new plan to reach emission peak and carbon neutrality levels.
The 21 measures outlined by CSG officials dig deep into the five aspects into the Company’s electrical energy production and have set obtainable goals of speeding up “natural” replacements of creating electrical energy by new resources on the supply side which may include wind, solar and hydroelectric renewable resources.
According to CSG spokesperson Liu Wei, “In our plan, by Year 2025, the installed capacity generated by new energy in the five Southern China provinces (Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou, and Hainan) will increase from 50 GW to 150 GW and by Year 2030, it will see another increase of 100 GW; the share of the installed capacity by non-fossil energy will increase from 56% (2020) to 65%, and its power generation from 53% (2020) to 61%.".
Mr. Liu explained that this “new electrification” can be taken as a crossroads in transforming energy consumption and instrumental in building a modern electrical grid system across China. This also represents the creation and development of a bold new renewable energy system that is clean, low-carbon and efficient will be built by concerted efforts of upstream and downstream enterprises of the industrial and value chain.
During the 14th Five-Year Plan period, a critical time period to reach peak carbon dioxide emissions, CSG will construct a new energy-dominant power system and work to actively replace the origins of its current electrical energy resources.
These moves have great promise to facilitate the green development of the five southern provinces and the two SARs of Hong Kong and Macao under the responsibility of China Southern Power Grid.  Concurrently, these new programs will greatly contribute to CSG's efforts of reaching China's goal of peak emissions by Year 2030 and reaching carbon neutrality by Year 2060.
Mr. Liu added, "Over the past decade, the installed capacity of new-energy power in the five southern provinces has increased to 50 GW and will quintuple to 250 GW by Year 2030. By then, CSG will supply electrical power generated by cleaner energy and set a positive example to the international community in developing a green grid system."
On the demand side, actions will be taken by CSG engineers and staff to reduce pollution and lower carbon dioxide emissions in key industries and sectors, facilitating the methodical transformation of energy consumption.
Mr. Liu added, “CSG will prioritize the energy and resource conservation, and enhance ‘new electrification’ in a wide range of sectors such as industry, transportation, architecture, agriculture and rural areas”.
Moreover, the Company is committed to moving faster in constructing electrical vehicle charging facilities, carrying out long-term energy-conservation projects and strengthening demand-side of electricity management, thus driving efficient allocation and utilization of energy and resources.
It's estimated that by Year 2030, CSG will increase the proportion of electricity in terminal energy consumption from 32% (2020) to more than 38% in the five southern provinces, reducing carbon dioxide emissions per unit of GDP by more than 65% compared to that of Year 2005.
On the supply side, CSG engineers are expected to boost the Company’s capability to optimize the allocation of newly created clean energy sources. The plan also proposes the sustainable development of the West-East Electricity Transmission Project and introduction of clean electricity outside the five southern provinces. Specifically, China Southern Power Grid senior managers are expecting to see additional electricity of 20 GW generated by clean energy from the rest part of China by Year 2030 as electricity transmitted across the five southern provinces is expected to increase from 58 GW (2020) to 78 GW by Year 2030.
As work continues to reach emission peak and carbon neutrality, there is expected to be significant number of new-energy power grids and power consumption devices connecting to the main electrical grids. CSG engineers are already hard at work to enhance the power system with a high proportion of the grids and devices that could potentially pose challenges for the stable and safe grid operation.
To this end, the plan outlined by Mr. Liu proposes to build a modern electrical grid that is safe and reliable with a strong network frame accommodating to the development of new energy.
Simultaneously, continuous work will be done to upgrade the urban grid and develop a modern rural grid, promoting grid digitization and intelligent regulation, and improve electricity dispatching and operating, thus ensuring a safe and stable grid operation and improving the quality and efficiency of grid-connection.
Over the past several years, CSG senior managers have implemented an exciting new strategy for energy safety - "Four Revolutions, One Cooperation" - that promotes a “revolution” in energy consumption, energy supply, energy technology and energy system and expand the Company’s outreach to new partnerships throughout the international community.
In total, CSG is building a new platform for energy allocation to green production and consumption, winning a set of national and international “firsts” in clean energy consumption.
In Year 2020, the installed capacity of non-fossil power in the five southern provinces accounted for 56% and power generation 53%, placing China Southern Power Grid among the leading global energy producing organizations.
The Company has achieved nearly full utilization of energy, with the utilization rate of hydropower exceeding 99.5% and that of wind and photovoltaic power standing at 99.7%.
The overall DC energy availability of the West-East Electricity Transmission Project has stood at a world-class rate of over 96% for 10 consecutive years.
During the 13th Five-Year Plan period, the annual average hours of its DC transmission channels in operation was longer than the set value, exceeding the average level nationwide.