A few days ago, the National Energy Administration held an online press conference for the first quarter of 2021. At the meeting, the construction and operation of wind power in 2020 were announced:

In 2020, 71.67 million kilowatts of grid-connected wind power will be added nationwide, including 68.61 million kilowatts of onshore wind power and 3.06 million kilowatts of offshore wind power. In terms of the distribution of new installed capacity, the central-eastern and southern regions accounted for about 40%, and the "Three Norths" region accounted for 60%. By the end of 2020, the cumulative installed capacity of wind power nationwide was 281 million kilowatts, of which the cumulative installed capacity of onshore wind power was 271 million kilowatts, and the cumulative installed capacity of offshore wind power was approximately 9 million kilowatts.

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Transcript of the online press conference of the National Energy Administration in the first quarter of 2021

Spokesperson of the National Energy Administration

On January 29, 2021, the National Energy Administration held an online press conference for the first quarter to release the winter energy supply status, the development of renewable energy in 2020, and the power supply reliability indicators for users of power supply companies in 50 major cities across the country in the fourth quarter of 2020 Wait.

Take multiple measures to ensure the safe and stable supply of energy in winter

Since the beginning of winter, affected by the cold wave weather, the national energy demand, especially the demand for electricity, has grown rapidly, and the supply in some areas is tight during peak hours. The National Energy Administration attaches great importance to the guarantee of coal, electricity, oil and gas supply and has adopted a series of measures to ensure energy security. Stable supply.

1. Make every effort to ensure electricity and heating for residents, industry and commerce

The first is to organize special conferences and chambers of commerce to clarify measures to ensure energy supply. The National Energy Administration held video conferences with the Hunan Provincial Government and the Jiangxi Provincial Government respectively, and conducted special discussions on power supply construction, power grid construction, coal mine resumption and production, power supply guarantees, oil and gas supply, and power supply supervision. , Mid- and long-term related work measures to ensure the energy supply of the two provinces.

The second is to establish a daily report system to strengthen the monitoring and early warning of power supply and demand. Organize local relevant departments, various agencies of the National Energy Administration, power grid companies, and power generation companies to establish mechanisms such as daily and ten-day reports to strengthen monitoring and early warning, detect signs and tendencies in a timely manner, study and judge the situation, and coordinate and solve major problems.

The third is to give full play to the role of the large power grid platform and flexibly allocate resources. Strengthen load forecasting and new energy forecasting, and coordinate and optimize the power grid dispatching operation mode to ensure reliable power supply. Exploit the power transmission potential of trans-provincial and trans-regional power transmission channels, strengthen mutual support between regions, and mutual assistance between surplus and deficiency. To continue to play the role of market-oriented transactions, the Beijing Power Exchange Center focused on supporting Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Jiangsu, Chongqing and other provinces in January.

The fourth is to strengthen the operation and maintenance of power facilities, inspections to eliminate defects, and emergency repairs. Supervise power grid companies and power generation companies to strengthen the operation and maintenance of equipment to ensure the safe and stable operation of key power plants in key areas and important transmission channels across provinces. The largest external power receiving capacity of Hunan's 6 million kilowatts and Jiangxi's 2.6 million kilowatts are currently fully utilized. Strengthen the early warning and monitoring of line ice coating in Hunan, Sichuan, Chongqing, Guangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou and other provinces and regions, and carry out ice melting in a timely manner to ensure the safety of power transmission. We will do our best to coordinate the emergency repair of the Shijiazhuang Liangcun Thermal Power Plant to ensure the epidemic prevention heating and residential electricity consumption.

The fifth is to do a good job in cleaning and heating the northern area to ensure that the people stay warm during the winter. Establish a ten-day report and emergency reporting system to track the latest situation of clean heating in a timely manner, and coordinate to solve the problems of heating and energy security in various regions. Carry out special supervision of clean heating in the northern region, and organize the dispatched agencies of the National Energy Administration to check related issues in a timely manner. Implement the instructions of the central leadership, organize investigations and investigations on clean heating problems, supervise and coordinate work, solve problems in a timely manner, and ensure that the people stay warm during the winter.

2. Coal supply is generally stable

In terms of coal production. In 2020, the national coal production of enterprises above designated size was 3.84 billion tons, an increase of 0.9% year-on-year. In December, coal production was 350 million tons, an increase of 3.2% year-on-year. The daily output of coal nationwide continued to maintain a relatively high level of about 11 million tons, and coal supply was generally stable.

In terms of thermal coal inventory. As of January 25, 2021, the inventory of thermal coal in power plants nationwide will be available for 15 days, and the inventory is at a reasonable level.

In terms of coal prices. The fulfilment rate of medium and long-term coal contracts is high and prices are stable. In 2020, the fulfilment rate of medium and long-term contracts of coal enterprises exceeds 90%. The performance of the contracts is generally good, and it has played a better role as a market stabilizer. The spot price of coal has continued to rise since the beginning of November, and has recently fallen.

In order to ensure the coal supply during the peak winter and Spring Festival holidays, the following work measures have been taken:

One is to strengthen monitoring and early warning. Do a good job in daily scheduling and daily monitoring of coal production, coal storage in power plants, and coal storage in ports around the Bohai Sea, and strengthen data comparison and analysis and situation research and judgment.

The second is to increase production and supply. Supervise major coal-producing areas and key enterprises to fully mobilize effective production capacity, and make overall plans for increasing production and supply, safe production, and epidemic prevention and control.

The third is to consolidate the responsibility of guaranteeing supply. Supervise the relevant departments of local governments to earnestly implement the main responsibility of coal supply, strengthen organization and leadership, actively expand coal source channels, give full play to the role of coal reserves and adjustable inventory, and stabilize market supply.

The fourth is to highlight key guarantees for people's livelihood. Supervise coal-producing regions and coal enterprises to strengthen supply-side and demand-side management, optimize production and supply structure, and arrange Spring Festival holidays in advance to ensure stable coal supply.

3. Further enhancement of natural gas supply capacity

Deeply implement the spirit of General Secretary Jinping’s important instructions on accelerating the construction of natural gas production, supply, storage and marketing systems, overcome the pressure of increasing gas supply caused by extreme cold weather, and fully promote natural gas storage and production, pipeline network interconnection, gas storage capacity construction, Key tasks such as the coordination and guarantee of imported gas have achieved a further increase in natural gas supply capacity during the heating season from 2020 to 2021, and ensured the demand for gas for production and living in the whole society.

The first is to organize upstream companies to increase exploration and development efforts, and strive to increase production and supply of domestic gas fields in winter. From October to December 2020, the national average monthly natural gas production maintained a historical high for three consecutive months. Among them, the production in December increased by about 13.7% year-on-year. According to data from the National Bureau of Statistics, domestic natural gas production will be about 188.8 billion cubic meters in 2020, and the output has increased by more than 10 billion cubic meters for four consecutive years.

The second is to speed up the construction of major projects such as the Sino-Russian East Route natural gas pipeline around the annual natural gas pipeline network and other infrastructure construction tasks. The three parties of the central government, local governments and enterprises have worked together to persevere in advancing the construction of the middle and southern sections of the Sino-Russian Eastern Route. Among them, the middle section of the Sino-Russian Eastern Route was put into production on December 3, 2020. Since January 1, 2021, the maximum daily gas transmission volume on the Eastern Route of China and Russia has doubled, further increasing the effective supply of natural gas in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. The southern section of the Sino-Russian Eastern Route has been fully started.

The third is to give full play to the emergency peak shaving capabilities of gas storage facilities to promote the continuous development of underground gas storage during the heating season. The National Energy Administration attaches great importance to the shortcomings of gas storage facilities, and urges upstream companies to accelerate the construction of key gas storage facilities such as underground gas storage facilities. Before the 2020-2021 heating season, the three petroleum companies and the National Pipeline Company and other established underground gas storages such as 23, Liaohe Shuang 6, Xinjiang Hutubi, Southwest Xiangguo Temple, North China, Dagang and other underground gas storages have achieved a year-on-year increase in working gas volume. 4 billion cubic meters, an increase of a record high.

4.The fourth is to coordinate and support oil and gas companies to increase imports of overseas resources, and make every effort to ensure the supply of natural gas in winter. Actively coordinate and support enterprises to make full use of the long-term trade and gas cooperation framework, strengthen communication with strategic resource providers, optimize the allocation of natural gas import resources in the off-peak and peak seasons, rely on the national pipeline network facilities to strengthen "joint guarantees, combined supply and transportation", and increase resource exchange, mutual guarantee and mutual supply. The Beihai LNG receiving terminal has realized mutual aid and complementation of resources in the case of shutdowns due to accidents and other circumstances. From November to December 2020, the total natural gas imported by the three major oil and gas companies increased by 8.7% year-on-year.

In response to this year’s Spring Festival holiday, the National Energy Administration has paid great attention to policies such as encouraging the masses to celebrate the Chinese New Year on the spot. The National Energy Administration has carried out research and judgment on the energy supply and demand situation during the Spring Festival holiday, strengthened the monitoring and early warning of coal, electricity, and oil and gas supply during the holiday, timely tracking the latest supply situation, and addressing various difficulties that may arise. Prepare emergency plans to minimize the impact of uncertain factors and ensure the safety of energy supply during the Spring Festival holiday.

Renewable energy will continue to maintain high-quality development in 2020

In 2020, the National Energy Administration will thoroughly implement the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee and the State Council on coordinating epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development, focusing on the "four revolutions, one cooperation" new energy security strategy and the realization of the carbon peak and carbon neutral goal. Focus on strengthening the clean energy industry, focus on strengthening industry management, focus on the role of market mechanisms, continuously optimize the development layout of the renewable energy industry, and strive to promote the high-quality development of renewable energy.

The installed scale of renewable energy has steadily expanded. As of the end of 2020, my country’s installed renewable energy power generation capacity reached 934 million kilowatts, an increase of approximately 17.5% year-on-year; of which, hydropower installed capacity was 370 million kilowatts (of which pumped storage was 31.49 million kilowatts), wind power installed capacity was 281 million kilowatts, and photovoltaic power generation installed capacity was 253 million kilowatts. , The installed capacity of biomass power generation is 29.52 million kilowatts.

Renewable energy power generation continues to grow. In 2020, the nation's renewable energy power generation capacity reached 2,214.8 billion kilowatt-hours, a year-on-year increase of approximately 8.4%. Among them, hydropower was 1,355.2 billion kwh, a year-on-year increase of 4.1%; wind power was 466.5 billion kwh, a year-on-year increase of about 15%; photovoltaic power generation was 260.5 billion kwh, a year-on-year increase of 16.1%; biomass power generation was 132.6 billion kwh, a year-on-year increase of about 19.4% .

Renewable energy maintains a high level of utilization. In 2020, the country’s major river basins will curtail about 30.1 billion kWh of electricity, and the water energy utilization rate will be about 96.61%, an increase of 0.73 percentage points from the same period last year; An increase of 1 percentage point over the same period of the year; the national abandonment of photovoltaic power was 5.26 billion kWh, with an average utilization rate of 98%, which was the same as last year's average utilization rate.

1. Hydropower construction and operation

In 2020, the nation's new grid-connected hydropower capacity will be 13.23 million kilowatts. The provinces with more new installed capacity are Sichuan 4.13 million kilowatts, Yunnan 3.4 million kilowatts and Anhui 1.36 million kilowatts, accounting for 67.13% of all new installed capacity.

In 2020, the top five provinces (regions) in terms of hydropower generation in the country are Sichuan 354.1 billion kWh, Yunnan 296 billion kWh, Hubei 164.7 billion kWh, Guizhou 83.1 billion kWh, and Guangxi 61.4 billion kWh. Hydropower generation accounts for 70.79% of the national hydropower generation. In 2020, the average utilization hours of hydropower nationwide will be 3827 hours, an increase of 130 hours year-on-year.

In 2020, about 30.1 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity was discarded in major river basins across the country, a decrease of 4.6 billion kilowatt-hours from the same period last year. The water abandonment mainly occurred in Sichuan Province. The amount of water discarded in its main river basins was about 20.2 billion kWh, a decrease of 7.7 billion kWh compared with the same period last year, mainly concentrated in the main stream of the Dadu River, accounting for about 53% of the province’s abandoned water power; Qinghai Province Water has increased compared to last year, with about 4 billion kWh of water wasted, an increase of 1.85 billion kWh over the same period last year; the amount of water abandoned in other provinces has remained at a relatively low level.

2. Wind power construction and operation

In 2020, 71.67 million kilowatts of grid-connected wind power will be added nationwide, including 68.61 million kilowatts of onshore wind power and 3.06 million kilowatts of offshore wind power. In terms of the distribution of new installed capacity, the central-eastern and southern regions accounted for about 40%, and the "Three Norths" region accounted for 60%. By the end of 2020, the cumulative installed capacity of wind power nationwide was 281 million kilowatts, of which the cumulative installed capacity of onshore wind power was 271 million kilowatts, and the cumulative installed capacity of offshore wind power was approximately 9 million kilowatts.

In 2020, the average utilization hours of wind power nationwide will be 2,097 hours. Among the provinces with higher average utilization hours of wind power are Fujian 2,880 hours, Yunnan 2,837 hours, Guangxi 2,745 hours, and Sichuan 2,537 hours.

In 2020, the national average wind curtailment rate is 3%, which is 1 percentage point lower than last year. In particular, Xinjiang, Gansu, and West Inner Mongolia have a significant decrease in wind curtailment rate. The wind curtailment rate in the west was 7%, a year-on-year decrease of 3.7, 1.3, and 1.9 percentage points respectively.

3. Grid-connected operation of photovoltaic power generation

In 2020, the nation's newly installed photovoltaic capacity will be 48.2 million kilowatts, including 32.68 million kilowatts of centralized photovoltaic power stations and 15.52 million kilowatts of distributed photovoltaic power. From the perspective of new installed capacity, the central and eastern and southern regions accounted for about 36%, and the "Three Norths" region accounted for 64%.

In 2020, the average utilization hours of photovoltaics nationwide are 1,160 hours. The areas with higher average utilization hours are 1,492 hours in Northeast China, 1,264 hours in Northwest China, and 1,263 hours in North China, including 1,626 hours in Mengxi, 1,615 hours in Mengdong, and 1,516 hours in Heilongjiang. .

In 2020, the national average abandonment rate is 2%, which is basically the same as the same period last year. The solar abandonment rate in Northwest China, where the photovoltaic consumption problem is more prominent, has dropped to 4.8%, a year-on-year decrease of 1.1 percentage points, especially in Xinjiang and Gansu. , Respectively, 4.6% and 2.2%, a year-on-year decrease of 2.8 and 2.0 percentage points.

4. Construction and operation of biomass power generation

In 2020, national biomass power generation will add 5.43 million kilowatts of installed capacity, and the cumulative installed capacity will reach 29.52 million kilowatts, a year-on-year increase of 22.6%; in 2020, biomass power generation will be 132.6 billion kilowatt-hours, a year-on-year increase of 19.4%, continuing to maintain a steady growth momentum. The top five provinces with cumulative installed capacity are Shandong, Guangdong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui, with 3.655 million kilowatts, 2.824 million kilowatts, 2.420 million kilowatts, 2.401 million kilowatts, and 2.138 million kilowatts; the province with more new installed capacity is Shandong , Henan, Zhejiang, Jiangsu and Guangdong, with 677,000 kilowatts, 646,000 kilowatts, 417,000 kilowatts, 389,000 kilowatts, and 36 million kilowatts respectively; the top five provinces in terms of annual power generation are Guangdong, Shandong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui , Respectively, 16.64 billion kWh, 15.89 billion kWh, 12.55 billion kWh, 11.14 billion kWh and 11.07 billion kWh.

In the fourth quarter of 2020, the power supply reliability rate remains stable and positive

In the fourth quarter of 2020, the power supply reliability of power supply companies in 50 major cities across the country continued to maintain a high level of reliability, with an average power supply reliability rate of 99.948%, an average user outage time of 1.15 hours per household, and an average of 0.26 times per household. . There have been no large-scale power outages nationwide.

1. The average power outage time in major cities across the country decreased by 0.11 hours/household year-on-year

In the fourth quarter, the average power outage time for users of power supply enterprises in 50 major cities across the country was 1.15 hours/household, a year-on-year decrease of 0.11 hours/household. Among them, the five cities with the shortest average user outage time are Beijing, Jinan, Hangzhou, Guangzhou, and Shanghai, which are 0.04, 0.05, 0.12, 0.12, and 0.14 hours per household respectively; the five cities with the longest average outage time by users are Changchun, Lhasa, Chongqing, Nanchang, Tangshan, respectively, 11.64, 7.35, 3.26, 3.20, 2.37 hours per household.

2. The average number of user outages decreased by 0.03 times/household year-on-year

In the fourth quarter, the average number of power outages for users of power supply companies in 50 major cities across the country was 0.26 times/household, a decrease of 0.03 times/household year-on-year. Among them, the five cities with the least average number of power outages by users are Beijing, Jinan, Dongguan, Shanghai, and Nanjing, with 0.02, 0.04, 0.05, 0.05, and 0.06 times/household respectively; the five cities with the most average number of outages by users areLhasa, Changchun, Taiyuan, Nanchang, Urumqi, respectively, 2.18, 1.78, 0.65, 0.57, 0.52 times per household.

3. Planned outage is the main cause of outage

In the fourth quarter, the main reason for power outages in power supply companies in 50 major cities across the country was planned outages, which resulted in an average outage time of 0.65 hours per household, accounting for 56.45% of the total outage time. Among the planned power outages, the planned overhaul and temporary overhaul of the power supply and distribution facilities accounted for 52.29%, and the power outage factors such as the internal and external construction of the power grid accounted for 44.90%.

The secondary cause of power outages in power supply companies in 50 major cities across the country was faulty outages, which resulted in an average outage time of 0.50 hours per household, accounting for 43.55% of the total outage time. In power failures, natural factors accounted for 39.28%, equipment reasons accounted for 18.95%, and external force factors such as short-circuit foreign bodies and external force damage accounted for 15.26%.