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  • China - Government reassures on energy supplies for this next winter and spring - October 14, 2021


    Guard the lights of thousands of homes to ensure that the masses are warm during the winter


    2021-10-14 10:57:31

    (Original title: Guarding the lights of thousands of houses to ensure that the masses are warm during the winter)
    Guard the lights of thousands of homes to ensure that the masses are warm during the winter

    ——Multi-departmental introduction to the energy supply situation of this winter and next spring
    Guangming Daily reporter Liu Kun
    Since the beginning of this year, energy prices in the international market have risen sharply, and domestic power and coal supply and demand have continued to be tight. Various factors have caused power cuts in some places in the near future, which have affected normal economic operations and residents' lives.
    The heating season in the north is coming soon. Can coal for heating this winter be guaranteed? How is the power supply situation this winter and next spring? What measures will my country take to stabilize coal production and ensure power supply? On October 13, the State Council Information Office held a regular briefing on the State Council’s policies and responded to relevant hot issues.
      Guaranteed coal supply this winter and next spring
    Since the beginning of this year, with the gradual recovery of the economy, global energy demand has increased substantially.
    According to Zhao Chenxin, a member of the Party Group of the National Development and Reform Commission and Secretary-General, according to my country's resource endowment, coal has always played an important role in ensuring the country's energy security. Recently, Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi and other places have promoted coal mines with the potential to increase production to release advanced production capacity as soon as possible under the premise of ensuring safe production, speed up the commissioning of approved and basically completed open-pit coal mines, and promote the rectification of coal mines that have stopped production for rectification in accordance with laws and regulations. , Resume production as soon as possible.
    Zhao Chenxin said that the National Development and Reform Commission is working with relevant departments to use market-oriented and rule-of-law measures to effectively and orderly do related work to ensure a stable supply of coal. Relevant provinces are also actively taking measures and have achieved initial results. Coal supply is guaranteed this winter and next spring.
    According to Yu Bing, deputy director of the National Energy Administration, my country’s daily coal output has stabilized at over 11.2 million tons in recent days, an increase of 800,000 tons from before the National Day. From the perspective of key coal-producing regions, the average daily coal production in Shanxi, Shaanxi and Inner Mongolia has exceeded 8 million tons.
    Yu Bing said that in the future, the National Energy Administration will continue to focus on coal production and release high-quality and effective production capacity. The focus is to keep an eye on large coal-producing provinces and large-capacity mines, and to supervise and urge continuous production stabilization for provinces with high capacity utilization rates that have reached production capacity; for provinces with low capacity utilization rates and still have the potential to increase production, promptly supervise and guide, and To help solve practical difficulties, increase production as soon as possible, and achieve a safe increase in production and supply.
    In addition, the National Energy Administration will promote the construction of coal mines to reach production capacity as soon as possible, accelerate the nuclear increase of production capacity, and accelerate the release of production capacity; pay close attention to the situation of coal supply in the peak winter, highlight the coal supply in key areas such as the Northeast, and give priority to ensuring the use of power generation and heating. Coal, to ensure that the people stay warm during the winter.
    Sun Qingguo, director of the Safety Fundamental Department of the State Administration of Mine Safety Supervision, said that the main responsibility for safe production of coal mines must be consolidated. Supervise and urge the coal mines to implement the guarantee responsibility, strengthen supervision and inspection, and solve the problems in safe production in a timely manner to ensure the safe and stable supply of coal mines.
      Tight power supply and demand has eased
    Yu Bing introduced that since October, the nationwide power supply and demand tensions have eased. On October 11, the country’s daily power generation was 20.7 billion kWh, and the cumulative power generation that month was 228.5 billion kWh, a year-on-year increase of 10.8%. Up to now, the cumulative annual power generation has reached 6274.9 billion kilowatt-hours, an increase of 13.1% year-on-year; the national coal inventory of 81.99 million tons is coordinated and the current available days are 15 days.
    Yu Bing said that the National Energy Administration will strengthen the monitoring and early warning of the power and heat supply situation, focusing on the protection of electricity and heat for people's livelihood, and promoting the construction of large-scale wind power and photovoltaic bases with mature conditions. Supervise key cities to formulate emergency plans for power supply, and take multiple measures to ensure clean heating energy.
    "Currently, the winter is about to enter, and the northern region is in the peak period of electricity consumption, and electricity demand will further increase." Li Ming, deputy chief engineer and director of the marketing department of the State Grid Corporation of China, said that overall, supply and demand will be in a tight balance. State Grid will do its best to ensure power supply this winter and next spring, resolutely guard the bottom line of large power grid safety and people's livelihood, and work with all localities and departments to protect the lights of thousands of homes.
    In terms of ensuring reliable power supply, Zhao Chenxin said that the National Development and Reform Commission will continue to organize coal companies and coal power companies to sign a number of medium and long-term contracts on the basis of increasing production and supply, so as to achieve full coverage of medium and long-term coal power generation contracts. Adequate supply of coal for power generation.
    At the same time, the effective output of the generator set is guaranteed. Consolidate the local territorial responsibilities and the main responsibility of power companies to ensure supply, strengthen the overall planning and scheduling of resources, and ensure a high percentage of start-up and high-load output of thermal power units. Guide grid companies to optimize power operation methods, and promote more clean energy generation such as hydropower, nuclear power, wind power, and photovoltaic power generation. Give full play to the advantages of large-scale resource allocation of my country's large power grids, and strengthen the overall coordination of power operations across provinces and regions.
    "It is necessary to precisely control the energy demand of the'two highs' projects and strictly control the growth of fossil energy consumption." Zhao Chenxin said, guiding local governments and enterprises to prioritize people's livelihood, and if necessary, "suppress the people to protect the people", scientifically formulate an orderly energy use plan to ensure Electricity rationing is not limited to residents, and gas is not limited to residents.
      Ensuring the need for heating and gas in the north
    Ensuring the heating and gas needs of the people in the north is the primary task of ensuring the supply of natural gas in winter.
    Zhao Chenxin introduced that since this year, the National Development and Reform Commission has continued to promote the construction of a natural gas production, supply, storage and marketing system in collaboration with various regions, relevant departments and enterprises. Up to now, my country has secured 174.4 billion cubic meters of resources for the heating season, and is still further organizing enterprises to tap the potential for increasing production and supply. From the perspective of natural gas reserves, the country can form more than 27 billion cubic meters of gas during the heating season. At present, all major underground gas storages have basically completed gas injection, laying a solid foundation for ensuring supply in winter.
    "In response to the severe situation of the recent sharp rise in international gas prices, we will take multiple measures to effectively ensure the heating and gas demand in the northern region." Zhao Chenxin said, focusing on urging the supply and demand parties to strictly follow the signed contract to ensure the supply and use of gas, and urge all localities and related companies to strictly implement the residents. The price policy for gas valve stations keeps the price of heating and other residential gas basically stable, and reduces the impact of rising international gas prices to a controllable range. For parts of the northern regions where resources may be tight, timely strengthen resource scheduling to ensure the need for heating and gas.
    The head of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council, Liu Shao-di, stated that the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council and central enterprises will stick to the bottom line of energy consumption for people’s livelihoods, and will do their best to supply coal, heat and gas with higher standards, greater intensity, and more detailed measures. Resolutely fight to win the battle of guaranteeing supply this winter and next spring.



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