"Dual carbon" blockbuster document released: what "standard" changes will be in the energy sector

On the occasion of the issuance of the National Standardization Development Outline one year, the standardization improvement plan in the energy field was officially introduced
.

On October 9, the National Energy Administration issued a notice
on the issuance of the Action Plan for Energy Carbon Peaking and Carbon Neutrality Standardization (hereinafter referred to as the Action Plan).
The Action Plan proposes that by 2025, a relatively complete energy standard system that can effectively support and lead the green and low-carbon transformation of energy will be initially established, energy standards will be transformed from quantity and scale to quality and efficiency, the standard organization system will be further improved, energy standards will interact well with technological innovation and industrial development, and effectively promote the green and low-carbon transformation of energy, energy conservation and carbon reduction, technological innovation, and carbon emission reduction
of the industrial chain.

The Action Plan also mentions three specific areas in the work objectives: first, establish and improve the renewable energy standard system dominated by photovoltaic and wind power, study and establish a standard system to support the construction of a new power system, and accelerate the improvement of a new energy storage standard system; The second is to formulate a number of emerging technologies and technical standards related to carbon emission reduction in the industrial chain, and improve the relevant standard organization system; The third is to revise a number of standards related to energy efficiency in the conversion and transmission and utilization of conventional energy production, and improve the standard requirements and level
.

Wang Weiquan, secretary-general of the Energy and Environment Special Committee of the China Energy Research Association, said in an interview with First Financial Reporter that the introduction of the Action Plan is not only to implement the relevant requirements related to the energy field in the National Standardization Development Outline, but also to provide necessary technical support for carbon peaking and carbon neutrality, and give full play to the leading role
of "standards" in energy transformation.

For example, he said that at present, many provinces and cities have put forward clear proportion and duration requirements for new energy supporting construction energy storage, which has led to the rapid development of the energy storage industry, continuous technological progress, and continuous improvement of technical indicators, resulting in the original standards and specifications are difficult to meet the application needs under the new situation, especially on the power supply side, grid side and user side of the energy storage application mode and requirements are quite different, the imperfection of the standard system affects the application
of energy storage in the power industry.
The introduction of the "Action Plan" indicates that these loopholes will be plugged one by one, "repairing what should be repaired, and making up what should be repaired"
.

According to the National Standardization Development Outline, it is necessary to improve the standardization guarantee for green development, and establish and improve carbon peak and carbon neutrality standards
.
Improve renewable energy standards, and study and formulate standards
for ecological carbon sinks, carbon capture, utilization and storage.
Implement carbon peaking and carbon neutrality standardization improvement projects
.

The Action Plan further proposes to carry out special actions such as non-fossil energy standardization, new power system standard system, new energy storage standardization, hydrogen energy standardization, energy efficiency standard improvement, and carbon emission reduction standards for the energy industry chain, involving more than ten standard systems
such as wind power photovoltaic, water, wind and solar integrated energy development and utilization, pumped storage, and carbon dioxide capture, utilization and storage (CCUS).

In the past decade, China's total installed capacity of renewable energy power generation has exceeded 1.
1 billion kilowatts, an increase of nearly three times over ten years ago, accounting for more than
30% of the world's total installed renewable energy capacity.
The installed scale of hydropower, wind power, photovoltaic and biomass power generation and the scale of nuclear power under construction rank first
in the world.
Among them, the total installed capacity of wind power and photovoltaics is 670 million kilowatts, nearly 90 times
that of 2012.

"The development of industry standards usually takes one or two years and multi-party cooperation, so for industries with rapid technological and market development, standardization work often has a certain lag.

This requires relevant institutions to make timely layouts and adjustments according to the level of advanced technology and system development requirements to keep pace with the times
.
Guide the healthy development of the industry through standards, and avoid industry chaos such as mixed fish and dragons, bad money driving out good money
, etc.
Wang Weiquan said
.

In addition, the Action Plan also proposes to strengthen the connection and coordination with national standards and group standards, and promote the formation of a new standard system
that organically connects national standards, industry standards and group standards.
Deepen international cooperation on standards in the energy field, broaden the channels for internationalization of standards, improve the docking and compatibility with relevant international standard systems, promote key standards to go global, and improve the level of internationalization of
standards.

Wang Weiquan said that some national standards in China's energy field are transformed from international standards, but on the contrary, there are fewer national standards that can be converted into international standards, and there is a big gap
between the international standardization level of China's energy and power fields and developed countries.
Compared with traditional energy, China's renewable energy scale and technology are in the forefront of the world and have certain advantages
.
Therefore, at this time, it is necessary to do a good job in the construction of its own standards and enhance the discourse power
of international standards in the energy field.

In terms of energy standards, the Action Plan proposes to transform
from quantity and scale to quality and efficiency.

Ma Dejun, a member of the China Standardization Expert Committee, published an article entitled "China's standardization work should change from quantity to quality and efficiency in the future" last year, he said that after years of development, the entire standardization practice has a model to follow
.
He believes that "the standardization work in many fields at the current stage has gone through three stages
of follow-up and running to the lead.
At this stage, it is important to avoid focusing only on the quantity of standards and neglecting their quality
.
In the future, standardization work should shift from quantitative standardization to quality-benefit standardization, focusing on how much benefit
standardization can bring to standard stakeholders.
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