Promote energy transformation through power reform

　　In recent years, with the increasing importance of environmental protection and the increasing uncertainty risks of low-priced fossil energy, how to promote high-quality and sustainable energy development and promote energy transformation has become a common problem faced by the international community. China is not an exception and the situation is even more urgent.

　　On May 23, the Cyberspace Administration of Tianjin Municipal Committee and State Grid Tianjin Electric Power Company signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement. The two parties will carry out in-depth strategic cooperation in the fields of data resource sharing, smart application development, energy Internet ecosystem, etc., give full play to the role of innovation-driven, policy-driven, open linkage, and reform-driven, develop a ubiquitous power Internet of Things, and jointly promote Tianjin's energy transformation.

　　Coincidentally, on May 15, the Southern Power (starting from Guangdong) spot market implemented the domestic power spot trading settlement operation for the first time. It aims to discover power prices through market mechanisms, reflect changes in market supply and demand more quickly and accurately, promote clean energy, and achieve a wider range of resource optimization allocation.

　　At present, energy development is in an era of great change that has not been seen in a century. Since the Industrial Revolution, the large-scale development and utilization of fossil energy has strongly promoted the progress of human civilization, but it has also brought about prominent problems such as resource scarcity, environmental pollution, and climate change. my country's main resource endowment is coal, and the extensive economic development for a long time before has led to my country's energy being overly dependent on coal consumption, serious resource waste, and severe environmental problems.

　　Therefore, promoting energy transformation can be said to be the only way for China and even the whole mankind to achieve sustainable development. This year's government work report also focused on achieving green development, including further accelerating the construction of stable and intelligent power grids across the country, promoting the healthy development of new energy from the perspective of system and economic operation, comprehensively promoting scientific and technological innovation and management innovation, cultivating the "multiplier factor" of new energy development, and promoting the coordination of energy utilization industries to accelerate the popularization and utilization of new energy.

　　The State Grid and China Southern Power Grid have successively tried out power reforms, which is an important move in energy transformation. The smart grid technology that the two are committed to is one of the main directions for promoting the large-scale application of renewable energy. With the rise of distributed energy and electric vehicles, new requirements have been put forward for distribution networks. It is necessary to greatly improve the self-dispatching ability of distribution networks, adapt to new power generation methods and load development needs, and meet the two-way interaction requirements of users.

　　From the perspective of the general trend of energy transformation, it is necessary to implement electric energy substitution on the energy consumption side to form an energy structure dominated by clean energy and centered on electricity. Some institutions predict that by 2050, the proportion of clean energy in global primary energy consumption will exceed 70%, and the installed capacity of clean energy power generation will reach 22 billion kilowatts, accounting for more than 80% of the total installed capacity.

　　Among them, the construction of a centralized energy Internet is crucial. The essence of the energy Internet is the integration of "smart grid + UHV grid + clean energy", and it is an important platform for large-scale development, large-scale configuration, and efficient utilization of energy. To integrate various types of electricity, the most important thing is to utilize and break through smart grid technology.

　　On the one hand, there must be continuous innovation and breakthroughs in power technologies such as efficient and clean power generation, advanced transmission and transformation (ultra-high voltage, flexible direct current, superconducting transmission, etc.), large power grid operation control, and energy storage; on the other hand, energy and electricity must be deeply integrated with modern information and communication technologies and control technologies such as artificial intelligence, big data, the Internet of Things, and 5G to create a highly controllable and flexible smart energy system to achieve multi-energy complementarity and intelligent interaction.

　　From an international perspective, major developed countries have basically completed or are about to complete the upgrade of smart meters, and the market in developing countries is gradually emerging, providing important technologies for new electricity consumption models, energy conservation and other smart electricity consumption. In recent years, China has paid more and more attention to environmental issues, and the proportion of clean energy has also increased day by day. Energy transformation has made considerable progress.

　　In the future, my country still needs to further strengthen the application of emerging technologies such as the Internet of Things, 5G, and big data in the energy field, as well as their transformation capabilities in the market. At the same time, it needs to make continuous breakthroughs in the field of smart grid technology to better improve the energy Internet and promote energy transformation.