China will duplicate its wind and solar energy production capacity
China will duplicate its wind and solar energy production capacity, reaching 1,200 gigawatts in 2025, according to a study carried out in June by the us organization global energy monitor. The country will reach its target five years ahead of schedule if the project succeeds. teleSUR
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00:00 According to a recently published study, China may achieve its energy transition goals much
00:05 sooner than expected.
00:07 Brazil's TVT correspondent Mauro Ramos traveled to the Inner Mongolia region in northern China
00:13 and visited some renewable energy projects that have been transforming the Asian giant's
00:17 energy markets.
00:18 Let's see.
00:19 "China will duplicate its wind and solar energy production capacity, reaching 1,200
00:25 GW in 2025, according to a study carried out in June by the United States Organization
00:31 Global Energy Monitor.
00:33 The country will reach its target five years ahead of schedule if the project succeeds.
00:38 At the end of 2020, China's President Xi Jinping announced its goal will be achieved
00:43 by 2030.
00:44 Coal is the source of 60 percent of the energy consumed in the country, and this partly makes
00:50 the energy sector responsible for 90 percent of China's greenhouse gas emissions.
00:56 Inner Mongolia is one of the largest coal-producing regions in the country, but this scenario
01:01 may change in the upcoming years.
01:03 The Yuma solar plant, located in the Kubuki Desert in the city of Ordos, has more than
01:08 196,000 solar panels and is an example of the country's ambitious energy transition
01:15 process."
01:17 Since 2021, the country has proposed the Global Carbon Objective, which means reaching peak
01:22 carbon emissions by 2030 and achieving carbon neutrality by 2060.
01:28 After setting this goal, China's renewable energy industry has developed rapidly.
01:33 Currently, Ordos has completed new power projects of 7.6 million kW, and with projects approved
01:40 by NADGEL-BIL, the total capacity has exceeded 50 million kW, which means more than 50 times
01:47 the 2018 capacity.
01:50 Inner Mongolia's wind power potential accounts for nearly 57 percent of China's total wind
01:55 power resources.
01:56 The region also accounts for 21 percent of the country's overall solar energy resources.
02:02 The Yuma solar power plant was also designed as a project to combat desertification.
02:08 The photovoltaic panels were installed on stands that allowed growth of vegetation and
02:13 even the cultivation of food crops.
02:16 "Regarding agriculture and livestock, the photovoltaic panels were built on wasteland,
02:22 where industries could not be developed.
02:25 After installing the photovoltaic panels, the land gradually improved.
02:28 After this improvement, we were able to engage in agriculture and livestock farming in the
02:33 area."
02:34 One of the models China has been developing is to attract industries to regions with greater
02:40 availability of renewable energies.
02:42 So is the case of the Ordos Zero Emissions Industrial Park.
02:46 The plant aims to integrate the supply chains of various industries, such as the manufacture
02:52 of electric vehicles and batteries.
02:56 Ordos Zero Emissions Industrial Park is the world's first zero-emission industrial park.
03:01 In 2021, the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region approved two such industrial parks.
03:07 We mainly focus on the following works for peak carbon and carbon neutrality.
03:12 The first is the spatial and industrial planning of the zero-emission industrial park, which
03:17 is largely completed.
03:19 The second is called 1+2+5.
03:22 After the Ordos Zero Emissions Industrial Park, one refers to a new type of power system.
03:28 A power distribution company named Ordos Mengsu Green Power Co Ltd was established.
03:34 The new power system is being further developed.
03:37 The first part of 2 is the establishment of international standards, three of which have
03:43 already been published.
03:45 The second part of 2 is the establishment of a carbon energy platform with 52 companies
03:51 with annual central business revenues exceeding 20 million yuan already using hydrogen.
03:56 The carbon energy platform mainly focuses on total energy consumption, energy consumption
04:02 intensity, total carbon emission and carbon emissions intensity.
04:08 Five refer to the development of five major industry clusters, namely wind, solar, hydrogen,
04:14 storage and vehicles.
04:17 In the first half of this year, China's entire renewable energy capacity reached 1,320 GW,
04:25 accounting for nearly 50% of the country's overall installed power capacity, which now
04:30 stands at 2,710 GW installed capacity is the maximum amount of electricity that can be
04:38 produced.
04:39 Energy generation is what was actually produced in terms of energy in given period, but wind
04:46 and solar power generation have shortage periods.
04:49 Therefore, the challenge is to continue to develop solutions to store excess energy produced
04:55 during periods of intense sun or wind.
05:00 Ambition's 1.5 GW energy storage capacity is already operational in this project, and
05:06 a 20 GW storage project is on the way.
05:09 A 50 GW project from Baofeng Energy will also be launched, along with sodium ion storage
05:15 projects.
05:16 Other energy storage projects and gravity storage projects will be introduced in the
05:21 industrial park by the end of the 14th five-year plan period.
05:26 We aim to achieve double 100 GW.
05:30 This means achieving 100 GW of energy storage capacity and 100 GW of photovoltaic capacity,
05:37 which is achievable.
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