News of the week in the general machinery field: China's first "wind, solar, thermal and storage integrated" large-scale comprehensive energy base outsourcing project has begun construction; wind and solar nuclear may become the "main force" of new power generation in the world within three years

　Market Chapter

　China’s first “wind, solar, thermal and storage integration” large-scale comprehensive energy base delivery Project construction started

China's first "wind, solar, thermal and storage integration" large-scale comprehensive energy base delivery project and the first large-scale ground power plant pumping and storage project were launched in Gansu on the 16th. Qingyang City and Yumen City have started construction. After the two projects are put into operation, they can replace 6 million tons of coal consumption every year and reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 16 million tons. They have significant energy saving and emission reduction benefits and promote the large-scale development and utilization of new energy bases.

According to the State Grid Co., Ltd. Gansu Electric Power Company introduced on the 16th, the two projects with a total investment of 30.4 billion yuan will play an important role in ensuring the safe and reliable supply of electricity, serving coordinated regional development, and promoting clean energy. It is of great significance to transform to low carbon and reach peak carbon neutrality in services.

The latest progress of BASF’s Zhanjiang integrated base: construction of a number of world-class devices has begun

On March 13, BASF has broken ground on the acrylic acid production complex at its Zhanjiang integrated base, which includes a glacial acrylic acid (GAA) unit, a butyl acrylate (BA) unit and a 2-ethylhexyl acrylate (2-EHA) unit.

At present, BASF is fully promoting the backward integration capabilities of the Zhanjiang integrated base. The new acrylic facility will provide product supply to customers in its region and reduce lead times. In addition, BASF announced on March 7 that it would invest in a new world-class citral plant in Zhanjiang.

　Construction of 4 pumped storage power stations is about to begin! Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei will add kilowatt-class "storage batteries"

As the country's only renewable energy demonstration zone approved by the State Council, it is positioned as a green transformation development demonstration zone, Beijing-Tianjin Zhangjiakou, which hopes to coordinate the development of renewable energy innovation zones in Hebei Province, has achieved remarkable results in new energy construction in recent years. Currently, we are applying for the construction of a tens of millions of kilowatt-level energy storage base mainly supported by pumped hydro energy storage and supplemented by various energy storage technologies such as electrochemical energy storage, compressed air energy storage, and flywheel energy storage to better serve Beijing. Green and low-carbon development in Tianjin, Hebei and the whole country.

The four pumped storage power stations are Jiugongshan in Yuxian, Shuiyu in Yuxian, Guanting in Huailai and Baihe in Chicheng. They are all expected to be completed and put into operation in 2029; 18 others including Changyukou in Chongli and Xipingshan in Huai'an The site selection for the new planned site has been completed and geological survey work is underway. After completion, the total installed capacity of the project is expected to reach 5 million kilowatts. In Zhangjiakou, which is located in the upper reaches of Beijing, multi-scenario and large-scale energy storage construction is slowly underway.

The construction of two major pumped storage projects of China Power Construction is in full swing

In the spring season, Power China Good news came again from the two pumped-storage power stations. Among them, the main project of Tongcheng Pumped Storage Power Station officially started; it won the bid for the design project of Taishan Huangmaogang Pumped Storage Power Station.

The main project of Anhui Tongcheng Pumped Storage Power Station, a key energy construction project of the 14th Five-Year Plan, has officially started. The power station is located in Tongcheng City, Anhui Province, with a total installed capacity of 1,280 MW. It is mainly composed of upper reservoirs, lower reservoirs, water delivery systems, factory systems, permanent traffic roads and other buildings. The designed annual power generation capacity is 2.144 billion kilowatt hours, and the annual pumping power is 2.859 billion kilowatt hours; Huangmaogang Pumped Storage Power Station is a national medium and long-term planning reserve project, with an original planned installed capacity of 800 MW. After the power station is completed, it will undertake tasks such as peak shaving, valley filling, frequency modulation, phase modulation and emergency backup of the southwestern Guangdong-Zhuhai power grid.

　International Chapter

　International Energy Agency: Wind and solar nuclear may become the "main force for new power generation in the world within three years" ”

Recently, the International Energy Agency (IEA) released the “2023 Electricity Market Report” (hereinafter referred to as the “Report”), pointing out that in the past year, the energy crises that have occurred in many countries have Although the growth rate of power installed capacity has slowed down, the strong power demand in developing countries will continue to promote the accelerated growth of global power generation installed capacity in the future. Among them, renewable energy power, along with nuclear power generation, will become the "absolute main force" in global power installed capacity growth in the next three years. The rapid launch of low-carbon energy projects is expected to promote the stabilization or even decline of carbon emissions in the global power generation sector.

Low profits continue to plague the European wind power market

Recently, the European wind energy industry organization WindEurope announced the European wind power installed capacity in 2022 Investment situation, data show that investment in European wind power in 2022 will be higher than in previous yearsThere has been a sharp decline. The scale of new wind power complete machine orders is only 9 million kilowatts, a sharp drop of 47% compared with 2021. The agency analyzed that the continued decline in the profitability of wind power projects is the main reason for the current downturn in the European wind power market. At the same time, the power market intervention policies of European countries have also made the European wind power industry gradually lose its capital attractiveness. If things go on like this, the growth rate of wind power installed capacity in European countries will slow down, which may hinder the achievement of climate goals.

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Original title: General Machinery Industry Weekly News Review (March 13-19, 2023)