On January 3, the Gezhouba Water Conservancy Project was announced to be completed. This set a new record for my country's water conservancy construction. It is something to be proud of, and it also laid a solid foundation for our future water conservancy project construction projects.
This matter originally had nothing to do with Zhao Yi. He also saw this news from the Qianxun News platform. After reading it, although he was happy for the country to achieve such an achievement, other than that, there was nothing special about it. thoughts.
If it were before, Zhao Yi would have been particularly supportive of this kind of large water conservancy hub. After all, it can bring a large amount of electric energy to our country and make important contributions to our country's industrial development.
But the situation is different now. As my country's technology in the field of photovoltaic power generation becomes more and more advanced, the use of hydropower generation seems a bit backward, and ecological problems will inevitably occur.
Previously, he wanted to participate in the construction of the Three Gorges Dam. In the previous life, the Three Gorges Dam had a very large power generation scale, which produced good economic benefits and also had certain flood control functions.
But now he doesn't really want to participate in the construction of these projects. At least the role of hydropower is getting weaker and weaker. Instead, he is more concerned about the water conservancy function, and the economic benefits it brings are not particularly strong.
Because with the large-scale application of photovoltaic power generation, electricity prices will inevitably fall. The current on-grid electricity price has dropped to 0.05 yuan per kilowatt hour, and will fall further in the future.
Not to mention hydropower, even the huge thermal power plants built by Xinhui Energy Company will gradually be eliminated. Although not all of them will be eliminated, a significant reduction is inevitable.
According to Zhao Yi's vision, the price of grid-connected electricity may be reduced to 0.01 yuan per kilowatt hour in the future, but this is the ultimate goal. As for when it can be reduced to this level, it is still unclear.
Because the photovoltaic power plants invested by Xinhui Energy have a very large scale of investment, and all the money is financed through loans, with a scale of up to 1.5 trillion yuan.
If the price of on-grid electricity is reduced to the level of 0.01 yuan now, the return period will be too long, so maintaining the price of on-grid electricity at the level of 0.05 yuan will continue for some time.
Because even based on this price, my country's electricity prices are at the lowest level in the world. It has greatly promoted the competitiveness of my country's industrial development, and there is no need to blindly lower it.
At least the cost must be recovered first. In this case, Xinhui Energy Company's payback cycle will take about 6 years. When the loan is repaid, the remaining time will basically be pure income.
I just didn't expect that something that I thought had nothing to do with me actually received an invitation from the Ministry of Water Resources to participate in discussions on related issues.
To be honest, Zhao Yi is not a water conservancy expert. Although he has spent a certain amount of time understanding the canal, it is not necessarily how profound it is.
This is not knowledge that can be perfected by simply reading written materials. It also requires long-term practice to become an expert in this field, otherwise it will be just talk on paper at best.
The topic discussed this time is still whether to engage in hydropower generation. If it were before, there would be no such problem at all. After all, compared with other clean energy sources, hydropower still has great prospects.
However, after the photovoltaic coating of Cornerstone Materials Company came out, it directly solved the bottleneck of photovoltaic power generation. Not only is the price relatively low, but the power generation efficiency is also very high.
Xinhui Energy Company even invested 15,000 yuan in photovoltaic power generation construction. It was originally planned to be completed in two years, but now it has been delayed to three to four years.
It is not for any other reason, but because we are worried that the construction will be too fast and the country will not be able to consume so much electricity, causing heavy losses. We simply slow down and build according to the domestic electricity demand.
It is precisely because of this that the government also knows that domestic electricity is actually in surplus overall, rather than as before, the total amount of electricity can never keep up with the needs of economic and people's livelihood development.
Against this background, it is not surprising that the government convened this meeting. Compared with photovoltaic power generation, hydropower generation seems a bit backward, and the cost is actually much higher than that of photovoltaic power generation.
I invited him here this time, probably because I wanted to hear his opinions in the field of power generation. As for water conservancy construction, it was not his turn to express his opinions. After all, there are specialties in the industry, which is the basic scientific spirit.
“Originally, with the successful completion of the Gezhouba Water Conservancy Project, the next step would be to demonstrate the Three Gorges Dam Water Conservancy Project and make preliminary preparations for the construction of this project.
It's just that there are new changes in the domestic power generation market. Xinhui Energy Company, as the largest power generation company in my country, has invested heavily in the field of photovoltaic power generation and has achieved fruitful results.
In the past, the cost of photovoltaic power generation was still very high, and hydropower generation still had certain advantages. Now this advantage has completely disappeared. In turn, the cost of hydropower generation is even higher than the cost of photovoltaic power generation.
So the topic of this meeting is: Should the Three Gorges Dam be built? If built, what is the purpose of the construction? That is, what goals need to be achieved? "
After hearing what the leader said, the experts at the scene began to discuss privately. The construction of the Three Gorges Dam was not proposed just now, but by Dr. Sun Yat-sen.
Xinhui Energy's actions may be relatively well-known in the energy field. After all, it is impossible to not attract attention for the construction of such a large-scale photovoltaic power plant.
However, Xinhui Energy Company did not publicize this. Except for the energy professional circle, others did not know much about it. Many people just knew that there was such a thing.
Because from the perspective of Xinhui Energy Company, there is actually no need to publicize this matter. Their industry is not a consumer field. The greater the reputation, the more favored it will be by consumers.
Moreover, Xinhui Energy Company is not a state-owned enterprise and does not need to conduct so-called performance publicity. Therefore, Xinhui Energy Company is not interested in publicity, either before or now.
Many people only know that the State Grid is very powerful. It can meet the domestic power demand in such a short period of time. Moreover, the power transmission stability of the grid is getting higher and higher, and power cuts have almost never happened.
However, the Xinhui Energy Company behind this is unknown to most people. On the one hand, they are indeed very low-key, and on the other hand, consumers do not need to know this.
Moreover, Xinhui Energy Company is not a listed company, and investors will not pay attention to this company. As a result, Xinhui Energy Company's photovoltaic power generation construction did not cause a huge sensation.
Currently, Cornerstone Materials' photovoltaic coatings are not exported for the time being. Although they are not included in the embargo list, a ban has been issued within the company.
In response to this situation, the official media did not do much publicity for Xinhui Energy's big move, which would bring certain international pressure to Cornerstone Materials.
The leader did not stop the discussion below, but instead allowed the experts below to fully communicate. After all, under the new situation, many situations have changed, and everyone may not be able to react.
After waiting for about 10 minutes, the leader continued: "In order to fully understand our country's future energy strategy, we invited Academician Zhao Yi, an academician of the two academies, to tell us in detail our country's current and future energy development policies. "
The leader's words were a bit exaggerated. After all, strategic policies could only be discussed at the highest government meeting. It seemed that it was not Zhao Yi's turn to carry out work in this area.
But if you think about it carefully, there is nothing wrong with this, because the power generation of Xinhui Energy Company accounts for 90% of my country's total power generation, which is an increase of 10% from before, and may further increase in the future.
Xinhui Energy Company's domestic energy market share is too high. The decisions of one company can determine the energy development pattern of our country. The company's policies and strategies have risen to the level of national strategic policies.
As the boss behind Xinhui Energy Company, Zhao’s words are definitely qualified to have a major impact on our country’s energy landscape and determine our country’s future energy development.
Hearing what the leader said, Zhao Yi had already expected it. After all, he was only invited to listen to suggestions related to energy. Water conservancy was not something he had much to do with, but he did not expect that the leader would say so seriously.
However, he does not have any psychological burden. Xinhui Energy Company deserves the most credit for the great development of domestic energy. Otherwise, our country will face a serious power shortage.
Moreover, Xinhui Energy Company not only produces a large amount of electricity for the country, but also provides a full set of smart grid facilities, making an indelible contribution to my country's high-quality power generation and transmission.
In one fell swoop, our country has transformed from relatively backward power facilities to the world's most advanced power facility construction country, laying a solid foundation for my country's rapid economic development and improvement of people's livelihood.
In fact, there were experts from the field of electric power and energy at the scene. They knew Xinhui Energy Company very well. After all, current domestic energy and power work basically cannot avoid Xinhui Energy Company.
Whenever Xinhui Energy Company releases a new power solution, it will be immediately placed on the desks of these energy and power experts for detailed interpretation, otherwise their professional knowledge will fall behind.
Of course, there are also many energy and power experts who are employees or consultants of Xinhui Energy Company and are inextricably linked to Xinhui Energy Company.
The private exchange just now was basically between water conservancy experts and energy and electricity experts, hoping to understand the latest energy development situation so that they can have a clear understanding.
However, when Zhao Yi came to talk about the future energy development pattern, many experts at the scene still showed surprised expressions, fully showing their shock.
Zhao Yi has many publicized professional fields, such as biotechnology, rail transit technology, mathematics, etc., but he has never published any results in energy and electricity, and has never been active in this field.
Except for a few experts who know that he is the boss of Xinhui Energy Company, most people actually don’t know the relationship between him and Xinhui Energy Company, because he has personally visited the headquarters of Xinhui Energy Company so many times over the years. There are only a handful of them.
Only those experts who knew that he was the boss behind Xinhui Energy felt that it was natural to invite Zhao Yi, and only he could see the future direction of domestic energy development to a certain extent.
On the one hand, they believe that Zhao Yi's professional level in energy and power is definitely not low. The reason is obvious. The development speed of Xinhui Energy Company is too fast. If there is no support behind it, no one will believe it.
Before the establishment of Xinhui Energy Company, the level of my country's energy and power industry was unknown. These energy experts were all knowledgeable. Even if a private enterprise was established, it would not be possible for it to develop in such a short period of time.
However, Xinhui Energy Company has obviously broken this development pattern and reached the sky in one step. It has not only become my country's largest power energy producer, but also my country's largest power equipment and power technical service provider.
If we only have an advantage in the field of electric energy production, it can also be said to be an additional effect brought by capital. After all, as long as money is invested in this area of work, it can basically expand infinitely.
But Xinhui Energy Company is obviously more than that. They have become the most advanced technology in the world in a short period of time. Whether it is power generation technology, power transmission technology, or power management technology, they are all in a leading position in the world. .
It is precisely because of the large-scale upgrading of my country's power grid and the full use of Xinhui Energy Company's power equipment that my country has become the first country in the world to build a smart grid.
In terms of power generation technology, Xinhui Energy's thermal power generation technology has exceeded the 50% efficiency mark, making it the technology company with the highest thermal power generation efficiency in the world. No one has broken it yet.
Moreover, Xinhui Energy Company is also the best at treating pollution caused by thermal power generation. However, most of the technology in this area comes from Fluolight Environmental Management Company. After all, they are specialized in this.
In the fields of wind power generation, tidal power generation, and hydropower generation equipment, Xinhui Energy Company has made outstanding achievements, so that my country no longer needs to rely on imports for equipment in this area, and even exports in reverse.
Not to mention the field of photovoltaic power generation, not to mention their own photovoltaic coating power generation technology, the previously exported silicon crystal photovoltaic equipment and technology are also in a leading position in the world, and the export scale is quite large.
Facing the looks of others, Zhao Yi coughed and said: "Although the leader said that he asked me to talk about the future energy development policy, it is a bit flattering to me. How can I be able to make such a major decision and work in this area?" Ultimately, it is up to the government to make unified planning.
But let me talk about the future energy development pattern in terms of energy and power technology. I can still talk about it. After all, I am relatively familiar with this aspect.
I will elaborate on it in three parts below, hoping to make everyone here understand the future direction of my country's energy development and provide you with reference information.
In the first part, I am going to talk about the new changes in energy and electricity in our country. Some of you here may know something about the latest actions of Xinhui Energy Company, while others may not know much about it.
Since last year, Xinhui Energy Company has been constructing a large-scale photovoltaic power plant in Qaidam Desert, Qinghai. According to the plan, the overall construction goal will be completed within three to four years.
This goal is to build a photovoltaic power plant covering an area of 10,000 square kilometers, which can provide my country with an annual photovoltaic power of 7.5 trillion kilowatt-hours.
However, my country's current total annual electricity consumption is only 4.5 trillion kilowatt-hours. The main electricity consumption field is still in the industrial service industry. In the future, there may be rapid growth in the residential electricity field.
Even so, Xinhui Energy's photovoltaic power generation will be able to meet my country's rapidly growing electricity demand for a long time.
And most importantly, the photovoltaic power generation cost of Xinhui Energy Company is the cheapest and cleanest among all power generation technologies in my country. It is a power generation technology worthy of vigorous development.
You may also know that current electricity prices have dropped to varying degrees in various regions, and in some areas the home electricity price has even dropped to 0.1 yuan per kilowatt hour.
Here I can boldly tell you that in the future, the home electricity price will be reduced by at least half, reaching 0.05 yuan per kilowatt hour. As for the lower price, comprehensive considerations are needed.
The reduction in electricity prices across the country to varying degrees is due to the phased results achieved in the construction of photovoltaic power plants of Xinhui Energy Company, which has led to a sufficient supply of electricity and a further reduction in power generation costs.
In addition to the photovoltaic farms specially built by Xinhui Energy Company, China Housing Corporation will also produce large amounts of photovoltaic power in the future to provide sufficient power supply for residents and commercial facilities, and even provide reverse power supply to the grid.
Because Chinese housing companies will use a large amount of photovoltaic coatings on the exterior walls and tops of their buildings to provide power supply for residents and commercial operations inside the buildings.
Therefore, in the future energy landscape, residential and commercial electricity consumption can basically be self-sufficient, and excess electricity will be transmitted to the power grid to provide excess electricity for industrial and agricultural production.
Moreover, Xinhui Energy Company is also trying to use highway pavement to conduct photovoltaic power generation experiments. If the results are very good, highways across the country will also be photovoltaic power generation sites in the future, providing our country with at least 2 trillion kilowatt hours of electricity.
Therefore, I believe that my country, with its efficient and low-cost photovoltaic power generation technology, can completely solve its power demand at this stage and for a long time to come.
It is based on this judgment that Xinhui Energy Company will no longer build such power generation facilities after conducting experimental wind power generation and tidal power generation.
Not only that, they will also gradually reduce the current thermal power generation facilities, which will not only reduce the proportion of thermal power generation in our country, but also reduce the absolute value of thermal power generation in our country.
The second part is about future energy development. Although the photovoltaic power generation technology of Xinhui Energy Company is advanced, it only represents the present. Photovoltaic power generation still has certain limitations.
Therefore, we must also focus on the next generation of power generation, which is controllable nuclear fusion power generation technology. Now, both Xinhui Energy Company and national research institutions are conducting research in this area.
According to the latest research data, our country has achieved a controlled nuclear fusion experiment state at a high temperature of 100 million degrees that lasted for 20 seconds in the field of controllable nuclear fusion, and is already a world leader in this regard.
Of course, such a state is still far away from truly commercialized controllable nuclear fusion, but in this regard, we have actually taken a substantial step.
Therefore, we boldly predict that controllable nuclear fusion will definitely become a reality in the next 50 years. By then, mankind will have inexhaustible energy.
Compared with photovoltaic power generation, which requires a large area of land, controllable nuclear fusion occupies a very small area. As long as there are sufficient raw materials, the scale of power generation is theoretically unlimited, and the degree of cleanliness is higher than that of photovoltaic power generation.
Although this belongs to the future, we have reason to believe that this day will come in the near future. I am personally confident about this, and therefore confident about our energy future.
The third part is about energy utilization. After all, such a large amount of electricity must be used in a reasonable way, otherwise it will be a waste and occupy precious resources.
The first is the energy substitution strategy. The energy we regularly use is mainly oil, coal and natural gas, and among these resources, our per capita share is relatively low.
If our country wants to achieve high-quality development, reach the forefront of the world in per capita affluence, and have its economic development not be restricted by dependence on external resources, it must implement an energy substitution strategy.
Petroleum has a wide range of uses, but currently the main use of petroleum is still in the energy field, of which cars are the main petroleum energy consumption. So you should also know why Shenlong Automobile Company will launch electric cars.
The introduction of electric vehicles can not only help solve the problem of excess photovoltaic energy in our country, but also greatly reduce our country's dependence on petroleum energy. At present, my country's petroleum imports are mainly used in the chemical industry.
Coupled with our country's previous oil reserves, we have enough reaction time to respond to drastic changes in the oil market, further stabilizing the development of our country's petrochemical industry.
In addition, mechanical equipment manufacturers represented by Shenlong Automobile Company and Tianshu Machinery Company are actively carrying out energy substitution work on their machinery and equipment.
For example, in order to solve the steel industry's heavy dependence on coal, Tiangong Precision Instrument Company developed pure electric steel smelting equipment, and it is a complete set of equipment. It has been gradually used in domestic steel companies, and the effect is very good.
Our ultimate goal is to use petroleum purely in the chemical industry. The relationship between petroleum and energy will be completely disconnected, reducing our country's dependence on petroleum, and at the same time reducing the pollution caused by fossil energy to our country's environment.
If it really reaches this level, it is possible that my country's self-produced oil resources will be enough to support the development of our country's economy for a long time in the future. If necessary, under normal circumstances, we can still import as much as we can. After all, foreign exchange is too high. More doesn't mean much.
In terms of natural gas substitution, Yaoguang Environmental Management Company is also taking active actions to prepare for the large-scale construction of electrolytic hydrogen, use hydrogen to replace natural gas, and provide natural gas substitutes for residents and industries.
According to our calculations, when electricity prices drop significantly, the energy cost of electrolytic hydrogen is much more cost-effective than imported natural gas, and it is also much cleaner.
Everyone knows that my country's coal reserves are still very abundant. In order to further rationally utilize my country's coal resources, Yaoguang Environmental Management Company will conduct research on relevant coal resource development and utilization technologies in the future.
At present, their main focus is still on the fields of land and climate transformation, but this work will always be completed. The focus of future work will be on the fields of resource recycling and efficient utilization, as well as the field of environmental protection.
The second is to expand the scope and ways of using electric energy. For example, using artificial light sources on a large scale in agriculture to cultivate and plant plants can free agricultural production from the influence of weather and make agricultural production more stable.
In the future, agricultural production will become less and less dependent on climate and land, and will become completely industrialized. This will not only significantly increase agricultural output and efficiency, but also greatly improve human beings' ability to adapt to nature.
If biotechnology makes further breakthroughs, future agricultural production will not be much different from today's industrial factories. It is basically completed in buildings. This includes not only plant agriculture, but also animal husbandry.
You can imagine that using the directional differentiation technology of biotechnology, the plant production process is completely independent of the soil, and various crop fruits can be produced in the culture tank.
In terms of animal husbandry, it is even simpler. Instead of raising whole livestock, the directed differentiation technology of biotechnology is used to directly produce whole pieces of pork belly and various animal tissues.
Another example is the use of huge amounts of energy to achieve the transformation of materials, converting common elemental materials on the earth into elemental materials with relatively scarce reserves on the earth, thereby freeing human beings from the limitations of material resources.
Of course, these are just fantasies about the future. When the cost of electric energy is very low and the quantity is huge, combined with other technologies, the future is full of imagination.
However, in order to achieve these goals, the minimum requirement is to realize the commercialization of controllable nuclear fusion, and the highest requirement is naturally to realize the utilization of antimatter energy. However, this is still too far away from us now, so we will not discuss it here.
Finally, it is to expand the use of electricity in residents' daily lives and businesses. On the one hand, this purpose is to improve residents' living standards, and on the other hand, it is to increase the consumption of electric energy.
As far as the electricity currently produced is concerned, it is generally in excess. Only by selling the excess electricity can value be created, so such a move is still very necessary.
For example, China Housing Corporation has installed a large-scale distributed controllable environment adjustment system for each building, which greatly improves residents' living comfort and quality of life.
There are also a large number of city lights and night scenes built in large commercial centers to increase the charm of urban nightlife, improve the diversity of urban residents' lives, and make the city more livable.
In fact, there are many applications that can consume a lot of power. I will not give examples one by one here. I will give a very simple example. Everyone has seen holographic projection, which can be called a cross-generational display technology.
But have you ever thought that if the holographic projection is expanded so that the entire city can be enveloped in the holographic projection, thereby realizing a super holographic projection system, such a system may consume hundreds of millions of kilowatt-hours of electricity every hour. "(End of chapter)