Wind power will enter the “parity era” earlier than photovoltaics

During the “Twelfth Five-Year Plan” period, China’s wind power installed capacity has grown rapidly, its development layout has been continuously optimized, its technical level has been significantly improved, and its policy system has been gradually improved. Wind power has become China’s third largest power source after coal power and hydropower, and it has entered an The stage of energy development. The high cost of power generation has always been an important factor restricting the development of new energy in China. In order to guide and promote the sustained and healthy development of related industries and improve the market competitiveness of wind power, the National Energy Administration recently issued the "Notice on Launching Demonstration Work on Wind and Price Online," and called for promoting the realization of wind power at the power generation side for parity access. It is planned to be developed nationwide. Wind level price online demonstration work. This means that wind power will enter the “parity era” earlier than other new energy sources such as photovoltaics. During the “Twelfth Five-Year Plan” period, China’s wind power installed capacity has grown rapidly, its development layout has been continuously optimized, its technical level has been significantly improved, and its policy system has been gradually improved. Wind power has become China’s third largest power source after coal power and hydropower, and it has entered an The stage of energy development. However, economy is still an important factor constraining the development of wind power. Compared with traditional fossil energy power, the cost of wind power generation is still relatively high, and the subsidy demand and policy dependence are strong. The development of the industry is greatly affected by policy changes. “In recent years, China’s wind power development and utilization technologies have continued to advance, and the scale of application has continued to expand, and economic efficiency has improved significantly. Some regions with better resource conditions have met the technical conditions for zero-subsidized access to the Internet.” Relevant officials of the National Energy Administration stated that the development of wind power The conditions for the demonstration work on the Internet are basically mature. In November 2014, the “Energy Development Strategic Action Plan (2014-2020)” promulgated by the State Council proposed that by 2020, wind power and on-grid electricity prices will be equivalent, which means that the power generation side will be able to access the Internet at parity. At the end of 2015, the National Development and Reform Commission issued the “Notice of the National Development and Reform Commission on Perfecting the On-grid Benchmark Power Pricing Policy for Land-based Wind Power PV Power Generation”, aiming at on-grid power tariffs for land-based wind power projects, and reducing the two types of resource areas by 2 points before 2016 and 2018 respectively. For money and 3 cents, the four types of resource areas were reduced by 1 cent and 2 cents respectively. "In recent years, China's renewable energy technology has made remarkable progress, and the cost has fallen by a large margin." The responsible person of the National Energy Administration said that he proposed that "by 2020, the price of wind power projects can compete with local coal-fired power generation on the same platform". It is a signal to the industry that we must speed up the pace of cost reduction through technological advancement and get the industry out of reliance on policy subsidies as soon as possible. Judging from the current situation, it is expected that by 2020, if it is possible to effectively solve the consumption problem, the goal of the wind power and photovoltaic grid parity Internet access can be achieved. Zhu Ming, director of the New Energy and Renewable Energy Division of the National Energy Administration, disclosed that the price of wind power in one type of resource area has dropped from 0.51 yuan per kilowatt-hour to 0.47 yuan, and local conditions have already met the conditions for cheap Internet access after the restriction of power cuts. The demonstration of wind-level pricing on the Internet is undoubtedly ahead of schedule for the 2020 goal. The "Notice" requires that the scale of demonstration projects be determined by provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities) and Xinjiang BINGTUAN Energy Competent Authority for commercial power grid companies, and not subject to the annual scale targets. In the red alert area of ​​wind power, the scale of the demonstration project shall be strictly limited, and the scale of the online demonstration of wind level price shall not exceed 100,000 kilowatts. The on-grid electricity price of the demonstration project is based on the on-grid electricity price of the local coal power benchmark, and the relevant power generation amount does not issue a green electricity certificate. In order to ensure the demonstration effect, the "Notice" requires that power grid enterprises should do a good job in the power grid construction supporting the demonstration project to ensure that the supporting power grid sending project and the wind power project are put into operation simultaneously. After the completion of the project, timely signing and sales of electricity contracts with wind power development enterprises should be signed. At the same time, the potential for system absorption should be fully tapped, and priority should be given to satisfying the requirements of the nearest accommodation to ensure that the demonstration projects for wind level internet access are not limited. Some industry sources stated that the current price and taxation mechanism reflecting the environmental costs of fossil energy has not yet been established, and the environmental benefits of clean energy such as wind power cannot be reflected. If the price of Internet access is too low, it will put tremendous pressure on wind power companies.