Electricity, in our lives, can be said to be everywhere, especially in today's information age, people's lives, it is even more inseparable from electricity, and even many people in the mobile phone when the power is not available, but also because they can not contact the outside world, or can not play mobile phones, and fall into anxiety.
Of course, in addition to daily life, in other fields, electricity also has a great importance, so the mainland has been a power generation country for many years, and the annual electricity consumption is also increasing.
However, what many people do not expect is that in fact, in addition to the power generated by the mainland every year, it will also import a large amount of electricity from our neighbor Russia, according to the data, the cost of the mainland importing electricity from Russia every year is as high as 800 million yuan.
So, it is obvious that it is a big power generation country, why does the mainland import electricity from Russia?
This is actually related to the large population base of the mainland and the increasing demand for electricity resources. In the past year, many places have experienced a period of "power curtailment", which is actually related to the tight supply of electricity.
From the data point of view, in the past 10 years, the mainland's annual electricity consumption, increased by nearly 1 times, and because of the power generation supply, there are also seasonal and regional differences, which also leads to the fact that the mainland's power distribution and use, is not balanced, especially in the summer, the whole country is in large-scale electricity consumption, naturally, the power grid load operation, it is more and more obvious.
Therefore, even if the mainland is a large power generation country, the current domestic power supply is still unable to meet the demand, so it can only import electricity from Russia.
Of course, this is also related to the fact that Electricity in Russia is relatively cheaper. According to the data, Russia's electricity export price, converted into RMB, is only 0.26 yuan per kilowatt-hour of electricity, this price compared to the mainland's current domestic power generation costs, it can be said to be very low, naturally, Russia's electricity is so cheap, the mainland imports a large amount of electricity every year, there is nothing strange about it.
However, the Russian side is already considering restricting the import of electricity to the mainland, the main reason is because although the mainland spends about 800 million yuan a year to import electricity from Russia, the price is too low, and the Russian power company believes that this price is unprofitable, so because the profit is too low, they also plan to restrict exports, or increase prices.
So, how much is the current cost of power generation on the mainland?
The current mainstream power generation method is still based on "thermal coal power generation", which also means that the cost of power generation needs to fluctuate according to the trend of thermal coal, taking last year, the price of thermal coal soared, which also led to the increasing cost of power generation in the mainland, resulting in different regions, the cost of thermal coal power generation, the highest has reached 0.76 yuan / kWh, and the lowest cost price, is also about 0.36 yuan.
From here, we can see how cheap the price of electricity exports in Russia is. Of course, the mainland is also currently studying new power generation methods, such as photovoltaic power generation, if everything goes well, then, around 2025, it can be popularized and applied, at that time, the cost of power generation on the mainland is expected to be reduced to less than 0.1 yuan / kWh.
So, will the mainland still export electricity every year?
The answer is yes, the mainland's current electricity exports are mainly facing Vietnam, Laos, Pakistan, Myanmar, Mongolia and other countries, that is, these countries around the mainland that have relatively weak comprehensive strength.
In addition, the mainland will also supply power to the mainland Hong Kong area, of course, this is mainly due to Hong Kong's energy shortage, in addition to power supply, the mainland area of The Lake to Hong Kong water supply and supply natural gas and other energy.
So, from a worldwide perspective, is the price of mainland electricity expensive or cheap?
According to a report released by the "People's Daily" some time ago, the current sales price of electricity on the mainland is still at a low level in the world, mainly because although the cost of power generation on the mainland is high, the official will carry out some cost subsidies, which leads to the price of electricity for residents, which will not be in a higher position.
And from the data point of view, in 2016, the mainland sales price of electricity was 0.661 yuan per kilowatt hour, and in 2020, the mainland sales price fell to 0.585 yuan per kilowatt hour, which indicates that the mainland's sales price of electricity is showing an overall downward trend.
And as we mentioned above, with the progress of science and technology, the continuous popularization of new energy power generation in the future, the cost of power generation will continue to decline, and the domestic power supply in the mainland will continue to increase, which may also lead to a continuous decline in the price of residential electricity, which is also very exciting.
Of course, from the perspective of energy conservation and environmental protection, we also need to pay attention to energy conservation in our daily lives, do not blindly waste energy, only in this way, life will get better and better, you say?