On May 9, the domestic energy service industry added a new face. China Inspection and Certification Group and Energy Chain formally established a joint venture company- China Inspection Energy Chain. CcIC Energy Chain will carry out quality testing, star rating, standardization certification and other services in the fields of gas stations, charging stations and traffic carbon neutrality for energy categories such as oil and electricity, so as to promote the high-quality development of energy retail terminals and promote the upgrading of the energy retail industry in the direction of safety, green, intelligence and digitalization.
May 9 coincides with the sixth anniversary of the establishment of energy chain, and the establishment of THE CCIC energy chain marks a milestone step towards the zero carbon vision of energy chain. From the early days of peer-to-peer services that help truck drivers improve refueling convenience and cost savings, to the digital transformation and intelligent upgrading of the transportation and energy industry today. Along the way, the six years of energy chain development are the six years of gradually outlining the blueprint of smart energy with digitalization, and the six years of turbulent changes in the transportation energy industry.
The six-year process is a step-by-step camp, from point to line and surface of the butterfly change
2016 is the starting point of the energy chain. The energy chain starts from a very small pain point: how to help drivers find gas stations with better prices faster. Connecting the first gas station, issuing the first small ticket, and starting to provide relevant landing services for users and gas stations, filling the structural gap of the integration of the energy industry and digitalization at that time. The energy chain has thus entered the rolling torrent of digital transformation and development of the transportation and energy industry, and embarked on the road of butterfly change from zero to 100 billion.
In the course of six years of development, with the blessing of digital technologies such as cloud computing, big data, artificial intelligence, and AIoT, Energy Chain has realized the service of customer groups and energy categories from single to multi-dimensional, as well as the shallow to deep business scenarios. Around the energy industry chain upstream, middle and downstream to carry out a comprehensive layout, the construction of a smart energy ecosystem, to achieve from point to line and surface of the butterfly into long.
In terms of service customers, Neng chain takes truck drivers as the entry point, takes the lead in providing digital refueling products and services for this group, and then gradually expands the customer base to different user groups such as private cars, online car-hailing, taxis, as well as enterprise users in various industries such as logistics, technology, finance, and real estate. Today, Energy Chain has provided convenient and intelligent digital energy supply services for hundreds of millions of users and tens of thousands of enterprises across the country.
In addition to serving individual users such as Tuanyou App and Fast Power App, Energy Chain has launched enterprise-level services such as Tuanyou Enterprise Edition, Fast Power Enterprise Edition, Energy Chain Enterprise Service, and Energy Chain Vehicle Union for enterprise scenarios, helping enterprises reduce costs and increase efficiency from the perspective of energy management. Energy Chain has built a professional energy digital SaaS management system to provide enterprises with solutions integrating vehicle management, personnel management, energy analysis, financial settlement, and invoice reimbursement.
In terms of energy categories, the energy chain has realized the expansion from the initial oil category to the integrated energy categories such as electricity, hydrogen, gas and photovoltaics. In terms of refueling business, Tuanyou uses digital means to connect more than 20,000 gas stations in China with hundreds of millions of users, so that users can enjoy convenient, efficient and affordable refueling services. In terms of charging business, Fast Power connects mainstream charging pile operators to realize the interconnection of charging piles and improve the charging experience of users.
In terms of business scenarios, the energy chain starts from the downstream consumption scenario and gradually extends to the midstream energy retail, upstream refineries, dangerous chemical supply chains and other scenarios, and continuously expands the digital ecological map of energy.
At the middle of the field station, Energy Chain is committed to helping traditional gas stations digitally transform and expand diversified energy categories. Energy Chain Cloud builds a digital underlying infrastructure for energy retail terminals, and provides smart gas station solutions including smart zero pipe system, membership marketing system, payment system, non-oil retail system, intelligent hardware, etc. The energy chain integrated energy port conforms to the national policy of vigorously developing integrated energy, helps traditional gas stations to upgrade to integrated energy sources such as oil, electricity and hydrogen, and provides a variety of commercial services such as catering, shopping, fine washing, and oil exchange. Fast power can also provide full-life cycle services such as site selection, station construction, operation, operation and maintenance for charging stations, and improve the utilization efficiency of charging piles and the operation quality of charging stations.
On the upstream supply side, Energy Chain digitally transforms refineries, hazardous chemical enterprises and logistics and transportation links to build a digital energy supply chain - Energy Chain Technology (Energy Chain Logistics). Realize the data of production sources, traceability of oil sources, visualization of transportation processes, and the integration of logistics, information flow and capital flow, and further improve the turnover efficiency of energy supply chain。
After six years of deep cultivation, energy chain has built a nationwide digital energy supply network connecting hundreds of millions of car owners, more than 20,000 gas stations, and hundreds of thousands of charging piles. In 2021, the annualized transaction volume of the energy chain will exceed 100 billion yuan, and it has been awarded the top 500 global new energy enterprises and the domestic and foreign double-material unicorns for many times. At the same time, the "one minus one substitution" two-wheel drive built by the energy chain helps the carbon neutrality scheme, and by promoting fossil energy emission reduction and new energy replacement, the cumulative emission reduction of 1.04 million tons of carbon dioxide in 2021.
Rapid iteration and continuous evolution inject ecological power into high-quality development
Ecological partners are the force that the energy chain has become a "new force" in energy digitalization that cannot be ignored. At present, the ecological partners of the energy chain have spread throughout the upper, middle and lower reaches of the industrial chain. Among them, Tuanyou has established cooperation with thousands of mainstream platforms such as WeChat, Dida Travel, SF, Construction Bank, and Lalala to provide them with energy supply services and comprehensively improve the user experience through "one-click refueling" and "one-click payment". The enterprise service business of Neng Chain has provided professional vehicle refueling and charging services for more than 10,000 various types of enterprises, including Xiaomi Group, Yonyou Group, China Merchants Bank, Longhu Real Estate, Zhongtong Express, JD Logistics, SF, DaydayShun Logistics, etc. Fast Power cooperates with the national mainstream charging operator brands such as Special Call and Star Charging to help them improve the utilization rate and operation quality of charging piles, and continuously improves the user charging experience with innovative functions such as "one key to find a good pile" and "one key to scan the code charging".
In the past six years, the innovative practice of Energy Chain in the transportation and energy industry and its own high growth have been recognized by the industry and capital. Since its establishment in 2016, Neng chain has received more than 10 rounds of financing, repeatedly breaking the track financing record. Shareholders include state-owned capital, such as China Merchants Capital, CICC Capital, China Resources Capital, National SME Development Sub-Fund, Shandong Green Development Equity Investment Fund, Shandong High-speed Capital, etc., as well as well-known investment institutions at home and abroad, such as Bain Capital, Joy Capital, Xiaomi Group, NIO Capital, etc.
The growth of the energy chain is inseparable from the strong support of users, ecological partners and capital. On the occasion of the sixth anniversary, a number of partners recorded a blessing video for Noh Chain. Tencent Smart Travel, Lalala, Flash Delivery, Dida Travel, Global Purchase Knight Privilege, Cool Me Music, AcFun, China Aoling, etc. also linked up with the Energy Chain brand to release a joint poster with the theme of "Running for Zero Carbon Dreams".
The six years of energy chain growth are also the six years of turbulent changes in the energy industry. China is the world's largest energy consumption country, and transportation energy is entering a new era of oil and electricity two-wheel drive. In 2016, the penetration rate of new energy vehicles nationwide was only 1.8%, and the number of charging piles was less than 200,000 units, while in March 2022, the retail penetration rate of new energy vehicles in the country had reached 28.2%, and the number of charging piles reached 3.109 million units. Under China's 2030 carbon peak and 2060 carbon neutrality goals, the pace of China's energy structure adjustment and digital upgrading of the energy industry will be further accelerated, which is undoubtedly a huge challenge and a huge opportunity.
Dai Zhen, founder and CEO of Energy Chain, has said many times that energy is the most worthwhile thing to do in the next 100 years. In the past six years, from the beginning of "crossing the river by feeling the stones" to "wading out of a big road", the chain has been able to follow the pulse of the times and embark on a road of self-evolution. It can be expected that under the dividends of the times and its own efforts, the energy chain will create a better energy supply experience for more users, and create greater value for the digital upgrading of the energy industry and the carbon neutrality of transportation energy. (Wang Cheng)
Source: Guangming Network