1. One sentence of important news
1. National Bureau of Statistics: Industrial solar power generation increased by 15.8% in March
2. The Energy Law and the Atomic Energy Law are about to be preliminarily reviewed!
3. Oil prices "rose twice" and added a tank of oil to cost about 8 yuan more
4. The "ace well" of Yuanba gas field has produced more than 2 billion cubic meters of natural gas
5. In the first quarter, Shaanxi Coal Group achieved a total profit of 10.82 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 5.4%
6. Jingdong Logistics entered the photovoltaic module warehousing and distribution
7. Beijing Cree: Net loss of 167 million yuan in 2023
8. The United States threatens to reinstate energy sanctions against Venezuela
9. France plans to speed up the development of geothermal lithium and resume copper mining
10. South Korea's fuel tax reduction measure has been extended for another two months to June
2. Enterprise hotspots
1. One unit of Huaneng International was shut down
Huaneng International recently announced that in the first quarter of 2024, the company's subordinate Huaneng Linyi Power Generation Co., Ltd. Unit 3 will be shut down (140 MW).
2. CRRC's first 220 onshore wind turbine blade was successfully rolled off the assembly line!
Recently, CRRC successfully rolled off the production line of the first 220 onshore wind turbine blade, which is the second ultra-long flexible blade for the "Shage Wilderness" environment after the 230 onshore blade type. With a length of 107 meters, the wind turbine blade demonstrates the mainland's scientific and technological innovation strength in the field of new energy. It is reported that the 220 onshore wind turbine blades can sweep up to 36,000 square meters, which is equivalent to the area of 5 standard football fields, and has extremely high energy conversion efficiency. The wind turbine equipped with this blade runs for one hour at full power, and the electric energy generated is enough to support an ordinary new energy vehicle to travel more than 60,000 kilometers, which is equivalent to one and a half miles around the earth.
3. The silicon wafer project of CHINT Xinneng Thailand Base was officially put into production!
On April 15, CHINT Xinneng's first silicon wafer project, the first silicon wafer of the Thailand base slicing project, was successfully rolled off the production line, and CHINT Xinneng's Thailand base has completed an industrial chain integrating silicon wafer slicing, photovoltaic cells and photovoltaic modules, driving the Thai photovoltaic industry chain to strengthen, supplement and extend the chain, and achieve high-quality development. The slicing project of CHINT Xinneng Thailand base plans to have a production capacity of 5GW to supply the photovoltaic cell and module production of CHINT Xinneng's Thailand base. The production line of the project is compatible with all mainstream silicon wafer sizes in the industry, and uses the most advanced processing equipment in the industry, small shaft spacing and three-axis belt motors, giving full play to the cutting power of diamond wire, which can produce more quality and price competitive silicon wafer products, and will drive the employment of more than 100 local people.
4. Shaanxi Hydrogen Energy-Xi'an Jiaotong University Hydrogen Energy Joint Laboratory was successfully unveiled
On April 15, 2024, the Shaanxi Hydrogen Energy-Xi'an Jiaotong University Hydrogen Energy Joint Laboratory was officially unveiled. It is reported that the Shaanxi Hydrogen Energy-Xi'an Jiaotong University Hydrogen Energy Joint Laboratory is jointly built by the National Energy Storage Technology Industry-Education Integration Innovation Platform (Center) of Xi'an Jiaotong University and Shaanxi Hydrogen Energy Industry Development Co., Ltd., which is also the first joint laboratory of school-enterprise cooperation in the field of hydrogen energy in Shaanxi Province.
3. Industry news
1. The assembly of the first high-altitude UHV dismantling transformer in mainland China was completed
On April 15, in the 1000 kV UHV substation in Ganzi, Sichuan, after 45 days, the first high-altitude UHV dismantling transformer in mainland China was assembled. This is also the first large-scale application of UHV main transformer dismantling and assembly technology of State Grid UHV Company.
2. "Key Points of Beijing's Energy Work in 2024" was issued!
Recently, the Beijing Municipal Development and Reform Commission and the Municipal Urban Management Commission jointly issued the "Key Points of Beijing's Energy Work in 2024", which proposed: this year, the city will be committed to promoting the development and utilization of renewable energy, and strive to make the proportion of renewable energy in energy consumption reach 14.8%, the proportion of high-quality energy consumption exceeds 99%, the weight of renewable electricity consumption increased to 21.7%, and the cumulative installed capacity of renewable energy has reached about 3.1 million kilowatts.
3. Zhejiang Hangzhou municipal photovoltaic subsidies expire, and unpaid projects stop paying!
The Hangzhou Municipal Bureau of Economy and Information Technology issued a notice on April 16, which clearly stated that the Hangzhou municipal solar PV subsidy policy will expire on November 30, 2023, and all 613 solar PV power generation projects involved will no longer enjoy the subsidy. At the same time, the notice also stressed that by April 16, 2024, all power generation subsidies will be paid. In order to ensure the orderly exit of the subsidy policy, the subsidy redemption system will be closed in the near future, and no subsidy payment will be carried out at that time, and no policy subsidies will be enjoyed for unpaid projects.
4. International focus
1. Japan's largest nuclear power plant began to be filled with nuclear fuel
Japan's Tokyo Electric Power Company announced on April 15 that Japan's Nuclear Regulation Commission has approved its restart of Unit 7 of the Kashiwazaki Kariba Nuclear Power Plant in Niigata Prefecture, and the reactor of the unit began to be filled with nuclear fuel in the afternoon of the same day. After a serious nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in 2011, TEPCO shut down all of its nuclear power plants, and the refueling was part of TEPCO's preparations for the restart of the plant, which is not yet known.
2. Russia plans to relax fuel environmental standards
Recently, the Russian bureau of Reuters quoted Russian industry sources as saying that the Russian government is studying relaxing strict fuel environmental standards in order to allow the use of low-quality gasoline in the event of fuel shortages. As of the end of March, Ukrainian drone strikes have led to a drop of about 14% in Russia's primary refining capacity, according to sources. According to sources' estimates, the relaxation of fuel environmental standards could provide an additional 10% of the supply to the Russian domestic market, or 300,000 to 350,000 tons of gasoline per month, which is enough to meet seasonal demand. The way to relax the environmental standards for fuels is to lower the standards for some additives and ethanol, and it is expected that the sulfur content standards will remain unchanged.
Source: International Energy Network WeChat public account