Low-carbon energy transformation provides kinetic energy for realizing double carbon.

China Economic Review: Promoting Low-carbon Energy Transformation to Provide Surging Momentum for Realizing "Double Carbon"

Since the reform and opening up, China has made remarkable development achievements. However, with the deepening of reform, the contradiction between large population, shortage of resources and limited environmental capacity in China has become more and more prominent, and the pressure on resources and environment has gradually emerged. The traditional extensive growth mode is in crisis, and the improper use of resources intensifies environmental pollution and ecological degradation. Taking the road of ecological priority and green development has become an inevitable choice for modernization. It is of great significance to accelerate the construction of a green and low-carbon energy system and promote the transformation of green and low-carbon energy.

In recent years, the National Energy Administration of the National Development and Reform Commission has issued and implemented the Opinions on Improving the System, Mechanism and Policy Measures of Green and Low-carbon Energy Transformation and the Implementation Plan on Promoting the High-quality Development of New Energy in the New Era, and various localities have successively issued implementation plans to promote the green and low-carbon energy transformation and do a good job in the peak-shaving of carbon dioxide emissions. From the central government to the local government, the transformation of green and low-carbon energy has been comprehensively and systematically promoted, and the policy synergy is accelerating.

"Promote clean, low-carbon and efficient use of energy and promote clean and low-carbon transformation in the fields of industry, construction and transportation." The Party's Report to the 20th CPC National Congress also put forward new requirements. So far, China's energy green carbon reduction work has established a policy system with clear objectives, strong measures and orderly connection, forming a good pattern of joint promotion by all parties, providing a steady stream of kinetic energy for achieving the goal of "double carbon".

With policy support, it must be implemented. Green and low-carbon transformation is a complex project and long-term task in the overall transformation of economic and social development. It takes a long time to make contributions, and the adjustment of energy structure and industrial structure cannot be achieved overnight, let alone divorced from reality. The gradual withdrawal of traditional energy, if it is not based on safe and reliable new energy substitution, will have an impact on economic development and social stability. It is blind and undesirable to engage in "carbon charging", "across the board", "sports carbon reduction" or even "power cut". Based on China's energy resources endowment, pollution reduction, carbon reduction and green transformation should be established first and then broken, and overall planning should be made.

At present, the world energy structure and layout are undergoing profound changes. Clean and low-carbon energy has been developed and utilized on a large scale, which will gradually replace the dominant position of traditional fossil energy in the energy system. The ecology of the energy industry has accelerated to leapfrog and upgrade, and the transformation of traditional energy enterprises has accelerated, which has spawned a large number of new businesses, new formats and new models such as comprehensive energy services, energy big data, platform business and energy aggregators.

In this regard, we should keep up with the pace in time and actively promote the energy revolution. On the one hand, accelerate the construction of new energy supply and consumption system, consolidate the domestic energy production foundation, put the promotion of new energy and clean energy development in a more prominent position, and explore new energy production and consumption patterns; On the other hand, we will promote the orderly replacement of old and new energy sources, continuously improve the energy self-sufficiency rate, and enhance the stability, safety and sustainability of energy supply.

Green and low-carbon energy transformation also needs to seize the opportunity of industrial upgrading. To achieve great growth, it is necessary to develop strategic emerging industries, build green manufacturing systems and service systems, and increase the proportion of green and low-carbon industries in the total economic output; To optimize the stock, we need to make great efforts to promote the optimization and upgrading of traditional industries and accelerate the low-carbon process innovation and digital transformation in the industrial field.

"It is difficult to know and difficult to do; It is difficult to do it, and it is difficult at the end. " Facing the task of carbon neutrality at the peak of carbon dioxide emission, the key is to unremittingly promote the transformation of low-carbon energy and achieve sustainable and high-quality development. This is not only related to our own life, but also to the well-being of future generations.