Evaluation on key technologies for the construction of low-carbon index of electric power based on “double carbon”

Yinglong Hou; Shujie Tai; Xiaoming Li; Min Zhang; Guankai Fu; Changqing Zhang

doi:10.1515/ijeeps-2023-0061

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Evaluation on key technologies for the construction of low-carbon index of electric power based on “double carbon”

Yinglong Hou , Shujie Tai , Xiaoming Li , Min Zhang , Guankai Fu and Changqing Zhang

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From the journal International Journal of Emerging Electric Power Systems Volume 24 Issue 4

Abstract

At a time when global climate change poses a major challenge to human survival and development, all countries believe that people must actively deal with green and low-carbon (LC) development. As one of the hot topics in recent years, the concepts of “carbon neutral” and “carbon peak” have a significant impact on the construction of New Energy (NE) systems. The construction of NE systems with NE as the main component is an important way to achieve the “double carbon” goal. Affected by the “double carbon” goal, the energy system has shifted to a low carbon and high intensity system, reducing the dependence on fossil fuel power generation, accelerating the use of clean energy, and promoting the supply system of low carbon and clean energy. In order to improve the LC construction of electric power, this article studied the key technologies of LC index construction of electric power under the background of “double carbon”. This article first introduced the LC construction of urban electric power, including the connotation of LC electric power, the current situation of NE development and the difficulties of LC construction of electric power in the context of “double carbon”. Then this article constructed a new type of LC Power System (PS) on the basis of double carbon, and introduced the framework of the system and the key technologies included in the system. Finally, this article verified the effectiveness of the new LC PS in LC construction through experiments, and put forward suggestions for the realization of LC power construction. The experiment showed that the new LC PS can greatly promote the construction of the LC index of power, and is conducive to the development of urban power. The proportion of urban non-fossil energy and the new installed capacity of non-fossil energy power generation have been significantly increased. Among the four cities studied in this article, the proportion of non-fossil energy in two cities has increased from less than 50 % to more than 50 %, which has greatly promoted the construction of LC index of electricity.

Keywords: double carbon; low-carbon in electricity; low-carbon index construction; power system

Corresponding author: Shujie Tai, State Grid Gansu Electric Power Company, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu, China, E-mail: liunian9242@163.com

Author contributions: All the authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this submitted manuscript and approved submission.
Research funding: None declared.
Conflict of interest statement: The authors declare no conflicts of interest regarding this article.

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Received: 2023-02-20

Accepted: 2023-05-24

Published Online: 2023-06-09

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