Chapter 4
The Transition of China’s Power System
Zongxiang Lu and Guiping Zhu
Abstract The energy systems of major countries are transitioning toward clean,
low-carbon and intelligent solutions to combat climate change and environmental
pollution. The goal to build a new electricity-centered energy supply infrastructure
that progressively evolves toward an energy internet that integrates the exploitation, transmission, distribution and consumption of electricity has become a global
consensus and object. It is expected that in the future, with continued innovations in
power generation, transmission grid system, load and energy storage, and advances
in information and communication technology, the structural pattern of the power
system will undergo drastic changes. The future transition and development of the
power system will be characterized by a high share of renewable energy in the grid,
prevalent application of power electronic equipment, multi-energy complementarities and integrated energy utilization, and an intelligent grid network and energy
internet with deeply integrated cyber-physical systems. This chapter is dedicated to
examining the transition and development of the power system in the three main links
of power supply, transmission grid and load. The trends of technological development
are analyzed and suggestions on polices and measures to accelerate the transition are
proposed.
Keywords Transition development · High share renewable energy (HSRE) ·
Multi-energy complementarities and integrated energy utilization · Deeply
integrated cyber-physical system
Z. Lu (B) · G. Zhu
Tsinghua University, Room 3108, West Academic Building, Beijing 100084, China
e-mail: luzongxiang98@tsinghua.edu.cn
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021
Tsinghua-Rio Tinto Joint Research Centre for Resources, Energy and Sustainable
Development, Institute of Climate Change and Sustainable Development, Tsinghua
University, China’s Resources, Energy and Sustainable Development: 2020,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-6100-3_4
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The Transition of China’s Power System
Zongxiang Lu and Guiping Zhu
Abstract The energy systems of major countries are transitioning toward clean,
low-carbon and intelligent solutions to combat climate change and environmental
pollution. The goal to build a new electricity-centered energy supply infrastructure
that progressively evolves toward an energy internet that integrates the exploitation, transmission, distribution and consumption of electricity has become a global
consensus and object. It is expected that in the future, with continued innovations in
power generation, transmission grid system, load and energy storage, and advances
in information and communication technology, the structural pattern of the power
system will undergo drastic changes. The future transition and development of the
power system will be characterized by a high share of renewable energy in the grid,
prevalent application of power electronic equipment, multi-energy complementarities and integrated energy utilization, and an intelligent grid network and energy
internet with deeply integrated cyber-physical systems. This chapter is dedicated to
examining the transition and development of the power system in the three main links
of power supply, transmission grid and load. The trends of technological development
are analyzed and suggestions on polices and measures to accelerate the transition are
proposed.
Keywords Transition development · High share renewable energy (HSRE) ·
Multi-energy complementarities and integrated energy utilization · Deeply
integrated cyber-physical system
Z. Lu (B) · G. Zhu
Tsinghua University, Room 3108, West Academic Building, Beijing 100084, China
e-mail: luzongxiang98@tsinghua.edu.cn
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021
Tsinghua-Rio Tinto Joint Research Centre for Resources, Energy and Sustainable
Development, Institute of Climate Change and Sustainable Development, Tsinghua
University, China’s Resources, Energy and Sustainable Development: 2020,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-6100-3_4
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