2030 to replace oil as the second-largest energy
source. By 2050, non-fossil fuels’ share of the
energy mix will be more than 40%, replacing
coal as the number-one energy source (Fig. 22).
3.5 Build an Internet+ Intelligent
Energy System
Internet+ is an intelligent energy system of the
future that uses digitalisation to integrate a
greater share of distributed renewables into the
power system. It will need to incorporate micro-,
community and regional grids and coordinate
their activities into a greater, harmonised whole.
It will use energy storage and demand-side
response to manage solar and wind intermittency. And it will encompass a range of
low-carbon energy sources and technologies
(horizontal integration), as well as the various
parts of the electricity value chain—generation,
transmission, distribution and consumers (vertical integration). This will help manage the
impacts of intermittency that distributed renewable energy systems can have on local grids and
provide a feasible pathway for connection of
distributed renewable energy at large scale.
3
3.5.1 Promote Intelligent Energy
Consumption
The development of smart homes, buildings, communities and factories featuring smart meters and
flexible energy trading should be encouraged to help
create smart cities and leverage intelligent technologies to reduce residential energy consumption.
A smart energy system, through the use of
smart grids and smart meters, should be developed
to enable real-time measurement, information
exchange and active control of energy consumption for electricity, heating and cooling. The
implementation of such an intelligent and
advanced measurement system will be enriched to
enable remote, automatic and centralised acquisition and collection of water, gas, heating and
electricity consumption data, thereby realising
multi-meter integration. The networking structure
Fig. 22 Changes in China’s primary energy mix in the Recommended scenario. Source Findings of the DRC research
team
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Gao Shiji and Guo Jiaofeng et al., Energy Internet Boosts
Energy Transformation and Institutional Innovation in
China, China Development Press, 2017.
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source. By 2050, non-fossil fuels’ share of the
energy mix will be more than 40%, replacing
coal as the number-one energy source (Fig. 22).
3.5 Build an Internet+ Intelligent
Energy System
Internet+ is an intelligent energy system of the
future that uses digitalisation to integrate a
greater share of distributed renewables into the
power system. It will need to incorporate micro-,
community and regional grids and coordinate
their activities into a greater, harmonised whole.
It will use energy storage and demand-side
response to manage solar and wind intermittency. And it will encompass a range of
low-carbon energy sources and technologies
(horizontal integration), as well as the various
parts of the electricity value chain—generation,
transmission, distribution and consumers (vertical integration). This will help manage the
impacts of intermittency that distributed renewable energy systems can have on local grids and
provide a feasible pathway for connection of
distributed renewable energy at large scale.
3
3.5.1 Promote Intelligent Energy
Consumption
The development of smart homes, buildings, communities and factories featuring smart meters and
flexible energy trading should be encouraged to help
create smart cities and leverage intelligent technologies to reduce residential energy consumption.
A smart energy system, through the use of
smart grids and smart meters, should be developed
to enable real-time measurement, information
exchange and active control of energy consumption for electricity, heating and cooling. The
implementation of such an intelligent and
advanced measurement system will be enriched to
enable remote, automatic and centralised acquisition and collection of water, gas, heating and
electricity consumption data, thereby realising
multi-meter integration. The networking structure
Fig. 22 Changes in China’s primary energy mix in the Recommended scenario. Source Findings of the DRC research
team
3
Gao Shiji and Guo Jiaofeng et al., Energy Internet Boosts
Energy Transformation and Institutional Innovation in
China, China Development Press, 2017.
Overview: High-Quality Energy for High-Quality Growth …
23