and information interface of the advanced measurement system will be standardised throughout
the whole system to achieve secure, reliable and
fast two-way communication with all users.
Efforts should also be made to strengthen
demand-side management and increase the use of
intelligent energy consumption monitoring and
diagnosis technologies. Additionally, the creation
of energy management centres for industrial companies needs to accelerate and an Internet-based
information service platform should be built, so that
businesses can monitor and analyse energy consumption in each production process and intelligently dispatch water, electricity, gas and fuel
whenever changes in production parameters are
made. This will enable real-time monitoring, timely
adjustment, automatic alarm and other functions
throughout the production process (from procurement to use), thereby realising intelligent energy
management and tapping energy saving potential.
3.5.2 Establish Micro-Balancing
Systems that Allow Energy
End Users to Participate
in Energy Markets
Equipment, facilities and platforms need to be
established to allow energy users—homes, businesses, industrial parks and communities—to
participate in the energy market and provide balancing services to the microgrid or community
grid to which they are connected. This would be in
the form of, for example, behind-the-meter storage, electric vehicle batteries as storage, or
demand-side response. It would promote flexible
and interactive energy use, support distributed
energy trading and feature multi-energy source
integration, openness and sharing, real-time
two-way communication and intelligent control.
3.5.3 Accelerate the Construction
of Integrated Energy
Network Infrastructure
An integrated energy network, based on the smart
grid concept, should interconnect with other networks such as those for district heating or cooling,
natural gas distribution and various transport networks. It would enable efficient conversion from
one energy form to another, such as natural gas
into heating or cooling, and allow centralised and
distributed energy operations to be coordinated in
a single smart system. Deployment would initially
be made in new urban areas, new industrial parks,
or in districts affected by air pollution. The
objective would be to create a highly integrated
energy system that provides flexible, controllable,
safe and stable energy transmission.
3.5.4 Set up Internet+ Intelligent
Energy Development
In 2017–20: (i) distributed power generation and
storage technologies will be promoted and
deployed at scale; (ii) the digital multi-energy
trading system will go live; and (iii) pilot and
demonstration projects featuring interconnectivity among various energy networks, energy
sources and technologies will be launched.
In 2021–25: (i) optimisation across diversified
energy carriers will be gradually made possible,
and distributed power generation and storage
systems widely deployed; and (ii) urban smart
and diversified energy networks will be established to optimise energy from different sources
and address various energy requirements.
In 2026–30: (i) new electricity microgrids and
an interconnected non-fossil energy network that
features multiple and complementary energy
sources and technologies will be promoted and
constructed across China; and (ii) an open and
sharing smart energy ecosystem will take shape to
significantly improve overall energy efficiency.
After 2030: (i) renewable energy will be widely
used in such sectors as agriculture, industry,
transport, commercial and residential; and (ii) the
industry ecosystem supporting rapid and sound
development of renewable energy will continue to
fast-track renewable energy development.
3.6 Develop New Energy Technologies
that Fully Support the Energy
Revolution
3.6.1 Continuously Promote the Smart
Power Grid
The smart power grid is an important means to
integrate energy production and consumption, as
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the whole system to achieve secure, reliable and
fast two-way communication with all users.
Efforts should also be made to strengthen
demand-side management and increase the use of
intelligent energy consumption monitoring and
diagnosis technologies. Additionally, the creation
of energy management centres for industrial companies needs to accelerate and an Internet-based
information service platform should be built, so that
businesses can monitor and analyse energy consumption in each production process and intelligently dispatch water, electricity, gas and fuel
whenever changes in production parameters are
made. This will enable real-time monitoring, timely
adjustment, automatic alarm and other functions
throughout the production process (from procurement to use), thereby realising intelligent energy
management and tapping energy saving potential.
3.5.2 Establish Micro-Balancing
Systems that Allow Energy
End Users to Participate
in Energy Markets
Equipment, facilities and platforms need to be
established to allow energy users—homes, businesses, industrial parks and communities—to
participate in the energy market and provide balancing services to the microgrid or community
grid to which they are connected. This would be in
the form of, for example, behind-the-meter storage, electric vehicle batteries as storage, or
demand-side response. It would promote flexible
and interactive energy use, support distributed
energy trading and feature multi-energy source
integration, openness and sharing, real-time
two-way communication and intelligent control.
3.5.3 Accelerate the Construction
of Integrated Energy
Network Infrastructure
An integrated energy network, based on the smart
grid concept, should interconnect with other networks such as those for district heating or cooling,
natural gas distribution and various transport networks. It would enable efficient conversion from
one energy form to another, such as natural gas
into heating or cooling, and allow centralised and
distributed energy operations to be coordinated in
a single smart system. Deployment would initially
be made in new urban areas, new industrial parks,
or in districts affected by air pollution. The
objective would be to create a highly integrated
energy system that provides flexible, controllable,
safe and stable energy transmission.
3.5.4 Set up Internet+ Intelligent
Energy Development
In 2017–20: (i) distributed power generation and
storage technologies will be promoted and
deployed at scale; (ii) the digital multi-energy
trading system will go live; and (iii) pilot and
demonstration projects featuring interconnectivity among various energy networks, energy
sources and technologies will be launched.
In 2021–25: (i) optimisation across diversified
energy carriers will be gradually made possible,
and distributed power generation and storage
systems widely deployed; and (ii) urban smart
and diversified energy networks will be established to optimise energy from different sources
and address various energy requirements.
In 2026–30: (i) new electricity microgrids and
an interconnected non-fossil energy network that
features multiple and complementary energy
sources and technologies will be promoted and
constructed across China; and (ii) an open and
sharing smart energy ecosystem will take shape to
significantly improve overall energy efficiency.
After 2030: (i) renewable energy will be widely
used in such sectors as agriculture, industry,
transport, commercial and residential; and (ii) the
industry ecosystem supporting rapid and sound
development of renewable energy will continue to
fast-track renewable energy development.
3.6 Develop New Energy Technologies
that Fully Support the Energy
Revolution
3.6.1 Continuously Promote the Smart
Power Grid
The smart power grid is an important means to
integrate energy production and consumption, as
24
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