Hundreds of kilometers away from Beijing in the major wind farms in Inner Mongolia, a large number of wind turbines are in operation, despite the north wind whistling away.
“The worst time, hundreds of wind turbines are stopped, leaving only one or two operations, to ensure that wind power itself.” Huadian Huitengxile Wind Farm Safety Minister Liang Zhenfei on the “first Financial Daily “said.
Huitengxile wind farm wind power generator given to uniform delivery to the West Inner Mongolia Power Grid, and then sold through the West Inner Mongolia Power Grid.
“The poor West Inner Mongolia Power Grid sending channel, the winter wind power output Mengxi night only guarantee 500 thousand kilowatts, the wind jumped up 2.9 million kilowatts.” Inner Mongolia Electric Power (Group) Co., Ltd general manager Zhang Fusheng frustration.
This situation has not changed.
June 10, the National Development and Reform Commission held a “National Power in 2010 teleconference summer peaks,” said the news came this summer, north, east and south balance the tight power, peak power limit of the possible existence of .
Party is without electricity, the other is the large number of abandoned power. Not much room in the area, the emergence of power between supply and demand, and between old and new energy conflict between the different systems and collision.
“Wind Power of the Three Gorges” crisis
According to National Energy Board’s planning, in recent years, plans to build more than 10 provinces and Inner Mongolia million-kilowatt wind power base of seven million kilowatts and wind power base, the formation of a “wind of the Three Gorges”, 2020 style power construction scale more than 100 million kilowatts.
China Renewable Energy Association figures released by the Committee, Inner Mongolia, wind energy resource technology development capacity of more than 150 million kilowatts, accounting for land-based wind energy resource reserves more than 50%. In 2009, wind energy resources in Inner Mongolia and net installed capacity of wind power are ranked first in the country.
But there is another embarrassing figures: As the wind power output is limited access and the bottleneck problem, a large number of fans in the bottom of a large number of abandoned wind power. Year, wind power companies should give up power generation total about 1 / 3.
Developers of wind power turbines in Inner Mongolia’s predicament, clearly indicates the rapid development of wind power development has been facing severe crisis.
China Guangdong Nuclear Wind Power Company Chairman, President Chen then had bluntly said: “We invest 60% of wind power in Inner Mongolia, Inner Mongolia, but the most severe power rationing, sending the most difficult, the company’s installed capacity of 850,000 kilowatts no benefit at all! ”
A survey shows that currently invest in wind power in Inner Mongolia, more than 60 companies, each company is on the transmission capacity of wind power generators constraints worried.
Inner Mongolia Wind Power Why not send? Inner Mongolia Electric Power Corporation in an interview with reporters learned that West Inner Mongolia currently has two 500 kV power grid “network on the net” to the East North China Electric Power Corridor, transmission capacity although 4.3 million kilowatts, but the peak of 3.9 million kilowatts transportation plan, only low 2.5 million kilowatts, resulting in a lot of electricity installed capacity of wind power output is limited in particular.
Last year, the National Energy Board after investigation, issued a “National Energy Board on the strengthening of the North China Power Grid and the joint operation of the West Inner Mongolia Power Grid,” which called to improve the existing North West Inner Mongolia Power Grid transmission lines to the low period of transmission capacity and ensure that 2.5 million kilowatts, and strive to reach 300 million kilowatts.
But as far as Inner Mongolia Electric Power Corporation to reflect the new policy introduced two months, the actual average increase of only sending capacity is about 300,000 kilowatts, the wind jumped up to 2.9 million kilowatts.
“Tap domestic demand,” the dilemma
Inner Mongolia Electric Power company said, despite the Inner Mongolia Electric Power Company has to make every effort to accept large-capacity wind generators, but by itself can not solve the problem. Statistics show that by the end of 2009, Inner Mongolia Power Grid heating unit to reach 12 million kilowatts of wind power capacity has more than 4.3 million kilowatts, wind power can not meet the requirements of full access.
Currently, the largest wind power installed capacity of power account for 27% of electricity load has far exceeded the capacity of Inner Mongolia Power Grid (China’s Inner Mongolia Power Grid Power Research Institute demonstrated the capacity of wind power 8% to 10%).
According to report, Inner Mongolia, its power consumption small. Recently, the state has energy-saving environmental protection, and restrictions on suppressing the policy of high energy consumption industries, Inner Mongolia and in the construction of the proposed high-energy power projects stopped and electricity projects have been completed and a large number of stop production, demand not.
In 2008, the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region has been trying to support a number of comprehensive utilization of resources, such as starting aluminum, PVC production pulling power consumption, but also facing environmental pressures.
Inner Mongolia Electric Power Science Research Institute, said security in all, by the power market in power transmission from space and from lack of access, Inner Mongolia, a newly developed wind power projects can only be limited in the area of electricity market squeeze the market share of thermal power units, caused a large number of idle thermal power equipment, thermal power enterprises operating difficulties, losses.
State Power Corporation of Inner Mongolia Long Yuan Qi, general manager of office shortly before the next life also told the media that the company Wulanchabu grassland in Inner Mongolia’s wind farms, “there is no power to send, there is not a high spirit, the night last winter abandoned wind down particularly serious, direct economic losses have reached 80 million yuan. ”
Temporary phenomenon?
Although Inner Mongolia thermal power, small wind turbines exists between each squeeze of sharp contradictions, but the reporter an interview in Inner Mongolia, local government officials, power developers and experts do not believe that is the sin of excessive growth of wind power.
Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Director of State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, and that the Soviet Union: “should not be used ‘disorder’ to evaluate or negative wind power development.”
He said the National Energy Board approved the base for the planning of wind power in Inner Mongolia, has built 66 wind farms, there are 40 in the pipeline. At present, Inner Mongolia has been put into operation and under construction wind power project, through the formal approval process, most of the state franchise tender the project in line with national industrial policy.
“If China’s energy conservation to the international community’s commitment to standards, wind power development is not fast, but should be faster!” Su said, the current problem is the building of the grid send too slow. Passage West Inner Mongolia Power Grid Delivery not pushed back year after year.
Fu-Sheng Zhang also told reporters, according to Inner Mongolia, wind power currently accepted ratio of more than 20% of the reality, according to the country’s highest power load of 15% of the conservatively estimated that the admissibility of the national grid by 2015 wind turbine generator capacity of 150 million kilowatts ( 368 billion kwh in electricity, saving about 280 million tons of coal, equivalent to 78,000 train coal train’s capacity).
“As long as the wind settled and outgoing wire transfers collection problems, elimination on a national scale wind power, ‘12 5′ end, Inner Mongolia, wind power installed capacity will reach 30 million kilowatts.” Zhang Fusheng said.
But Mongolia Electric Delivery expansion, the State Grid seems little interest. Industry analysis, because not part of Inner Mongolia Power Grid under the jurisdiction of the national grid. Sources said that National Grid has many contacts with the Inner Mongolia Electric Power Corporation, hopes the latter into its unified management. But the Inner Mongolia area and do not want.
Wind power expert, Long Yuan Electric Power Group Chief Engineer, Xiao-Sheng Yang told this newspaper that the Internet is difficult wind power wind power industry may be a temporary phenomenon early. With the acceleration of grid construction and the state policy of gradual implementation of new energy, wind power business development will gradually resolve the difficulties.
As the hours of wind energy in Inner Mongolia, wind power costs less than 0.46 yuan full / kWh (south thermal power electricity price more than 0.52 yuan / kWh), together with carbon trading, wind power is about 0.1 yuan per kilowatt-hour availability compensation, wind power companies are still the future with great hope.
Reporter from the Inner Mongolia Electric Power Company, Inner Mongolia area are trying to clear the channel for delivery of wind power. According to wind power thermal power ratio of 1:2, to the transmission channel configuration of wind power to form a “wind, fire, Strapping” send mode.
Inner Mongolia Electric Power Company said the increase after the introduction of wind power in Inner Mongolia Power Grid capacity of 4.8 million kilowatts sent annually send about 13 billion kwh of wind power capacity. “If the North East to send the electricity to maintain 3.9 million kilowatts day and night all over, we can guarantee that wind power does not give up after the night wind.” Zhang Fusheng said.
The afternoon of June 3, Inner Mongolia Yin North vein endless grassland, flocks of sheep on the hillside, lake pond grass.
In their side and overhead, are tall, they are more numerous than the wind generators. Huge fan straight sweep the sky, see people dizzy.
Here is the Asia’s largest wind farm – Huitengxile wind farm.
Located in the Inner Mongolian Plateau, is also a vent, its name in Chinese means “cold ridge.” Can be seen here, rich in wind resources.
In 1996, construction of wind farms here. According to the plan, where to build a million-kilowatt wind power base. At present, there have been Huaneng, Datang, Huadian, North, Beijing can, in the Canton of 7 nuclear presence of large state-owned enterprises, the total installed capacity of more than 100 million kilowatts.
“If all the running, the electricity generated each year in 300 million degrees.” Huitengxile North United Power wind farm, said head of the farm Zhi.
Li Zhi in the wind farm has been done for 14 years, he was responsible for management, including 12 kinds of models with 132 wind turbines and two substations. “First Financial Daily” reporters, when the aerial of the mobile phone is always ringing off the hook, and he commanded the men each time, what materials to use to repair parts which can be more than save some money down.
“No Do not do that. Once the limit of electricity has been cut away the net profit ah.” He said that because of limited power, this family tradition electric field on the loss of nearly 400 million profit.
“A few years ago has been good, limited power is not obvious.” Zhi told reporters, before 2008, Huitengxile wind power companies only 5 family tradition, the scale is also not very high. But two years ago and last year, wind power scale soaring. Today, seven companies are scaling up, “the speed of wind power expansion has far exceeded the speed of power grids.” He said.
Outstanding issues every year. Each year in October to the second year in April, a full six months, Zhi hearts are tugging. He said: “The fear is that the dispatch room the night before the power company sent a text message. Text messages telling me how much power the next day to allow delivery. This year, limit such messages more and more power. Restrictions on electricity up to the time is a kilowatt not let you send. ”
This family tradition Zhi management field and other different. 132 wind turbines, some use of a longer time, are already aging and damage. “In winter, in temperatures of minus 40 degrees, the stop loss is very great.” Zhi told reporters, “If the limit of power 5 hours, the old machine stopped, and then spend 78 hours may have not start up.”
Family tradition in this field reporter dispatch room of the table to see a piece of paper that said more than a dozen stations have been number of wind turbines can not stop. “Can not stop, and basically that old machine.” Dispatchers said.
Huadian Huitengxile Wind Farm Safety Minister Liang Zhenfei too bad the same day. He told reporters that the task based power generation target assigned every year, and even that the average utilization of wind turbines can not be less than 97%.
This allows Liang Zhenfei very difficult, after all, is not how much power he made the decision – the decision to God how much wind, how much electricity the power company decided to send, and he can do is to safeguard the 120 “big windmill.”
As the Inner Mongolia Electric Power (Group) Co., Ltd general manager only a year, Zhang Fusheng very anxious. He wanted to get bigger and wind power in Inner Mongolia. After all, this is called “wind of the Three Gorges” and the most famous wind power base in China wind generators . But every day, every year a large number of wind power are “rotten” at home.
“You call me about you?” Zhang Fusheng slightly begging to come to an interview on the “First Financial Daily” reporters, “let a few of wind power in Inner Mongolia and more outgoing channel it.” He said: ” As long as there is access, I can Paizhaoxiongfu guarantee of Inner Mongolia Wind Power consumption next year, more than Spain, three years after the Danish wind power will reach the highest level of power generation, and now I can only say in this empty talk. ”
First Financial Daily: power construction in Inner Mongolia in the country in what the current level?
Zhang Fusheng: Inner Mongolia is the country’s major bases of energy and power output in the national energy development and energy savings strategy plays a decisive role. Adjacent to the North, Northeast and Northwest Power Grid’s load center, the national implementation of renewable energy development plan, to achieve the strategic objectives of energy saving, development and construction of 10 million kilowatts-class large-scale wind power base important areas. As of the end of 2009, the region of the total electricity installed capacity of 54.07 million kilowatts, ranking the fourth place; wind power installed capacity of 5.03 million kilowatts, ranking first in the country.
Daily: Before we come to hear that the fourth quarter in West Inner Mongolia Power Grid in 2009 wind power generation amount to 2.47 billion kwh, accounting for 8.2% of Internet network capacity. The first quarter of this year to 7.7% in April to 10.2%. Why wind power in West Inner Mongolia Power Grid such a high proportion accounted for?
Zhang Fusheng: According to the national renewable energy development planning and development and construction of 10 million kilowatts-level requirements of large-scale wind power base in recent years, West Inner Mongolia Power Grid on wind power and solar and other renewable energy projects to support, not only the full acquisition of wind power company Internet access charge, for the acceptance of wind power, solar energy and other new energy projects, has invested 3.14 billion yuan and the transformation of a large number of new transmission facilities. To meet the future development and utilization of new energy, but also planning grid of 3.2 billion construction project in 2010 and 2015 coming on stream.
2010, West Inner Mongolia Power Grid under pressure early in the heating to stop the end of 2 million kilowatts of heating unit, fully support the local wind turbine online. In 2009, West Inner Mongolia Power Wind Power consumption 6.063 billion kwh, up 158%, saving 2.3 million tons of standard coal. From January to April this year, West Inner Mongolia Power Wind Power generator completed 3.47 billion kwh electricity, saving 1.32 million tonnes of coal equivalent. Inner Mongolia Power Grid in 2010 is expected to wind power generation amount to more than 12 billion kwh, equivalent to 4.2 million tons of standard coal.
Daily News: The idea that acceptance of wind power capacity ratio should not exceed 5%, otherwise to the grid stability and reliability of an impact. Is that true?
Zhang Fusheng: First of all it should be noted that the 5% did not specify a volume ratio, or power output than the ratio. Denmark and other countries the proportion of wind power capacity Absorptive Bi Mengxi power grid, it is because it is subject to end power, wind power made more on the European power grid, electricity supply shortage from the European grid.
Fourth quarter of 2009, the total supply of wind power in West Inner Mongolia Power Grid electricity accounted for 8.1%. January 2010 to protect heating, wind power night after a large number of limit fat consumption is still up 7.7%, 12% of the world’s highest standards. April 8, West Inner Mongolia Power Grid wind power accounted for on the Internet to create online network capacity ratio of 18.7% of the highest level. I expect, if not abandoned the wind, this wind power generation amount in West Inner Mongolia Power Grid up 10%. If you send channel to solve the problem of wind power will more than 12%. So no matter which indicator of comparison, wind power can not exceed 5% of this argument is untenable.
Inner Mongolia to accept such a windy electricity, industry professionals are more worried, but now we can tell you that 27% of the time to wind power companies during the day can still do not give up the wind, this data into Inner Mongolia Power Grid company patents. We have to make every effort to implement the Renewable Energy Law, the patent dedicated to the state, provinces and cities nationwide are free to use any.
Daily News: Inner Mongolia Wind Power Delivery in the Internet and there are still great difficulties and problems. How to solve this problem?
Zhang Fusheng: Yes. As the wind power output is limited access and the “bottleneck” problem, low power consumption of a large number of fans in the large number of “abandoned the wind.”
Although the installed capacity of wind power in Inner Mongolia over the maximum power load of 29%, we have optimized scheduling, daytime wind power are able to run at full capacity, but to the rest of the night trough, in order to ensure urban heating, wind power forced to “abandon the wind” measures. Abandoned after the night the wind reached 1.5 to 2.9 million kilowatts, the wind is not only a serious waste of resources, but also wind power company suffered huge economic losses. Some wind power company, complained that: Why energy saving Tiantian Han, Inner Mongolia Wind Power have to every night, “weep”?
Inner Mongolia’s wind energy resources are valuable national resources, Inner Mongolia’s “wind of the Three Gorges” of the National People’s “wind of the Three Gorges.” Wind power wind power development is not just the responsibility of rich provinces, to achieve inter-provincial, regional, national electricity market acceptance in the overall planning of wind power. 10 years ago, in planning the construction of the Three Gorges hydropower station at the same time, advance to the provincial distribution of electricity indicators, early planning and design channel sent only to ensure the reliability of the Three Gorges Hydropower Station sent. My view, the development of wind power in Inner Mongolia can also refer to this approach.