Hubei Province Promotes Innovation and Demonstration Application of Energy Storage Equipment
China Energy Storage Network News: The Hubei Provincial Development and Reform Commission and the Provincial Energy Administration officially issued the "Notice on Further Accelerating the Development of the Energy Technology and Equipment Industry." The Notice points out that it encourages technical research on proton exchange membrane fuel cells, solid oxide fuel cell power generation, and distributed energy systems. In response to the demand for large-scale hydrogen production and hydrogen refueling facility construction, it actively develops equipment across the entire industry chain of hydrogen production, transportation, storage, and refueling.
The full text is as follows:
Hubei Provincial Development and Reform Commission
Hubei Provincial Energy Administration
Notice on Further Accelerating the Development of the Energy Technology and Equipment Industry
Document No. EFGN〔2020〕437
Development and Reform Commissions (Energy Bureaus) of all cities, prefectures, directly administered cities and Shennongjia Forestry District, relevant provincial departments and relevant institutions:
Energy equipment is the carrier of energy technologies and an important core component of the equipment manufacturing industry. As a pioneering industry, it provides technical equipment and support for the production and supply chain of commercial energy. To further implement General Secretary Xi Jinping’s new energy security strategy of “Four Revolutions and One Cooperation”, fulfill the requirements of the Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial People’s Government on advancing high-quality economic and social development and energy development, and accelerate the development of Hubei’s energy technology and equipment industry, we hereby notify relevant matters with the approval of the Provincial People’s Government.
I. Focus on Priority Development Directions
(I) Promote upgrading and innovation of power generation equipment. Support the development of thermal power equipment, consolidate advantages in 600MW supercritical utility boilers, and actively develop 1000MW ultra-supercritical utility boilers. Build on strengths in steam turbines and generator sets, and vigorously develop market-oriented complete sets of power generation equipment. Support R&D of auxiliary power station technologies including efficiency improvement, pollutant emission control and carbon capture to advance the upgrading of power generation technologies and equipment. Develop complete sets of high-head hydropower equipment and key auxiliary devices and components, and foster new technologies and equipment for harnessing river and marine current energy.
(II) Promote quality improvement and upgrading of smart grid and power transmission and distribution equipment. Consolidate advantages in power transmission and distribution equipment and components, and actively develop UHV power transmission equipment as well as key equipment and components for flexible DC transmission systems. Develop complete sets of smart substation equipment and control, operation and maintenance systems based on big data and cloud computing, and build capacity for supplying complete smart grid equipment. Develop complete sets of smart distribution networks and smart microgrids based on integrated energy supply, core Energy Internet equipment such as power routers, as well as grid connection and intelligent management systems for renewable energy. Advance power substitution and support the development of technologies and equipment such as smart EV charging piles and charging stations.
(III) Strengthen the overall competitiveness of oil and gas drilling, production and processing equipment. Fully leverage Hubei’s status as a national manufacturing base for oil and gas equipment and consolidate the comprehensive advantages in oil and gas drilling, production, processing and transportation equipment. Support the development of drilling engineering equipment toward automation and intelligence. Back the development of oil production engineering equipment featuring full electric control, automation, high temperature and high pressure. Support oil and gas gathering and transportation equipment characterized by high pressure, corrosion resistance and large diameter, and conduct R&D on supporting technologies and equipment for underground oil and gas storage facilities. Support the development of offshore oil and gas engineering equipment to serve China’s offshore oil and gas exploitation. Promote the development of oil processing equipment such as hydrocracking, hydrotreating and catalytic reforming equipment toward intelligence, large scale, high temperature, high pressure and corrosion resistance.
(IV) Push for breakthroughs in new energy equipment. Consolidate technological and equipment advantages in key small nuclear power components, reactor internals for large nuclear power plants, and nuclear power operation, monitoring and testing equipment. Take an active part in the development of large nuclear power technologies and equipment such as Hualong One, AP1000 and CAP1400, and gradually expand the scale of nuclear power equipment manufacturing. Build on strengths in solar energy utilization and equipment manufacturing, develop new high-efficiency solar cells, inverters and system integration equipment, and actively develop solar thermal power generation and thermal utilization equipment. Introduce R&D and manufacturing enterprises for wind power equipment to drive the growth of the wind power industry. Encourage technological research on proton exchange membrane fuel cells, solid oxide fuel cell power generation and distributed energy systems. In response to demands for large-scale hydrogen production and hydrogen refueling infrastructure, conduct R&D on equipment covering the whole industrial chain of hydrogen production, transportation, storage and refueling.
(5) Promote innovation and demonstration application of energy storage equipment. Leverage advantages in vanadium redox flow battery stacks, power station design, electrolyte R&D, and vanadium resources, develop and improve hundred-kW-level stacks and complete battery equipment, form manufacturing capabilities for 100MW park-level and grid-level energy storage complete equipment as well as power station design, construction, and operation and maintenance capabilities, and support the industrialization development and application demonstration of vanadium redox flow battery energy storage equipment. Carry out technical research on mechanical energy storage such as compressed air energy storage and flywheel energy storage as well as other chemical energy storage, promote the growth and expansion of the energy storage industry, and support the development of "source-grid-load-storage integration."
II. Strengthen Guidance
(VI) Boost the innovation leadership of the equipment industry. Implement the development strategy of “leading enterprises + industrial chains + clusters”, and focus on building six major industrial chains to spearhead the development of the province’s energy equipment industry. During the 14th Five-Year Plan period, relying on leading enterprises in boiler and generator set design and manufacturing in Wuhan and key manufacturers of gas generator sets in Xiangyang, and radiating the boiler auxiliary machinery industry in Guangshui and Jingshan, build the power generation equipment industrial chain. Leverage competitive enterprises in Wuhan covering power transmission and transformation, smart grids and other fields, as well as power transmission and distribution automation equipment enterprises in Xiangyang and Huangshi, to build the smart grid and power transmission & distribution equipment industrial chain. Rely on competitive enterprises in Yichang, Wuhan, Xiangyang and Xiantao in silicon materials, solar cells (modules), inverters and wind power equipment components to build the new energy equipment industrial chain. Build the oil and gas drilling, production and processing equipment industrial chain based on the oil and gas drilling, production and processing equipment industrial clusters in Wuhan, Jingzhou and Qianjiang, and key oil and gas storage and transportation equipment enterprises in Jingmen and Xiaogan. Rely on key enterprises in Wuhan specializing in low-calorific-value coal and waste incineration power generation as well as power distribution network energy-saving and loss-reduction equipment to build the energy-saving and environmental protection equipment industrial chain. Fully capitalize on the foundations of energy storage technologies in Wuhan and Xiangyang and vanadium (vanadium electrolyte) resources in Chongyang of Xianning to build the energy storage industrial chain. All regions are encouraged to shore up weak links in industrial chains through investment promotion based on local technological and industrial strengths and promote base-based development. Support local governments in planning and constructing industrial parks for energy technology and equipment. Priority will be given to energy equipment projects settled in the parks with better factor guarantee and policy support, so as to achieve intensive development and form cluster advantages featuring matched facilities and upstream-downstream linkage.
(VII) Strengthen guidance through planning and annual plans. Enhance planning guidance. Give play to the guiding role of comprehensive energy planning in the layout and construction of key projects of the energy technology and equipment industry, and coordinate resource development and project construction in accordance with the goals and tasks set out in the plans. Implement annual plan guidance. Closely centering on the development direction of the energy technology and equipment industry, formulate and implement the guiding plan for the innovative development of the energy technology and equipment industry. Enterprises and projects selected into the plan may enjoy all supporting policies for provincial key projects, and will be prioritized for development and support in provincial-level innovation platform establishment, new technology R&D, demonstration and industrialization of achievements, key industrial development, and intelligent upgrading of manufacturing processes. Advance demonstration guidance for major projects. Establish a dynamic management mechanism for key projects. Eligible energy equipment projects with a total investment of over 500 million yuan will be prioritized for recommendation and support as provincial key projects, with dynamic adjustment and rolling continuation based on project progress. Increase financial support and guidance. Encourage various types of government funds to provide support in forms such as project investment subsidies and post-completion rewards in lieu of subsidies. For important innovative projects, key technology tackling demonstration projects or gap-filling projects, within the scope of policies, constraints of industrial plans and quotas may be broken, with provincial overall planning and separate project planning.
(VIII) Accelerate the development of various energy innovation platforms. Public innovation platforms and various innovation institutions shall lead and underpin innovation in the energy and energy technology and equipment industry. Support the development of national energy technology R&D centers for clean and low-carbon coal power generation, new energy grid integration and marine nuclear power, and actively develop low-carbon power generation equipment, new energy grid integration equipment and complete sets of marine floating nuclear power plant equipment. Establish a number of innovation institutions for smart grids, microgrids, Energy Internet and energy storage technologies that support the development of “new energy infrastructure”, raise the intelligence level of smart grid, power transmission and distribution equipment and systems, and provide support for building smart and flexible power grids and improving grid support capacity. Set up a number of innovation institutions for power generation technologies, oil and gas exploitation and refining technologies, intelligent equipment and intelligent manufacturing technologies to consolidate the foundational capacity for development and manufacturing of the basic energy industry, energy equipment manufacturing and basic equipment industry. Projects and innovation achievements of entities constructing national and provincial energy innovation institutions shall be prioritized for inclusion in the guiding plans and catalogues. Governments at all levels shall coordinate relevant funds to support energy technology and product innovation, achievement transformation, industrialization and innovation platform development.
(IX) Support the demonstration and application of the first set of major technical equipment. Promote the advancement of Hubei’s energy technology and equipment driven by major energy projects and support local matching of energy technology and equipment. Implement national policies to boost the demonstration and application of the first set of major technical equipment in the energy sector, formulate refined provincial supporting policies, organize provincial evaluation and assessment of the first set of major technical equipment in the energy sector, and compile the guiding catalogue for the promotion and application of major technical equipment in the energy sector. Products listed in the provincial catalogue will be prioritized for application for inclusion in the national catalogue and demonstration application. Energy projects undertaking demonstration tasks will be prioritized for inclusion in relevant plans and approved or examined in accordance with due authority. Bidding laws and policies shall be strictly enforced. Upon approval by the competent industrial authorities, procurement methods such as single-source procurement and competitive negotiation may be adopted (for government procurement projects, appropriate procurement methods shall be selected in accordance with government procurement laws and regulations) to ensure the delivery of demonstration tasks. Such projects may enjoy preferential policies in fuel supply, grid connection for power generation and operational dispatching. A fault-tolerance policy for demonstration and application shall be defined. Taking non-human causes and insufficient knowledge into full consideration, administrative, economic, safety and operational assessment liabilities of relevant enterprises and persons-in-charge may be mitigated or exempted.
III. Strengthen Factor Guarantees
(10) Prioritize land use demand. For the construction of provincial key projects and major projects, implement the "land use quota bottom-line guarantee" in accordance with the provincial key project guarantee service policy, incorporate them into territorial spatial planning in accordance with the method of "municipal and county-level guarantees as the main body, with appropriate provincial-level allocation," and prioritize guaranteeing their development land space and land use plans. Further implement provincial government guarantee service policies for key and major projects, including land use preferences, application for provincial-level coordination of cultivated land occupation-compensation balance indicators, and forest land use guarantees.
(11) Strengthen guarantees for energy consumption and emission indicators. For eligible energy technology and equipment projects among provincial key projects, their energy consumption needs shall be arranged by the province in an overall manner within the total energy consumption control target limit allocated to our province by the state, and shall be fully guaranteed. For newly added total main pollutant emission indicators required for new, reconstruction, and expansion projects, the provincial ecological environment department shall guide all cities (prefectures) to coordinate and adjust them in an overall manner, fully guarantee them, and optimize their allocation in place.
(12) Establish a "positive list" system for environmental law enforcement. All localities shall include provincial key projects that meet the screening conditions of the "Measures for the Administration of the Positive List for Ecological and Environmental Supervision and Law Enforcement of Hubei Province (Trial)" in the positive list for ecological and environmental supervision and law enforcement. For enterprises and projects on the positive list, during emergency responses to heavily polluted weather, they shall not stop work, be inspected, or be disturbed. Projects listed in the orientation plan and guidance catalog shall be implemented with reference to projects on the positive list in accordance with regulations.
(13) Establish a "whitelist" mechanism for financing services. Support and guide various financial institutions within the province to include provincial key project units in the "whitelist" for financing services, simplify financing approval processes, increase financing scale, and implement preferential interest rates. Support "whitelist" enterprises in direct financing, prioritize them as reserve enterprises for listing and strengthen guidance, allow them to enjoy enterprise listing fund reward policies, and prioritize support for issuing enterprise bonds or corporate bonds. Give preference in arrangements such as central and provincial budgetary funds, government investment guidance funds, and government financing guarantee platform services.
IV. Organizational Safeguards
(14) Strengthen departmental coordination. Establish a multi-department joint meeting mechanism, with the Provincial Energy Administration responsible for specific work, working together with provincial departments and institutions including development and reform, finance, science and technology, economy and information technology, ecological environment, natural resources, housing and urban-rural development, state-owned assets, taxation, securities regulation, banking, and electric power to jointly study issues in industrial development and construction, and give preference to the energy equipment industry in areas such as industrial policy, land use, environmental assessment, water resource assessment, fiscal and tax policy, financial credit, listing and financing, and bidding and procurement. Implement a "one matter, one discussion" approach for major projects, study specific support measures, and promote rapid industrial development.
(15) Establish a tracking service mechanism. For provincial key projects, while issuing the provincial key projects, the development and reform departments shall transmit the list of demand for supporting factors and indicators such as land use, forest use, energy consumption, and pollutant emissions to the relevant departments. The relevant departments shall strengthen provincial-level overall coordination according to the list, ensure full protection, make regular adjustments, and report to the relevant national departments to seek support. For projects listed in the orientation plan and guidance catalog, relevant work shall be carried out by analogy, with regular scheduling and adjustment.
(16) Strengthen analysis, monitoring, and scheduling notification. Give play to the function of statistical monitoring, reasonably determine the statistical scope and indicator system, and improve the statistical monitoring system for the energy equipment industry. Strengthen the scheduling and notification of major projects. For projects listed as provincial key projects, the development and reform departments of all cities (prefectures) shall rely on the provincial investment and major project smart application platform to schedule project progress from the 25th of each month to the 5th of the following month. The Provincial Development and Reform Commission will summarize the situation and report it to the Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government.