Xinjiang is moving from “green” to “new” to build a national energy resources strategic support base

China News Service, Urumqi, October 10 (Reporter Gou Jipeng) During the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, Xinjiang will promote the high-quality development of energy resources as its theme, continue to enhance its diversified supply guarantee capabilities, improve the level of green and low-carbon development, accelerate technological innovation and industrial chain expansion, move from "green" to "new", and promote the construction of the national energy resources strategic support base to a new level.

On the 10th, Tuohuti Reheman, deputy secretary and director of the Party Leadership Group of the Xinjiang Development and Reform Commission, made the above introduction at a press conference held by the Information Office of the People's Government of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

He said that during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, the increase in energy consumption will mainly rely on non-fossil energy to meet the needs, and the energy structure and system form will undergo profound changes. Xinjiang must coordinate the relationship between new energy and traditional energy, supply and consumption, and strengthen the ability to guarantee the efficient supply of clean energy. "We will enrich and expand the diversified development and utilization model of renewable energy, promote the development of new business forms and new models of new energy such as source grid load storage integration and green electricity direct connection, promote the new clean energy power generation to gradually cover the new electricity demand of the whole society, and shape the competitive advantage of Xinjiang's green development. We will strive to have the installed capacity of new energy exceed 300 million kilowatts by 2030, and the proportion of non-fossil energy power generation in the installed capacity will exceed 73%."

During the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, Xinjiang will also promote the in-depth integration of technological innovation and industrial innovation. "We will focus on the direction of intelligence, greenness, and integration, carry out energy resource technology research and demonstration applications, promote the upgrading of traditional industries such as chemical industry, metallurgy, and materials, extend and strengthen emerging industrial chains such as wind power, photovoltaics, energy storage, and new materials, cultivate and expand future industries such as hydrogen energy and computing power, and strive to create new growth points for the upgrading of the energy resources industry to promote the transformation of Xinjiang from a 'resource region' to an 'industrial powerhouse,'" Tohuti Reheman said.

Data show that since the "14th Five-Year Plan", Xinjiang's oil and gas equivalent has ranked first in the country for five consecutive years, its raw coal output growth has ranked first in the country's major coal-producing provinces and regions for four consecutive years, and its coal export volume has exceeded 100 million tons for three consecutive years, with the cumulative export volume exceeding 500 million tons. As of now, Xinjiang's total installed electricity capacity has exceeded 270 million kilowatts, of which new energy installed capacity exceeds 180 million kilowatts, accounting for more than 60% of the installed electricity capacity.