Energy Internet dynamically adjusts the power system structure

As a major innovation in the energy field in the 21st century, the Global Energy Internet has drawn a new blueprint for the future development of world energy. The future world energy development will enter a new stage centered on electricity, dominated by clean energy, and with global optimal allocation of resources. In this issue, let's talk about the impact that the future Global Energy Internet will have on the world's energy development.

What impact will the Global Energy Internet have on the supply and security of world energy?

The global energy internet makes energy supply more abundant. By 2050, the world will be able to produce 66 trillion kilowatt-hours of clean electricity each year, and the abundant electricity will illuminate every corner of the world; everyone can obtain energy supply at an acceptable cost. With sufficient energy support, the huge material needs of mankind are fully met. For example, a large amount of collected rainwater and sewage discharged by humans are converted into clean and low-cost fresh water to meet the water needs of society.

The global energy internet makes energy security more reliable. By developing clean energy, the world's energy in the future can be supplied at low cost and in sufficient quantities. The globally configured energy market will establish an orderly energy supply and demand regulation mechanism. Energy development will be less affected by financial manipulation, commercial speculation, geopolitics and other factors, avoiding price spikes and plunges.

The global energy internet makes the energy platform stronger. UHV and smart grid technologies allow the energy internet to cover every corner of the world, and there are no blind spots or gaps in energy supply. Large-scale access to centralized and distributed power sources such as hydropower, wind power, and solar power generation enables flexible conversion of power supply and consumption. Relying on large-scale power grid control technology, information and communication technology, etc., it is possible to accurately predict power load, dynamically adjust the power system structure, and ensure the safe and stable operation of cross-border and cross-continental power grids. The ability of the power grid to resist risks has been improved, and it can more efficiently respond to disasters such as typhoons and earthquakes and external damage.

What impact will the Global Energy Internet have on the use of clean energy?

The global energy internet makes clean energy development more efficient. The construction of ultra-high voltage channels connecting large bases and load centers has fully explored the global renewable energy resources. The joint operation of hydropower, wind power, and solar power generation devices thousands of miles apart around the world maximizes the efficiency of resource development and utilization and achieves a win-win situation.

The global energy internet makes clean energy allocation more efficient. Relying on the global energy internet, large-scale electricity can be efficiently transmitted and allocated around the world at the speed of light, no longer limited to domestic or continental areas, achieving cross-time zone compensation between the eastern and western hemispheres and cross-seasonal regulation between the northern and southern hemispheres, greatly reducing the total global installed capacity. Under the close connection of the global energy internet, the world will become an "energy village" in the future, with more convenient and efficient energy allocation.

The global energy internet makes clean energy consumption more efficient. In the future, relying on the global energy internet, all continents will be interconnected, and large power grids will break through the constraints of limited local consumption capacity in clean energy-rich areas, expand the scope of consumption to the world, and fundamentally eliminate the problems of abandoned light, wind, and water. Relying on big data, the global energy internet collects, organizes, and analyzes information from various energy consumption terminals to achieve optimal allocation of various energy sources, minimize waste and inefficient use, and use energy more efficiently and play a greater role.

What impact will the Global Energy Internet have on energy development?

Relying on the global energy internet, the "two substitutions" are fully implemented, clean energy has achieved great development, clean electricity has been fully applied, and green and low-carbon energy has become a new fashion. By 2050, the proportion of clean energy in primary energy consumption will increase to 80%, becoming the world's leading energy.

Energy development achieves clean substitution. In response to climate change, fossil energy development will be strictly controlled and will be gradually replaced by clean energy. In the future, traditional coal-fired power plants will be gradually retired, centralized and distributed clean energy will be developed on a large scale, and clusters of hydropower, wind power, and solar power stations with a capacity of tens of millions of kilowatts will be built in canyons and mountains. Various distributed power sources will be widely distributed in cities and rural areas. An energy production revolution characterized by clean energy will rise globally.

What impact will the global energy Internet have on energy production and consumption?

Relying on the global energy internet, energy consumption will be replaced by electricity. By 2050, electricity will be universalized around the world and everyone will have access to electricity. People in once impoverished areas such as Africa will bid farewell to the era of firewood for energy and directly enter an electrified society. Electric boilers, electric heating, electric refrigeration, electric cookers and electric transportation applications are widely implemented. Hot water, cooking, heating, air conditioning, lighting, irrigation and other human needs are increasingly solved by electricity. Clean electricity can basically meet most energy needs. The energy consumption level in key areas such as transportation, construction and industry has been significantly reduced. The industrial field has widely promoted the implementation of coal stoves and oil stoves to electric stoves and electric heating equipment, saying goodbye to chimneys. More than 90% of the cars running on the road are powered by electricity. By 2050, electricity will account for half of the terminal energy demand, accounting for 52.2%. Human beings have entered a new era of electrification where "electricity is everywhere".

Relying on the global energy Internet, energy production and consumption can achieve two-way interaction. In the context of the global energy Internet, many advanced information and communication technologies such as the Internet, the Internet of Things, mobile terminals, cloud computing, and big data are closely integrated with energy and power technologies, and the power grid is more intelligent, which promotes the transformation of energy consumption from a one-way passive reception mode to a two-way interactive, flexible and intelligent mode of electricity consumption. Power companies can understand the power consumption information of each user and even each power-consuming device in real time and master the power consumption rules. They can carry out flexible and efficient demand-side response work based on user characteristics, guide users to change their power consumption behavior, and provide better power services; users can timely grasp their own power consumption status, power prices and other information, actively participate in the power consumption management of cities and communities, and realize lean management of power consumption. Thousands of traditional energy consumers such as buildings, cars, and factories around the world have also become energy producers and trading entities of the global energy Internet.