Energy Internet Virtual Reality: How Many Ways Do Enterprises “Affiliate” Know?

Cao Junwei analyzed that relying solely on competition on the electricity sales side is not enough to promote the construction of the energy internet. "Only by making changes at the infrastructure level, such as coordinating the construction and operation of the distribution network with distributed energy, microgrids, and demand-side management, can we save grid capacity and improve efficiency."

"For example, the construction of regional energy Internet should currently focus on open interconnection in four areas: distributed energy, wind, solar, storage and microgrids, demand-side management and distribution networks," Cao Junwei explained.

Regardless of how the Internet + Energy Action Plan is finally planned, there is still a huge institutional gap between the reality and vision of the energy Internet, and it is difficult to cross it in the near future. For example, the microgrid demonstration project is an undisputed energy Internet project, but its promotion has not been smooth.

"Although we proposed to build 100 new energy demonstration cities and 30 microgrid demonstration projects during the 12th Five-Year Plan, the progress of this ambitious plan has not been satisfactory," said Shi Lishan, deputy director of the New Energy and Renewable Energy Department of the National Energy Administration, in his analysis of "clean technology investment."

A local government official pointed out to "Clean Technology Investment" that there are many institutional and mechanism barriers that hinder the promotion of microgrid demonstration projects. If these barriers are not removed, no matter how beautifully the "Internet + Energy Action Plan" is written, it will not have much impact on reality.

"What is the policy goal of the Internet + Energy Action Plan? I don't think it has been discussed clearly yet." Li Junfeng, director of the National Center for Climate Change Strategy Research and International Cooperation, analyzed to the "Clean Technology Investment" reporter that he hopes it is not just to complete the administrative task of implementing "Internet +" proposed by the Prime Minister.

Li Junfeng pointed out that if the purpose is to increase the proportion of renewable energy consumption, then the top priority is to implement the Renewable Energy Law and the "Opinions on Accelerating the Construction of Ecological Civilization" proposed by the CPC Central Committee and the State Council to "promote energy-saving power generation scheduling and give priority to scheduling renewable energy power generation resources."

"It is necessary to promote the energy internet, but the popularity of this concept in the capital market is irrational." The aforementioned local government official emphasized that it is recommended that the National Energy Administration speed up the implementation of the "Several Opinions on Further Deepening the Reform of the Electricity System" to provide a more relaxed policy environment for the development of the energy internet.