The demonstration project of energy internet for megacity power grid successfully passed the expert review

Commissioned by the National Energy Administration, the Energy Internet Innovation Institute of Tsinghua University held an acceptance and review meeting for the "Energy Internet Demonstration Project for Megacity Power Grids" (hereinafter referred to as the "Demonstration Project") in Guangzhou on May 13, 2019.

Figure: Demonstration project acceptance meeting

The acceptance review expert group is composed of 9 well-known experts in the industry. Academician He Yaling, professor of Xi'an Jiaotong University, serves as the team leader, and Liu Jianming, director of the "Smart Grid Technology and Equipment" Expert Committee of the Industrial Development Center of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, serves as the deputy team leader.

Academician He presided over the project acceptance meeting. In accordance with the requirements of the "Notice of the General Office of the National Energy Administration on the Acceptance of "Internet +" Smart Energy (Energy Internet) Demonstration Projects", the expert group conducted on-site inspections of the Conghua Pearl Industrial Park Multi-Interactive Demonstration Zone, the Sino-Singapore Knowledge City High Reliability Demonstration Zone, the Smart Street Light Demonstration Project, and the "Internet +" Smart Energy Comprehensive Service Platform in the demonstration project, listened to the reports of the project lead units, and reviewed the project self-evaluation report, project summary, design, construction, testing, acceptance, promotion and third-party evaluation and other supporting materials, reviewed the economic and social benefits of the project, project innovation, technical level of the results and the prospects for industrialization of the results, and questioned the core technical content of the project, the progress of the project, data integrity, commercial promotion model, public service development, and the next step of replication and promotion work plan, and the project undertaking units answered and responded.

Finally, the expert group unanimously agreed that the demonstration project had completed its construction tasks and achieved its expected goals, and it passed the acceptance.

The project acceptance and review meeting was chaired by Gao Feng, deputy director of the Energy Internet Innovation Institute of Tsinghua University. Hu Fan, general manager of the project lead unit Guangzhou Power Supply Bureau, and Liu Yuquan, deputy general manager, attended the meeting and delivered speeches. Relevant project participating units also attended the meeting.

Finally, Kang Chongqing, Dean of Tsinghua University Energy Internet Research Institute, made a summary speech. He pointed out that the construction of the first batch of energy Internet demonstration projects has now entered its final stage, and the undertaking units have achieved initial results after several years of hard work. The National Energy Administration attaches great importance to the acceptance of the first batch of energy Internet demonstration projects. Director Li Ye made a special trip to the acceptance meeting to guide the acceptance work. Through the acceptance of the five projects undertaken by central enterprises, it can be seen that the demonstration projects have made positive explorations in key technologies, new models, and new formats. In the next stage, Tsinghua University Energy Internet Innovation Research Institute will summarize the acceptance of demonstration projects in accordance with the requirements of the National Energy Administration, condense common key technologies and extract advanced experience as soon as possible, and assist the National Energy Administration in sorting out a number of technologies and models with demonstration and driving effects to promote the development of the national energy Internet. On behalf of Tsinghua University Energy Internet Innovation Research Institute, Kang Chongqing sincerely thanked all the undertaking units, experts and all parties for their strong support during the project acceptance process.

Entrusted by the National Energy Administration, Tsinghua University Energy Internet Innovation Institute has been deeply involved in the application, review, supervision and acceptance of the first batch of national energy Internet demonstration projects, and organized industry experts to guide the planning and implementation of the projects. Tsinghua University Energy Internet Innovation Institute attaches great importance to each demonstration project. The Institute will continue to uphold a rigorous and professional attitude, carry out subsequent demonstration project acceptance and review work, and timely summarize and promote advanced models and experiences to promote the healthy and orderly development of my country's energy Internet industry.

Appendix: Introduction to the “Energy Internet Demonstration Project for Megacity Power Grids”

As one of the first batch of "Internet +" smart energy demonstration projects of the National Energy Administration, the Guangzhou Power Supply Bureau Co., Ltd. of China Southern Power Grid is leading the implementation of the project. Through "1+3+3" (i.e., 1 "Internet +" smart energy comprehensive service platform, 3 smart parks, and 3 innovative business formats), the project covers the core elements of the energy system of megacities, realizes 4 business models based on Internet value discovery, electric vehicles, flexible resources, and comprehensive energy services, covers the core elements of the energy system of megacities, and builds Guangzhou into an "efficient, green, shared, and innovative" energy Internet smart city, achieving the four core goals of "efficient use of comprehensive energy, green and low-carbon sustainable development, coordinated sharing of flexible resources, and win-win business innovation".

The project has achieved a number of innovative results in exploring key technologies for urban multi-energy systems. The Conghua Pearl Industrial Park Multi-Interaction Project has built a reliable, clean and efficient integrated energy system within the park through orderly production, waste heat recovery, waste heat refrigeration and other technologies; Sino-Singapore Knowledge City has achieved full coverage of four-network integration and three-meter collection, and has piloted the construction of smart homes; the Nansha smart microgrid project has improved the grid's ability to adapt to climate change and resist natural disasters; the smart street lamp demonstration project has achieved "one pole for multiple uses" and supported the construction of Guangzhou's smart city.

The project unit worked with the government, telecommunications operators, power generation groups, and automobile companies to promote project construction, and the results were recognized by the government, users, and stakeholders. The project explored emerging business forms such as multi-user interaction, four-network integration, vehicle-network collaboration, base station energy storage, and smart street lights, and proposed concepts, methods, and business models for co-construction, sharing, and co-governance, which are scalable and have important demonstration significance for promoting the construction of the energy Internet.

Photo: Group photo of the expert group, Tsinghua Energy Internet Research Institute and the project team during their inspection of the Multi-Interactive Demonstration Zone in Conghua Pearl Industrial Park