International cooperation in new energy

Sino-British Nuclear Energy Cooperation

The UK leads the world in nuclear energy development and is an ideal partner for nuclear energy companies seeking business and technical cooperation. The British nuclear energy industry has a huge consumer market, and its development has received strong support from government agencies and policies. At the same time, the British nuclear energy industry also has world-leading technical experience and talent base; not only that, the British nuclear energy complete industry The chain and complete supporting service system also create a stable and healthy environment for the development of the industry.

In the UK’s Climate Change Act passed in 2008, the long-term goal for energy development is stipulated: by 2050, the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions need to be reduced by 80% on the basis of 1990. In order to achieve this goal, the UK is undergoing a huge energy restructuring plan, that is, decommissioning traditional power plants and launching new energy power generation projects including nuclear energy. A project consortium composed of the UK's Energy Research Partnership (ERP), the National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL), the UK's Engineering and Physical Research Council (EPSRC), the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) and the Energy Technology Institute (ETI) released the " UK Nuclear Fission Energy Technology Roadmap: Preliminary Report”. The report points out that the UK must formulate a clear and specific mid- and long-term development strategy and roadmap for the nuclear energy industry. It also assumes that if the UK wants to have a safe and low-carbon energy structure by 2050, nuclear power will play a greater role.

On October 21, 2013, London time, the British government officially approved the plan for China General Nuclear Power Group and China National Nuclear Corporation to participate in investing in new local nuclear power plants. This marks that Chinese nuclear power companies have finally landed in developed Western countries as they wished. nation. Previously, the Chinese and British governments signed the "Memorandum of Understanding on Strengthening Cooperation in the Field of Civilian Nuclear Energy" after the fifth China-UK Economic and Financial Dialogue (EFD) held in Beijing on October 15. Lord Deighton, the British Secretary of State for Commerce and Finance, participated in the signing of this memorandum as a representative of the British side, which paved the way for the British government to formally approve Chinese nuclear power companies to participate in the construction of Hinkley Point C.

The United Kingdom is the country with the longest history of civil nuclear power, and China is the country with the fastest development of civil nuclear power. This cooperation will benefit both China and the UK. China has the world's largest nuclear power equipment manufacturing capacity and the world's most abundant funds. This is also a major driving force for Chinese nuclear power companies to go overseas.

China-Russia Energy Cooperation

Russia is a major energy resource-rich country in the world, with natural gas reserves and exports, oil production and exports, and coal, uranium, iron, aluminum and other resource reserves. are among the best in the world. As China's largest neighbor, Russia has a mature and solid political relationship with my country. It regards my country as its main partner. It has both the willingness and ability to cooperate with China in energy. It also has natural geographical advantages and complementary characteristics, which are important for my country to maintain energy security and sustainability. Develop reliable partners.

With the rapid development of China-Russia relations, the scale of energy cooperation between the two countries has gradually increased from small to large, from simple trade to comprehensive cooperation involving oil, gas, nuclear, coal, electricity, new energy and other fields. The China-Russia crude oil pipeline was completed and put into operation in January 2011. Russia transports 15 million tons of oil to China every year. China and Russia are discussing projects to increase crude oil supply through pipelines. In the next 20 years, this energy artery will transport hundreds of millions of tons of oil to China. Russia has diversified its oil exports, and my country has a stable land supply of oil. In addition to pipeline oil supply, cooperation between the two countries in the upstream development and downstream refining of oil is gradually advancing. The Tianwan Nuclear Power Plant project jointly constructed by China and Russia operates safely and efficiently. The trade in coal and electricity between the two countries has increased significantly. In 2012, my country imported 20 million tons of coal and 2.6 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity from Russia. These two numbers will continue to grow in the future.

Sino-French Nuclear Energy Cooperation

On April 25, 2013, China General Nuclear Power Group signed a joint statement on long-term cooperation with the French Areva Group and EDF. The three companies *** A series of documents signed stipulate that they will jointly develop advanced reactors to promote the improvement of the overall safety level of the world's nuclear power industry. This is the third major nuclear power technology cooperation between China and France in the past 30 years. China and France have a 30-year foundation for nuclear power cooperation.

Since the early 1980s, EDF has been involved in the construction and operation of China's Daya Bay nuclear power project. In this cooperation 30 years later, Mars Road emphasized that EDF is the world's largest nuclear power operator and CGN The Group is the owner of the world's largest nuclear power development plan. It is necessary for the two to strengthen nuclear power exchanges and cooperation for mutual benefit and win-win results.

As of April 2013, CGN has 7 operating nuclear power units with a total installed capacity of 7.21 million kilowatts, accounting for 53% of the total installed nuclear power capacity in operation in mainland China; there are 15 units under construction, with a total installed capacity of 7.21 million kilowatts. The installed capacity is 17.75 million kilowatts, accounting for 56% of the total installed nuclear power capacity under construction in mainland China.