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Over the past decade, Southern China has been at the forefront of the development and implementation of electricity market rules. Beginning in 2022 and continuing through July 2023, the South China Energy Regulatory Office of the National Energy Administration (国家能源局南方监管局),… View Summary +
国际经验表明,电力市场,特别是电力现货市场,很容易受到操纵,从而导致增加不必要的成本和排放,降低系统效率。在电力短缺和输电系统阻塞时,这些问题将更加突出。随着现货市场在全国范围内的发展,完善市场监管的需求将继续增长。总的来说,在欧洲、美国以及世界其他地区,电力市场在很多不同的方面受到密切的监管… View Summary +
In an interactive webinar presentation, panelists discussed a “next-generation” approach to utility procurement and evolving best practices, based in part on recent work done by RAP and RMI. The webinar offered recommendations on how to design clear rules… View Summary +
在清洁转型和气候变化的大形势下,保证电力系统安全稳定至关重要。这需要合理预测负荷、准确衡量各个资源的贡献,更好地利用区域市场优势来维持高可靠性,达到鼓励竞争、降低成本、减少排放的目的。… View Summary +
The steep decline in wind and solar generation costs in the past decade opens up new opportunities for electric utilities and their customers. In an increasing number of regions, it can be cheaper to build new solar and wind generators… View Summary +
本文着眼于支持到2050年能源行业转型的雄心勃勃的情景,讨论主要集中在近期和中期的实际操作上。我们将介绍同样正在为电力部门转型议程努力的其他国家相关讨论中的观点。我们还会讨论未来五年左右,就南方电网地区的制度背景和改革现状,在能源政策、市场设计、规划和相关政策方面的务实步骤。我们的分析采用整体视角,考虑了减排、成本降低和可靠性之间的相互关联的挑战。… View Summary +
The five-province Southern Grid region has long been a testing ground for new policies and reforms. Most recently, the central government asked the region to become the first integrated regional electricity spot market. Starting from the central government’s call for… View Summary +
Electrification and power sector reform are interdependent challenges for countries around the world. Both will be central components of strategies to achieve ambitious carbon emissions reductions. In China, air quality challenges and other circumstances suggest a further urgency for electrification. View Summary +
电气化和电力行业改革两者密切相关,是全球各国和各地区面临的双重挑战。两者都将是实现雄心勃勃的碳减排战略的核心组成部分。在中国,空气质量挑战和其他情况表明电气化的紧迫性进一步加大。电改使得发电结构发生演变,决定了电气化对改善空气质量和减少温室气体排放产生的贡献,并释放电气化终端用途的灵活性。尤其是,需要合理设计和实施电力市场、改进电力行业规划、良好执行环境法规来激励电力行业远离化石燃料发电同时最小化成本。… View Summary +
In May 2019, China’s National Energy Administration (NEA) loosened restrictions on new coal power plant construction. This gave eight provinces the green light to build new coal-fired generation capacity. Because of the increasingly uncertain value proposition of new coal power generation, even… View Summary +
我们很高兴有机会就最近发布的中国可再生能源配额政策的“第二次征求意见稿”发表建议。基于对该草案的理解,以及我们在RPS和配额政策方面的长期国际经验,并对中国可再生能源政策设计和电力市场改革的持续参与。我们提出一些初步看法,与前一版草案的意见保持一致,此外还给出了一些新的建议。… View Summary +
In joint comments on the recently released “Second Consultation Draft” of a renewable energy quota policy in China, RAP joins the Energy Foundation China and Center for Resource Solutions to suggest areas for increased emphasis, clarification, and policy improvements. Our views… View Summary +
In most countries of the world, power generation dispatch is done on an “economic” basis. In China, however, grid companies use dispatch methods that often are not based on an economic approach. This is a major obstacle to meeting… View Summary +
This paper, part of a series of primers on the economic, institutional, political, and technological challenges of integrating renewable energy into power systems in China, focuses on electricity system planning. It explores the various electricity planning processes in China, centered… View Summary +