Digital transformation boosts the construction of a new power system

Under the background of the "dual carbon" goal, building a new power system with new energy as the main body has become the direction of the transformation and development of the power industry. A number of industry insiders interviewed by reporters believe that with the high proportion of new energy being connected to the grid in the future, the problem of insufficient adjustment means of the power system will become more prominent, and digitalization is expected to become an important starting point for the new power system in the future. , power grid, load, energy storage, all links play a full role, directly address the "pain point" and effectively solve the grid customers' demand for new energy grid connection.

Lin Boqiang, Dean of the China Energy Policy Research Institute of Xiamen University, told reporters, "At present, various industries have a trend of digital transformation, and the energy industry has its own industry characteristics. How to solve the instability of large-scale grid connection of new energy power generation in the future and balance power supply and demand? Digitalization and intelligence will play an important role, and this will also be the cost of transformation of the power system in the future.”

As Lin Boqiang said, in order to promote the development of a new power system with new energy as the main body, digitalization and intelligence have become the consensus of the energy industry. Large energy companies have increased their efforts to promote the digital development of their companies, and many central energy enterprises have established digital subsidiaries to explore Industry digital industry development path.

Digitization becomes an industry consensus

The upstream and downstream of the industrial chain work together

  "The energy industry has gradually introduced information technology and intelligent systems into the production and operation process, improving labor productivity and reducing resource consumption and cost through digital transformation." Shao Junsong, co-founder of Jiangxing Intelligent, a provider of edge computing products and services for the Internet of Things, told reporters .

  Taking the operation of new energy installed equipment as an example, digital technology provides great convenience for operation and maintenance. In recent years, my country's new energy industry has developed rapidly. As the installed capacity continues to increase, the operating conditions are becoming increasingly complex. At present, many wind turbines are entering the stage of frequent failures, so it is urgent to establish an effective intelligent operation and maintenance system.

  Energy China told reporters that although wind power products are called "high-end equipment", in the actual operation and maintenance process, they still rely on manual maintenance and repair, and new energy power stations are located in remote areas, harsh environments, and lack of personnel. It has gradually emerged that in order to effectively improve the stability and reliability of wind turbines, in addition to strengthening the design of wind turbines, the most important thing is to achieve preventive maintenance and further improve the level of intelligent monitoring and detection systems, and the development and application of digital technology is to achieve intelligent The only way to operate.

  Shao Junsong believes that with the construction of a new power system with new energy as the main body, the power system is undergoing the biggest change in history, from the source-load-driven power system design at the beginning of the power system design to load-driven, source-grid-load-storage interaction . In order to adapt to this change, the informatization of the power system is moving from the first stage of simple data collection and aggregation to the second stage of big data analysis and utilization, that is, through information means, integrating and optimizing various distributed resources and smart energy service platforms, power Collaboration between trading platforms and scheduling systems.

  Beijing Energy International Holdings Co., Ltd. (“Beijing Energy International”) told reporters that digitalization is one of the important means to accelerate the construction of a clean, safe and reliable new power system. For example, the high-proportion access of new energy is an important feature of the new power system. It is necessary to rely on digital technologies such as "cloud, big, material, mobile and intelligent chain" to realize the deep integration of energy flow and information flow, and to accelerate the improvement of network-wide collaboration, data-driven, intelligent and flexible , The large-scale resource allocation capability of friendly grid connection, to meet the extensive access needs of new energy in the power system.

  In addition, industry insiders told reporters that whether it is traditional energy or new energy, the use of digital management can make the overall energy supply more convenient and make energy management more efficient. Through the innovation of digital and intelligent technical means, the comprehensive, observable, measurable and controllable high-quality and refined management of energy is realized.

  In fact, not only new energy power companies are undergoing digital transformation and development, but traditional thermal power and fossil energy companies are also actively promoting the digitalization process. For example, Jingneng Power told reporters that the company is currently actively promoting information coverage and in-depth digital transformation planning.

  CNOOC told reporters that the company has been actively promoting digital transformation, helping to reduce costs and increase efficiency and safety in production, and make full use of cloud computing, big data, artificial intelligence, 5G, Beidou and other digital technologies to empower, Process reengineering, reshaping modern, digital and intelligent new oilfields, and opening a new era of digital intelligence in offshore oilfields.

  "The construction of intelligent coal mines has become the main driving force for the high-quality development of the industry." Li Shoubin, vice chairman of Tianma Intelligent Control, a subsidiary of Tiandi Technology, told reporters that the current coal mining process in coal mines can achieve intelligent unmanned mining. In addition, "smart mine" is a wider range of digital applications.

  "The infrastructure construction of my country's energy industry is also accelerating its expansion into the new energy field, which makes it even more necessary to keep up with the pace of the country's digital transformation and contribute to the development of my country's digital economy, especially the use of digital technology to provide good services and guarantees. The new power system with new energy as the main body can achieve efficient and reliable operation under the strategic layout of a unified national power market, making contributions and playing an important role." Qi Haishen, President of Beijing Teyi Sunshine New Energy Technology Co., Ltd. reporter said.