Recently, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology released the key points for industrial energy conservation and comprehensive utilization in 2012, setting a target of 5% for industrial energy conservation in 2012, which is an increase from the 4% target in 2011.

The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology emphasized that the next step is to strengthen the organization and implementation of special plans for industrial energy conservation, and organically combine the goals and key tasks proposed in the plans with daily work, formulate practical and feasible implementation plans and action plans, and implement the planning goals and tasks.

Previously, in 2011, the added value energy consumption of industrial units above designated size in China decreased by 3.49%, failing to achieve the internal target of 4% set by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. In 2011, the national energy consumption per unit of GDP only decreased by 2.01%, which did not reach the target of a 3.5% reduction.

Yang Fuqiang, Senior Advisor on Energy, Environment, and Climate Change at the Natural Resources Defense Council in the United States, told reporters that based on a 5% annual reduction in energy consumption per unit of industrial added value, the cumulative decrease over five years should be at a level of 22% -23%, which is higher than the level of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology; Twelfth Five Year Plan; The 5-year industrial energy-saving target of 21% has been raised.

This is also necessary because last year's energy-saving targets were not achieved, which will inevitably lead to increased efforts in the coming years.

Industrial energy-saving target raised to 5%

According to the 2012 Industrial Energy Conservation Work Points released on March 29th, greater efforts should be made to promote industrial energy conservation and emission reduction in 2012, striving to achieve a reduction of 5% or more in energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions per unit of industrial added value. The reporter learned that the above goals are larger than the tasks in 2011.

Previously, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology; Twelfth Five Year Plan; The industrial energy conservation plan proposes that by 2015, the energy consumption of industrial added value above designated size will decrease by about 21% compared to 2010; Twelfth Five Year Plan; During this period, it is expected to achieve energy savings of 670 million tons of standard coal. It was once rumored in 2011; Twelfth Five Year Plan; The statement states that industrial energy savings of 18% over a period of 5 years and a single annual energy savings of 4%.

Yang Fuqiang pointed out that a single annual industrial energy saving of 4% and a 5-year industrial energy saving of 18% are not enough to support the goal of a 16% reduction in energy consumption per unit of GDP in 5 years. The reason is that industrial energy consumption currently accounts for over 70% of total energy consumption, so it is necessary to achieve a 5-year energy-saving target of over 20% in order to ensure the completion of energy consumption per unit of GDP.

In 2012, the industrial energy efficiency target was 5%. If this is the case in 5 years, the cumulative industrial energy efficiency target can be achieved at 22% -23%, which can help achieve the goal of reducing energy consumption per unit of GDP by 16% in 5 years& ldquo; The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has increased its capacity to save costs, which can avoid; Eleventh Five Year Plan; During the later period, there was an excessive pressure to save energy& rdquo; He said.

Minister of Industry and Information Technology Miao Wei recently emphasized that industry is a key area for energy conservation and emission reduction work. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has fully recognized the importance and urgency of industrial energy conservation and emission reduction for the overall economic development. Therefore, this year's plan is to; Twelfth Five Year Plan; Energy consumption targets should be broken down into each year as soon as possible, striving to achieve them ahead of schedule to avoid the situation of tight emission reduction targets in the later stage.

Structural energy conservation is a difficult point

The key points of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology's 2012 industrial energy conservation and comprehensive utilization work emphasized the need to further increase the elimination of outdated production capacity and limit the blind expansion of high energy consuming industries in 2012. To this end, accelerate the elimination of outdated production capacity and restrict the blind expansion of high energy consuming industries.

Therefore, this year we need to strengthen our efforts to; Two Highs; We will strictly review and approve new projects in industries with overcapacity, strictly control the construction of high energy consuming projects and the blind development of overcapacity industries, and resolutely curb the rapid growth of energy consumption in high energy consuming industries such as steel, non-ferrous metals, petrochemicals, chemicals, and building materials.

At present, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has determined energy-saving indicators for different industries. By 2015, the energy consumption per unit of industrial added value in key industries such as steel, non-ferrous metals, petrochemicals, chemicals, building materials, machinery, light industry, textiles, and electronic information should decrease by 18%, 18%, 18%, 20%, 20%, 22%, 20%, 20%, and 18% respectively compared to 2010. It is reported that the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology is communicating with local governments through relevant associations to distribute energy-saving indicators to various enterprises to ensure the completion of energy-saving tasks.

Shang Fushan, Executive Vice President of the China Metallurgical Industry Association, told reporters that the association has completed energy efficiency benchmarking and compliance work, which can serve as a basis for energy-saving transformation and assessment of metallurgical industry enterprises. The next energy-saving indicators need to be distributed to key enterprises as soon as possible in order to increase the intensity of energy-saving technology transformation& ldquo; However, currently energy-saving technological upgrades are slightly easier, while structural energy-saving is more difficult& rdquo;

Structural energy conservation refers to the energy savings achieved through adjusting industrial structure, industry structure, product structure, enterprise structure, regional structure, trade structure, energy structure, etc. At present, some large enterprises have energy-saving technologies that are close to those of developed countries, such as large steel enterprises, which may only have a distance of 10% -20% from developed countries.

Lange Steel analyst Wang Guoqing believes that the core issue is the need to address the expansion of many small businesses. For example, steel companies eliminate outdated production capacity every year, but by 2011, the final steel production capacity had expanded to over 800 million tons. The main reason is that many small businesses find it difficult to curb their capacity expansion.

According to the requirements of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, this year we will increase the energy efficiency evaluation and review of industrial investment projects, and improve the energy efficiency level of new projects. For enterprises that fail to eliminate outdated production capacity within the prescribed time limit, new investment projects will not be approved or approved, and special funds for technological transformation will not be arranged. Accelerate the establishment of long-term mechanisms such as the combination of large-scale and small-scale production, equal or reduced substitution, and promote the use of market means to eliminate outdated production capacity.

Yang Fuqiang pointed out that the economic decline in coastal areas is relatively fast, which is conducive to achieving the goal, but the economic growth rate should not be too low& ldquo; Because the industrial shutdown area is too large, the unit output value level will not be very low& rdquo; He said.