On December 17, the people's Government of Guangdong Province issued the implementation opinions on accelerating the establishment and improvement of a green and low-carbon circular development economic system (hereinafter referred to as the opinions), which proposed that by 2035, carbon emissions will decline steadily after reaching the peak, and take the lead in building a green and low-carbon circular development economic system. This is the first specific measure issued by Guangdong under the background of carbon peak and carbon neutralization. It is of great significance for promoting green and low-carbon circular development in the new development stage, promoting the comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development, and ensuring that Guangdong is out of the "Guangdong path" to achieve the goal of carbon peak and carbon neutralization. Prior to this, China issued the opinions on completely, accurately and comprehensively implementing the new development concept and doing a good job in carbon peaking and carbon neutralization and the action plan for carbon peaking before 2030, which will gradually form a "1 + n" policy system for carbon peaking and carbon neutralization, and clarify the timetable, road map and construction drawing. What is the significance of carbon neutralization at the carbon peak? How will Guangdong answer this test paper? Curb global warming The goal of "double carbon" reflects the responsibility of big countries *** How to deal with climate change and promote world economic recovery is an issue of the times we are facing. China expects all parties to strengthen action, join hands to meet the challenge of climate change and work together to protect the common earth home of mankind. Starting from Watt's improved steam engine in the 18th century, it promoted the all-round outbreak of the industrial revolution. For more than 200 years, mankind enjoyed the economic prosperity brought by industrialization. But at the same time, with the massive consumption of coal and petrochemical energy and human activities, the greenhouse effect brought by the massive growth of carbon emissions has made the earth's climate and ecosystem increasingly vulnerable: global warming, rising sea level and frequent extreme weather. The habitable nature of the earth is being changed, which urges countries to sit at a conference table. "No objection?!" On December 12, 2015, Fabius, President of the Paris climate change conference and former Minister of foreign affairs of France, knocked down the green mallet, and nearly 200 parties reached the Paris Agreement, promising to control the global warming within 2 ℃. However, the "climate change 2021: Fundamentals of natural science" released by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on climate change (IPCC) in August this year shows that the commitments made in the Paris Agreement are not enough to control the global warming within 2 ℃. As a responsible big country, China announced to the world that it would strive to achieve carbon peak by 2030 and carbon neutralization by 2060, and released the top-level design scheme of two stages of carbon peak and carbon neutralization. "The 'double carbon' goal is a major strategic decision made by China based on the internal requirements of promoting the responsibility of building a community with a shared future for mankind and realizing sustainable development. It shows China's new efforts and contributions to dealing with global climate change." Gao Shiji, director and researcher of the Institute of resources and environmental policy of the development research center of the State Council, said. However, the existing energy structure and other factors determine that China has a long way to achieve the "double carbon" goal. Du Xiangwan, academician of the Chinese Academy of engineering, said bluntly: "the industry is biased towards coal, the energy is biased towards coal, and the efficiency is low. Our path dependence on high-carbon development is still relatively large." To this end, China is accelerating the construction of a green and low-carbon circular economic system, continuously promoting the adjustment of industrial structure, Resolutely Curbing the blind development of high energy consumption and high emission projects, accelerating the green and low-carbon transformation of energy, and vigorously developing renewable energy. Challenges and opportunities coexist in the socio-economic "low-carbon" transformation Carbon emissions widely exist in all aspects of energy, industry, transportation and socio-economic life. To achieve the "double carbon" goal means that the development model should be transformed to low energy consumption, low emission and low pollution. This is a particularly arduous task for China, which is undergoing transformation and development. In March this year, the report released by the global energy Internet development cooperation organization showed that before 2030, China's energy demand is expected to grow by an average annual rate of 2%. In addition, due to the high proportion of high energy consuming industries and the large cumulative scale of high-carbon energy assets, "we should not only control emissions, but also maintain steady growth, which brings great challenges to carbon peak." "We have established a large-scale global industry for drilling, mining, processing and transportation of fossil fuels, and maintain its low price by using continuously developed innovations. Its price does not reflect the harm it causes." American entrepreneur Bill Gates said in his book climate economy and the future of mankind. To change all this, we need not only the huge economic cost, but also the comprehensive reconstruction of the global industrial system. On the other hand, it also means that this transformation contains huge investment opportunities and historical opportunities for a new round of technological change represented by new energy. "Carbon peak and carbon neutralization means entering a new stage, which is not in conflict with economic development. Low carbon can not only develop, but also be a new type of development. It will bring not only an energy revolution, but also a new round of industrial reform. It should be understood from the perspective of new development concept." Du Xiangwan said. In today's world, technological breakthroughs in any new energy field such as offshore wind power, photovoltaic, hydrogen energy, energy storage and new energy vehicles will create new growth points and new demand. "A new round of industrial reform and scientific and technological revolution are becoming the driving force of the new era." Zhao Baiji, chairman of PWC Asia Pacific and China, said. The comparative study of the two major global crises makes a clear statement: "only countries and enterprises that take the lead in realizing structural adjustment and technological leap will win the development opportunity and initiative in the new round of technology long cycle." At present, new energy has become a "wrestling field" of global politics and economy. Zhu Yuqiang, President of energy and green finance division of Ping An Bank, believes that the "leading" economy in the global new energy competition will stand proudly among the nations in the world. "The setting and promotion of the 'double carbon' goal has brought great pressure to enterprises, especially high energy consuming enterprises, but it also provides broader development prospects." Liu maoshu, vice president of Honeywell characteristic materials and technology group and general manager of Asia Pacific region, said. The relevant person in charge of Guangdong Provincial Development and Reform Commission said that our province should actively explore the realization path of carbon peak and carbon neutralization in line with the actual situation of Guangdong, build a clean, low-carbon, safe and efficient energy system, strengthen the tackling of green and low-carbon core technologies, prepare the implementation plan of carbon peak in our province with high quality, and promote economic and social development on the basis of efficient utilization of resources and green and low-carbon development. Walk out of the green development road with Guangdong's advantages The innovation of energy and technology has created the best opportunity for China on the road of rejuvenation to "overtake on the curve". China's installed capacity of wind power and solar power is facing explosive growth - according to the data released by the national energy administration a few days ago, China's grid connected installed capacity of wind power has exceeded 300 million KW, double that at the end of 2016, 1.4 times that of the EU and 2.6 times that of the United States at the end of 2020, and has ranked first in the world for 12 consecutive years. Guangdong new energy is also moving towards a new stage of large-scale development and high-quality leap forward development. In the Shaba sea area of Yangjiang River, Guangdong's offshore wind power development has taken the lead in achieving a breakthrough from offshore shallow water area to offshore deep water area - which is the epitome of the continuous acceleration of Guangdong's new energy construction projects. Last year alone, the operating revenue of Guangdong's new energy industry was about 430 billion yuan. "The proportion of non-aqueous renewable energy in the energy supply structure of Guangdong Province is still very low. We should speed up the development and scale of offshore wind power, photovoltaic power generation, biomass utilization and other renewable energy, and attach great importance to the R & D and application of energy storage and power grid technology required after the increase of the proportion of renewable energy." Zhao daiqing, director of the strategic research center of Guangzhou Institute of energy, Chinese Academy of Sciences, pointed out that Guangdong should also improve its scientific and technological innovation ability, take carbon emission reduction, carbon neutralization and related technological innovation as an important part of scientific and technological innovation and development, strengthen the R & D, promotion and application of low-carbon technologies, and support the transformation of our province's energy system to a low-carbon, clean, efficient, safe and intelligent direction, So as to support the green circular development of social economy in our province. "To promote the comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development, we need to change the production mode and consumption mode of mass production, mass consumption and mass emission, coordinate and promote high-quality economic and social development and high-level protection of the ecological environment, so as to make green a distinctive background of high-quality development. By establishing and improving the economic system of green and low-carbon circular development, we need to promote the industrial structure and energy structure The adjustment and optimization of transportation structure, land use structure and residents' lifestyle will continue to inject power and vitality into high-quality economic development. " Guangdong Provincial Development and Reform Commission official said. "From a national perspective, the Dawan District of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao has a relatively high level of economic development. Guangdong is in a leading position in the fields of electronic information and new energy vehicles. For Dawan District, opportunities outweigh challenges. For example, the construction of an International Low-carbon City in Shenzhen is constantly exploring and accumulating good development experience." Chen Ying, deputy director of the sustainable development research center of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, pointed out that in the "double carbon" goal, Guangdong should set high standards for itself, unswervingly promote industrial transformation and upgrading, continuously develop the industry towards the medium and high-end, give full play to its advantages in green technology and green finance, and avoid the blind expansion of low-end production capacity. Sample observation: "double carbon" cutting-edge technology quietly layout In Haifeng power plant in Shanwei, Guangdong Province, the first carbon capture test platform project in Guangdong Province has long been laid out here. Under the background of carbon peak and carbon neutralization, CCUs is very hot. What is CCUs? Carbon capture utilization and storage (CCUs) refers to the separation of carbon dioxide produced by industry and related energy industries through carbon capture technology. It is an important emission reduction technology for human beings to deal with climate change. Hu liming, operation director of Guangdong run Carbon Technology Co., Ltd., introduced that the carbon capture test platform project of Guangdong Province is built on unit 1 of China Resources Haifeng power plant. It is composed of flue gas pretreatment system, amine absorption and membrane separation carbon capture system, compression purification system, supporting electrical, thermal control and other public systems. It is the first in Asia The world's third multi-threaded international carbon capture test platform for coal-fired power plants, and the first carbon capture and utilization demonstration project of coal-fired power plants in South China. The project can capture up to 20000 tons of carbon dioxide from the flue gas of the power plant every year. The purified liquid carbon dioxide with a purity of 99.98% can meet the needs of industrial utilization. It will also be used in the safety and leakage monitoring research project of carbon dioxide offshore storage in the future. "As a large-scale greenhouse gas emission reduction technology, CCUs will become one of the indispensable key technologies to achieve the goal of carbon neutralization in China." Yang Hui, deputy director of the maintenance and environmental protection department of China energy construction Guangdong Institute and Deputy Secretary General of China UK CCUs center, said. In fact, whether it is CCUs project, energy storage demonstration power station, comprehensive energy demonstration and utilization project, hydrogen energy utilization... These cutting-edge technology projects serving carbon peak and carbon neutralization have actually blossomed everywhere. Although many of them are still in the stage of small-scale application, it is believed that under the strong demand brought by "double carbon", they will also usher in rapid development