On the hillside of Fenggu, rows of wind turbines stand tall, with huge blades rotating day and night in the wind; In the vast desert, a matrix of solar photovoltaic panels shines brightly in the sunlight; Coal mines and hydrogen powered heavy trucks shuttle back and forth loaded with coal ore... Xinjiang, rich in wind and solar energy resources, is a large-scale clean energy base specified in the national "14th Five Year Plan" outline. Since the beginning of this year, Xinjiang's new energy development has been rapid, with nearly 20 million kilowatts of new energy installed capacity added in the first three quarters, ranking among the top in the country in terms of new capacity. Who can borrow a clever pen to paint new greenery? The north and south of Tianshan Mountains have beautiful scenery. Currently, Xinjiang adheres to the leadership of technological innovation, promoting the vigorous development of the new energy industry and the clean, low-carbon, and efficient utilization of traditional energy. In the process of building a national energy and resource strategic guarantee base, Xinjiang is moving forward from "green" to "new" with great strides. A folk song from many years ago made Dabancheng a household name, with phrases like "Chasing the Wind and Day by Day," "Green Energy surging," "The stone roads in Dabancheng are hard and flat, and the watermelons are big and sweet. Nowadays, this small town in northwest China has once again earned the reputation of "China's Wind Valley". It is precisely because of the abundant scenic resources in Dabancheng that Huadian North Xinjiang Urumqi 1 million kilowatt scenic base has been built and put into operation here this year Shi Xiaoliang, Deputy General Manager of Xinjiang Huadian Weihuling New Energy Co., Ltd., introduced that the base is one of the first batch of "Shagehuang" large-scale wind and solar power base projects in China. After the project is put into operation, various technical and economic indicators have reached the leading level in China. Deserts, Gobi, and wastelands were once seen as natural disadvantages in Xinjiang for a long time, but modern technology has changed this perception. Nowadays, this has become an advantageous area for building scenic bases. As of the end of October this year, the installed capacity of new energy such as wind power and photovoltaics in Xinjiang has exceeded 84 million kilowatts, accounting for more than half of the total installed capacity of electricity in Xinjiang. The installed capacity of new energy in Xinjiang has ranked among the top in the country. Facing the development trend, Xinjiang's new energy industry is rapidly moving towards scale and intensification. At present, Xinjiang has built three new energy bases with a capacity of tens of millions of kilowatts, namely Hami, Zhundong, and the Tarim Basin in southern Xinjiang Zheng Ziwen, Deputy Director of the New Energy and Renewable Energy Department of the Development and Reform Commission of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, introduced that Xinjiang is also accelerating the construction of new energy bases with a capacity of tens of millions of kilowatts, such as Hami North and Ruoqiang. Energy development follows the trend day by day, and the new energy equipment manufacturing industry takes advantage of the situation. Feeding, heating, and pulling... In the production workshop of Hami Qingdian Silicon Industry, the first efficient N-type large-size monocrystalline silicon project in Xinjiang, the polycrystalline silicon material undergoes multiple processes in a high-temperature monocrystalline furnace at over 1400 degrees Celsius, and finally becomes a single crystal silicon rod that is 3.8 meters long and weighs about 400 kilograms. Qin Xiandong, Senior Manager of Qingdian Silicon Technology R&D Department, introduced that the project was fully completed and put into production in June this year, and the products will mainly be used in the photovoltaic manufacturing industry. The predicted resource of raw material quartzite in Hami City is 34.35 million tons, and the development prospects of silicon-based industry are broad Dou Rencai, Deputy Director of the Industry and Information Technology Bureau of Hami City, stated that the advantages of regional resources and policies will be fully utilized to promote the integrated development of new material industries such as silicon photovoltaics and the consumption of new energy and green electricity. Photovoltaic modules, fans, blades, towers... Xinjiang's new energy equipment manufacturing industry continues to enrich its product categories and accelerate the improvement of its industrial chain. According to data from the Department of Industry and Information Technology of the Autonomous Region, in the first 10 months of this year, the production of major products in the silicon photovoltaic industry chain in Xinjiang grew rapidly. The production of industrial silicon, polycrystalline silicon, and monocrystalline silicon increased by 40%, 21.2%, and 27% year-on-year, respectively; The market demand for the energy equipment industry chain is strong, and the production of products such as wind turbines and transformers has increased by 30.2% and 15.4% year-on-year, respectively. On the vast land of Xinjiang, white windmill "forests" and rows of connected blue photovoltaic "oceans" are becoming common scenery. The strong wind of "hydrogen" is blowing, and many people are unaware of the development of "energy storage". Hydrogen energy also has its own "colors". Compared to grey hydrogen produced from fossil fuels, hydrogen obtained from electrolysis of water using renewable energy is called green hydrogen. Due to its almost zero carbon emissions throughout its entire lifecycle, it has become an ideal application form of hydrogen energy. Located at the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountains in Kuche City, about 900 football field sized photovoltaic power plants are delivering electricity to the plant area of the Sinopec Xinjiang Kuche Green Hydrogen Demonstration Project for the production of hydrogen gas. These green hydrogen are transported through pipelines to Sinopec Tahe Refining and Chemical Company, 6 kilometers away, to replace the gray hydrogen used in the refining process. We have an annual green hydrogen production capacity of 20000 tons, reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 485000 tons, equivalent to planting 300000 trees, "said Fan Linsong, Executive Director of Sinopec Xinxing Xinjiang Green Hydrogen New Energy Co., Ltd. The hydrogen energy industry is a strategic emerging industry and a key development direction for future industries. Since 2023, the autonomous region has successively introduced a series of policies and measures to support the development of the hydrogen energy industry. Urumqi, Karamay, Hami, and Ili Kazak Autonomous Prefecture have also been listed as the first batch of hydrogen energy industry demonstration areas, so as to put the industrial development on a fast track. In May of this year, the first hydrogen fuel bus manufactured by Xinjiang Zhongtong Bus Co., Ltd. was officially launched in Urumqi; Hami City has built 2 integrated hydrogen production and refueling stations, with 35 hydrogen fuel heavy-duty trucks and 7 hydrogen fuel buses put into operation; Yining City produced high-purity hydrogen gas in March this year, and the first batch of 10 hydrogen fuel heavy-duty trucks have been tested on the road... Currently, the hydrogen energy industry chain in Xinjiang has completed 6 projects with a total investment of 1.9 billion yuan, and hydrogen energy application scenarios have covered chemical, transportation and other fields. With the rapid growth of new energy generation capacity, the demand for regulating resources such as new energy storage in the power system has increased accordingly. Taking advantage of the situation, Xinjiang is accelerating the layout of new energy storage projects. In the command center of the Goldwind Tianrun Dabancheng Refined Energy Storage Second Power Station, key production data can be easily seen on the large screen of the intelligent data management platform. The person in charge, Sun Yijiang, introduced that since the commercial operation of the energy storage power station more than a year ago, 14 energy storage battery compartments have been put into use. By participating in the peak shaving and frequency regulation of the Xinjiang power grid, the level of new energy consumption has been effectively improved. Since the beginning of this year, multiple projects have started construction in Xinjiang: the largest single unit new energy storage project in Barkol Kazakh Autonomous County has started construction, the first new energy storage lithium battery cell project in Xinjiang has been launched in Urumqi, and the construction of a carbon dioxide energy storage power station in Mulei Kazakh Autonomous County has broken ground... As of the end of October this year, the cumulative installed capacity of energy storage in Xinjiang's power grid has reached 6.979 million kilowatts/23.44 million kilowatt hours, ranking among the top in the country in terms of scale, and the construction of new energy storage is progressing rapidly and steadily. Low carbon and clean benefits people's livelihoods, seeking change towards "new" and unlimited "scenery". Clean, low-carbon, safe, and efficient new energy has solidified the "green foundation" for the development of Xinjiang, demonstrating broad application prospects. About 7 milliseconds! In just the blink of an eye, Zhengzhou can use electricity from Xinjiang Xun Chuanbao, the station manager of Tianshan Converter Station in Yizhou District, Hami City, introduced that the Hami South Zhengzhou Ultra High Voltage Direct Current Project is the first ultra-high voltage project of Xinjiang Electric Power's external transmission, with a transmission capacity of up to 8 million kilowatts and a proportion of clean energy transmission exceeding 40%. Since the implementation of the Xinjiang Electricity Transmission Project in 2010, the amount of electricity transmitted from Xinjiang has exceeded 800 billion kilowatt hours, covering 20 provinces. Among them, the proportion of new energy electricity transmission is nearly 30%, which is equivalent to reducing the combustion of standard coal by 69.57 million tons and reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 188 million tons. The strong momentum of new energy development and utilization empowers the green transformation of traditional energy bases. As the largest ultra deep oil and gas production base in China and one of the main gas sources for the West East Gas Pipeline, PetroChina Tarim Oilfield is promoting the construction of a new energy system, continuously improving energy utilization efficiency and the proportion of clean energy. In the first 10 months of this year, the photovoltaic project in Tarim Oilfield generated over 1.1 billion kilowatt hours of electricity. Since 2023, the oilfield has successively built four centralized photovoltaic power stations with a total installed capacity of 1.3 million kilowatts in Bayingolin Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture and Kashgar Lei Ting, Executive Director of Tarim Oilfield's New Energy Division, stated that an increasing number of production sites are using photovoltaic power to replace traditional electricity for oil and gas recovery. The oilfield is gradually building a new energy supply pattern of "oil, gas, wind, solar and thermal" multi energy complementarity. Xinjiang, known as the "Three Mountains sandwiching Two Basins" region, boasts mountains of gold and copper, basins of oil and coal, and abundant scenery everywhere. Its rich "family background" is transforming into a powerful support for improving the living standards of all ethnic groups in Xinjiang. The Hotan region on the southern edge of the Taklamakan Desert is plagued by sandstorms, and locals describe it as' two liang of soil a day, not enough to eat during the day, and needing to replenish at night '. With the development of the photovoltaic industry, the "photovoltaic+agriculture" desertification control project is bringing both ecological and economic benefits to local residents. In Luopu County, Hotan Prefecture, modern large-scale machinery is building "green barriers" on the edge of the desert. The height of the photovoltaic panel is about 4.5 meters, with a tilt angle of 33 degrees. At the beginning of the project design, space was reserved for agricultural planting, "said Xie Xiong, deputy project manager of China Electric Power Construction Group Zhongnan Survey and Design Institute Co., Ltd." Next spring, a large amount of alfalfa will be planted in the sandy land under the photovoltaic power station, achieving a combination of power generation, agricultural income increase, and sand control. "From wind turbine manufacturing to photovoltaic product production, from wind and solar base construction to hydrogen energy layout, Xinjiang's good" wind and solar "not only drives the vigorous development of the industry, but also creates more employment opportunities, allowing ordinary people to" fill their pockets "at their doorstep. In the production workshop of Xinjiang Dongfang Wind Power New Energy Co., Ltd. located in Mulei Kazakh Autonomous County, workers are busy producing wind turbine blades and main engines. My monthly salary is around 7000 yuan, and I work close to home, "said Kamireddin, a returning college student from Bostan Village in Bostan Township who works in a company. Since its launch, the enterprise has not only injected new vitality into the local economy, but also provided over 600 job opportunities for the local area. At present, the new energy enterprises in Mulei Kazakh Autonomous County alone have employed more than 2000 local laborers. Economic development, ecological improvement, and improvement of people's livelihoods... On the path of pursuing "novelty" and "greenness", the story of Xinjiang's "scenery" continues to be written brilliantly. (New Society)