• Analysis and recommendations for energy conservation and carbon emission reduction in industry boosted by digital energy management systems

    Subjects: Statistics >> Social Statistics submitted time 2024-03-27 Cooperative journals: 《中国科学院院刊》

    Abstract: Energy consumption during production processes in the industry is a main source of carbon dioxide emissions. Therefore, for China’s dual-carbon goals, industrial enterprises need to focus on reducing energy waste to achieve energy-efficient production, thereby effectively reducing carbon emissions in industrial production. In recent years, with the continuous development and popularization of digital technology, digital energy management systems have played a crucial role in energy saving by visualizing invisible energy in the industry. In this context, this study first analyses the current status of digital energy management system applications in the UK, the US, Germany, and Sweden, summarizes their characteristics and conditions, and compares the differences between China’s energy management system development and other countries’. Furthermore, this study explores the challenges faced by the government, technology, and enterprises in promoting the deployment of energy management systems in Chinese industrial enterprises. Next, the study proposes to analyse energy consumption from the perspective of product rather than factory, production lines, or machines. The concept of “unit product energy consumption label based on production steps” is defined, and a methodological framework for digital energy consumption data analysis based on this label is constructed. This study further discusses the roles of the major stakeholders, including governments, enterprises, digital energy management system technology providers, certification bodies, etc., in achieving standardization and unified analysis of energy consumption labels and puts forward suggestions for the government to develop digital energy management systems in the industry to reduce carbon emissions. The suggestions include: continuing to promote the construction of energy management systems in enterprises; continuously supporting the cooperative development among various stakeholders; gradually determining energy consumption benchmarks by product and production steps; and actively leading enterprises to benchmark industry best practices.

  • 新型能源体系建设的背景形势、策略建议和未来展望

    Subjects: Energy Science >> Energy Science (General) submitted time 2023-08-23 Cooperative journals: 《中国科学院院刊》

    Abstract: “We will speed up the planning and development of a system for new energy sources” is a new formulation and new judgment of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, which points out a new development direction for China’s energy industry and has important strategic significance. Standing at a new starting point, how to accurately understand the core essence of the new energy system, what key construction tasks the new energy system contains, what key points standing at a new starting point, following issues, i.e., how to accurately understand the core essence of the new energy system, what key construction tasks the new energy system contains, what key points should seek breakthroughs, and what important relationships need to be revealed and taken into account, are sorted out and analyzed based on the current background situation in China’s energy field, and countermeasures and suggestions are put forward, so as to provide decision-making reference for China to accelerate the planning and construction of a new energy system.