The carbon peaking action plan by 2030 is released. These contents are related to the petrochemical and chemical industry!

Recently, the State Council issued the "Carbon Peaking Action Plan by 2030". The plan proposes that carbon peaking runs through the entire process and all aspects of economic and social development, and focuses on the implementation of the "ten carbon peaking actions."

The "Top Ten Actions for Carbon Peaking" include energy green and low-carbon transformation actions, energy saving and carbon reduction and efficiency enhancement actions, industrial carbon peaking actions, urban and rural construction carbon peaking actions, transportation green and low-carbon actions, and circular economy boosting carbon reduction actions , Green and low-carbon technological innovation action, carbon sink capacity consolidation and enhancement action, green and low-carbon national action, and orderly carbon peaking actions in various regions.

The petrochemical and chemical industries are one of the major carbon emission industries in China. What are the contents of the "Top Ten Actions for Carbon Peaking" involving the petrochemical and chemical industries?

Promote the peak of carbon in the petrochemical and chemical industry

Optimize the scale and layout of production capacity, increase the elimination of backward production capacity, and effectively resolve the contradiction of structural surplus.

Strict access to projects, rationally arrange construction schedules, strictly control new oil refining and traditional coal chemical production capacity, and develop modern coal chemical industries in a steady and orderly manner.

Guide enterprises to change their energy use methods and encourage the substitution of electricity and natural gas for coal.

Adjust the raw material structure, control the use of coal for new raw materials, expand the source of imports of hydrogen-rich raw materials, and promote the lightening of petrochemical and chemical raw materials.

Optimize the product structure, promote the coordinated development of petrochemical and coal mining, metallurgy, building materials, chemical fiber and other industries, and strengthen the efficient use of by-product gases such as dry gas and liquefied gas in refineries.

Encourage enterprises to energy-saving upgrading and transformation, and promote energy cascade utilization and material recycling.

By 2025, the domestic crude oil processing capacity will be controlled within 1 billion tons, and the capacity utilization rate of major products will be increased to over 80%.

Resolutely curb the blind development of the "two highs" project

Take strong measures to implement inventory management, classified disposal, and dynamic monitoring of the "two highs" projects.

Comprehensively investigate the projects under construction, and if the energy efficiency level is lower than the entry value of the energy consumption limit of the industry, stop work for rectification in accordance with the relevant regulations, and promote the energy efficiency level should be raised as much as possible, and strive to fully reach the domestic and international advanced level.

Scientifically evaluate the proposed projects, and reduce theproduction capacity in accordance with the principle of "reduction and substitution" for industries with saturated production capacity; for industries that have not yet saturated production capacity, in accordance with the requirements of national layout and approval and filing, increase the entry barrier to the international advanced level; For emerging industries with large energy consumption, support and guide enterprises to apply green and low-carbon technologies to improve energy efficiency.

Deepen the potential of existing projects, accelerate the elimination of outdated production capacity, and tap the potential for energy conservation and emission reduction through transformation and upgrading.

Strengthen normalized supervision and resolutely win the “two highs” projects that do not meet the requirements.

Promote green and low-carbon development in the industrial sector

Optimize the industrial structure, accelerate the withdrawal of backward production capacity, vigorously develop strategic emerging industries, and accelerate the green and low-carbon transformation of traditional industries.

Promote low-carbon industrial energy consumption, promote clean and efficient use of fossil energy, increase the proportion of renewable energy applications, strengthen power demand-side management, and improve the level of industrial electrification.

Deeply implement green manufacturing projects, vigorously promote green design, improve the green manufacturing system, and build green factories and green industrial parks.

Promote the integrated development of digital, intelligent, and green in the industrial field, and strengthen technological transformation in key industries and fields.

In terms of promoting coal consumption substitution and transformation and upgrading, the plan calls for speeding up the pace of coal reduction, strictly and rationally controlling the growth of coal consumption during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, and gradually reducing it during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period. Promote the reduction of coal in key coal-using industries. Vigorously promote the clean utilization of coal.

Reasonable regulation of oil and gas consumption

Keep oil consumption in a reasonable range, gradually adjust the scale of gasoline consumption, vigorously promote the replacement of traditional fuels such as advanced bio-liquid fuels and sustainable aviation fuels, and improve the energy efficiency of terminal fuel products.

Accelerate the large-scale development of unconventional oil and gas resources such as shale gas, coalbed methane, and tight oil (gas).

Guide natural gas consumption in an orderly manner, optimize the utilization structure, give priority to the protection of residential gas, vigorously promote the integrated development of natural gas and multiple energy sources, build natural gas peak-shaving power stations in accordance with local conditions, and rationally guide industrial gas and chemical raw material gas use.

Support vehicles and ships to use liquefied natural gas as fuel.

Implement key energy saving and carbon reduction projects

Focus on parks with high concentration of high-energy-consumption and high-emission projects, promote energy system optimization and cascade utilization, and create a group of energy-saving and low-carbon parks that reach the international advanced level.

Implement energy-saving and carbon-reduction projects in key industries, and promote energy-saving and carbon-reduction transformations in the power, steel, non-ferrous metals, building materials, petrochemical and chemical industries, and improve the efficiency of energy resource utilization.

Implement major energy-saving and carbon-reduction technology demonstration projects, and support the industrialization demonstration and application of key green and low-carbon technologies that have achieved breakthroughs.

Promote the circular development of industrial parks

Aiming to improve the resource output rate and recycling utilization rate as the goal, optimize the space layout of the park and carry out the recycling transformation of the park.

Promote circular production and industrial circular combination of enterprises in the park, organize enterprises to implement clean production transformation, promote comprehensive utilization of waste, energy cascade utilization, and recycling of water resources, promote industrial waste heat and waste heat, waste gas, waste liquid and waste residue resource utilization, and actively promote centralized Air supply and heat supply.

Build a sharing platform for infrastructure and public services, and strengthen the management of material flow in the park.

By 2030, all key industrial parks at or above the provincial level will be recyclable.

Green and Low-Carbon Technology Innovation Action

Implement a batch of forward-looking and strategic national major cutting-edge science and technology projects, and promote breakthroughs in the research and development of low-carbon, zero-carbon and carbon-negative technology and equipment.

Focus on the green and intelligent development of fossil energy and clean and low-carbon utilization, large-scale utilization of renewable energy, new power systems, energy saving, hydrogen energy, energy storage, power batteries, carbon dioxide capture, utilization and storage, etc., and deepen basic research on applications.

Concentrate on developing low-cost renewable energy hydrogen production, low-cost carbon dioxide capture, utilization and storage, and other technological innovations, accelerate the development of basic materials such as carbon fiber and aerogel, and complement the shortcomings of key parts, components, and software.

Promote advanced and mature green and low-carbon technologies and carry out demonstration applications.

Build a full-process, integrated, and large-scale carbon dioxide capture, utilization and storage demonstration project.

Speed up the research and development and demonstration application of hydrogen energy technology, and explore large-scale applications in industry, transportation, construction and other fields.

The plan emphasizes that scientifically and reasonably determine the orderly peak goal. Regions where carbon emissions have basically stabilized should consolidate the results of emission reductions, and further reduce carbon emissions on the basis of taking the lead in achieving carbon peaks. Regions with a lighter industrial structure and a better energy structure must adhere to green and low-carbon development, resolutely refrain from relying on the “two highs” projects to stimulate economic growth, and strive to be the first to achieve carbon peaks. Regions with a heavy industrial structure and coal-based energy structure and resource-based regions should put energy conservation and carbon reduction in a prominent position, vigorously optimize and adjust the industrial structure and energy structure, and gradually realize the decoupling of carbon emission growth from economic growth, and strive to achieve carbon emissions simultaneously with the country. 

The plan also emphasizes that we must adhere to a national game of chess, not to rush to run, scientifically formulate a carbon peaking action plan in the region, and propose realistic and feasible timetables, road maps, and construction drawings for carbon peaking, and avoid “one size fits all” restrictions on electricity or production. Sports "Carbon Reduction".

The plan focuses on the two key periods of carbon peaks during the 14th Five-Year Plan and the 15th Five-Year Plan, and puts forward the main goals in terms of increasing the proportion of non-fossil energy consumption, improving energy efficiency, and reducing carbon dioxide emissions. By 2025, the proportion of non-fossil energy consumption will reach about 20%, energy consumption per unit of GDP will be reduced by 13.5% compared to 2020, and carbon dioxide emissions per unit of GDP will be reduced by 18% compared with 2020, laying a solid foundation for achieving carbon peaks . By 2030, the proportion of non-fossil energy consumption will reach about 25%, and carbon dioxide emissions per unit of GDP will be reduced by more than 65% compared with 2005, and the goal of peaking carbon before 2030 will be successfully achieved.