Why is it so difficult to develop the carbon emission ratio of renewable energy but not decrease but increase?

Think about it, the country has worked so hard to develop renewable energy in recent years and has achieved very good results. So much green zero-carbon electricity is sent to the grid, how can the carbon emission coefficient of electricity not decrease but increase? (Photo source/Editorial Department of Xin Media)

Some time ago, there was news that “in 2021, my country’s electricity carbon emission ratio will increase instead of decrease”, and then blame the ineffective energy transformation, which will drag the progress of carbon neutrality of the country. This news effect continues to brew in the business world, because recently large, medium and small enterprises are doing carbon inventory, learning about carbon inventory, and evaluating carbon inventory. After multiplying the amount of electricity by the carbon emission coefficient of electricity, after calculating a large amount of emissions, they protested with placards.

“It costs the company money to reduce carbon emissions. I have not decided to burn coal. Why should the company support Taipower’s carbon emissions? The company must be carbon neutral, but the carbon emission ratio of the electricity has increased instead of decreased, and green energy has been stolen from some big companies. Come on, isn’t this government forcing people to riot? If you don’t know how to reduce the carbon emission coefficient of electricity, the government should restart nuclear power!

Why is it so difficult to develop renewable energy, but the carbon footprint of electricity has not decreased but increased?

In fact, the carbon emission ratio of electricity is (power generation industry and self-use power generation equipment installers wholesale electricity carbon emissions of electricity sold by public electricity sellers – electricity carbon emissions incurred by line losses) / total electricity sales of public electricity retailers, which is taken from Taipower Calculated with first-class carbon inventory figures of other power generation organizations, the companies do not participate in the decision-making process of energy generation, but have to pay for their carbon emissions and spend money on carbon reductions. It’s really innocent.

But when this word reached Taipower’s ears, Taipower also felt very innocent. The reason Taipower exists is to serve the whole people, just like a professional manager is entrusted to run the company, the whole group of people “bought” a group of professional electrical engineers and entrusted them with the production of electricity. The electricity produced is used by you, and the above formula shows that the electricity lost in the process of power transmission will not be counted in the carbon emission ratio of electricity, so how much electricity you use, of course, should be negative for the corresponding Carbon Responsibility, How Can We Push All Responsibility on Taipower!

The public says the public is right, and the mother-in-law says the mother-in-law is right, whose problem is it and whose responsibility is it? And think about it, the country has worked so hard to develop renewable energy in the past few years and has achieved very good results: so much zero-carbon green electricity is sent to the grid, how can the carbon emission ratio of the electricity not decrease but increase ?

．Reason 1: The liberalization of green electricity trade has allowed the departure of a large number of renewable energy, which satisfies the carbon neutrality of enterprises, but affects the carbon neutrality of the country

Let’s look at the formula for the carbon emission coefficient of electricity. The denominator is calculated on the basis of the total electricity sales of the public electricity sales industry. If the electricity is not sold through the public electricity sales industry, it will not be included in the calculation. Translated into vernacular, it means that green electricity directly purchased by large electricity consumers through the green electricity trading market must be allocated by the ratio, otherwise the carbon reduction benefits will be counted twice.

With more and more renewable energy sources, electricity users have more and more demand for green electricity. When more green electricity is purchased by large electricity consumers, more green electricity will be separated from Taipower and enter the free trade market. zero carbon energy sources are left, and the carbon footprint of electricity will naturally increase. The original intention of liberalizing the green electricity trade was to enable companies to learn how to be responsible for their own emissions. Unexpectedly, it caused unforeseen consequences. It has flattered the carbon neutrality of companies, but it has affected the carbon neutrality of the country.

．Reason 2: All that remains is a large number of gray electricity that cannot be taken away. Taipower is facing a more dangerous situation than when Sun Yunyun saved the power grid.

But other countries have also developed a lot of renewable energy. Haven’t I heard that the carbon footprint of other people’s electricity has increased instead of decreasing? Then you asked curiously.

Electricity companies in the open market will try to increase the supply of various renewable energy sources, such as investing in solar, wind, hydro and biomass energy, in order to reduce the carbon emission factor of electricity and enable more people to buy its electricity to contribute to carbon neutrality.

Taipower does not understand this truth, but we are an island-type energy system. In 2021, my country’s electricity carbon footprint will increase rather than decrease. Without water, hydroelectric power, a major player in renewable energy, has become a bench player. Last year was so difficult, and in the next few years, more green electricity will go away, leaving only a large number of gray electricity that cannot be eliminated. Taipower is facing a more dangerous situation than Sun Yunying’s saving the power grid.

How to reduce the carbon emission coefficient of electricity? Start with the power generation facility!

This dilemma also endangers SMEs. After all, problems that can be solved with money are not problems: it is relatively easy for large companies to buy green energy, but for small and medium-sized enterprises that lack the green energy bargaining power, they face international problems supply chain and trade barriers flying the carbon neutral flag. Internally, we face the high carbon footprint challenge of electricity. The organization’s carbon footprint and product carbon footprint they cannot be reduced. We can only ask for greater blessings, starting from two aspects: the reduction of carbon emissions of the first category and the saving of electricity.

Taipower is facing difficulties, small and medium enterprises are in danger, and the country’s carbon neutral goal will become desperate.One of the most critical things that the carbon footprint of electricity tells us is that if we really want to achieve carbon neutrality, we need to start with the power generation structure.

In recent years, Taipower has been trying to increase the proportion of low-carbon and zero-carbon electricity in public electricity sales. In addition to gas-electricity symbiosis, solar power, wind power, small hydropower and deep geothermal power, it has not abandoned energy storage systems and is also actively evaluating the feasibility of using zero-carbon fuels, such as natural gas blended with hydrogen or coal-fired ammonia blended with other generation methods, this year (2022) of energy. Of course, these are not enough. The team owner needs to think about how to adapt the team lineup, make Taipower players more diverse as sustainable, invest in energy infrastructure, and even develop carbon capture and storage technology to capture the ” carbon neutrality”. ” “And” this mouse is more important, a black cat and a white cat can reduce carbon is a good cat. It is worth mentioning that all this will cost you and my taxpayers. The energy transformation process takes time and resource investments, which cannot be realized overnight.