Smart Grid: The Future of the Gold Industry

On October 12, 2010, in order to seize the opportunity, Jiangsu Smart Economic Commission and Nanrui Group took the lead in the preparation and 50 smart grid key enterprises were members. The Jiangsu Smart Grid Industry Alliance was established in Nanjing on July 12. Recently, Jiangsu Province officially promulgated the “Outline of the Special Program for the Development of Smart Grid Industry in Jiangsu Province (2009-2012)” (hereinafter referred to as the “Planning Outline”).

Smart grid global market is about $170 billion

Jiangsu Smart Grid is an industry plan that develops with the times. As climate change issues and energy supply security issues become more and more severe, many countries are highly concerned about smart grids. The United States, Denmark, Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom have proposed or will propose smart grid construction plans. The development of the smart grid industry is conducive to the global response to environmental changes, increase energy efficiency, and reduce carbon emissions. Experts said that this is an attractive gold industry with an attractive prospect. The global market is about US$1.7 trillion, and China’s potential market is more than RMB 1,000 billion. This is also a green industry that is highly compatible with energy-saving emission reduction, photovoltaic solar energy, wind power and other new energy sources. The promotion and application can not be separated from the support of smart grid. The "Planning Outline" clarifies that with the idea of ​​"high-end, clustering, and specialization", we will drive the scale development of transmission and distribution equipment manufacturing, communications automation, and information technology industries through the construction of smart grids to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve the ecology. The purpose of the environment, improving the security and economical efficiency of energy supply.

The construction of smart grid industry in Jiangsu and the developed countries stand on the same starting line. This is an industrial plan that will lead the way. The province’s smart grid industry has a good foundation, a high starting point, a sound industrial chain, and good development conditions. In 2008, the province's smart grid industry achieved an output value of approximately 70 billion yuan, two large-scale enterprises with an output value exceeding 10 billion yuan, and 5 companies with a total value of 5 billion to 10 billion yuan. The smart grid industry has formed an industrial structure with obvious regional features and advanced technology.

Jiangsu's "Planning Outline" has a clear division of labor

The division of labor in the "Planning Outline" of Jiangsu Province is clear and distinctive. The key task of Nanjing is to automate the development and production of monitoring equipment. Changzhou focuses on R&D and production of power transmission and transformation equipment. Yangzhou focuses on R&D and production of cables. Zhenjiang focuses on the development and production of intelligent power distribution equipment. Wuxi is mainly engaged in smart grids. R&D and production of communication facilities, Nantong highlights R&D and production of composite electrical materials, and Suzhou focuses on R&D and production of smart meters and intelligent power management terminals...

From 2010 to 2015, Jiangsu invested more than 20 billion yuan in smart grid construction every year. In 2012 and 2015, the total output value of the smart grid industry in the province exceeded 150 billion yuan and 300 billion yuan respectively. Based on advanced digital and communications technologies, it covers all aspects of power generation, power transmission, distribution, power generation, dispatch automation, and communications. "Through industrial agglomeration and the construction of industrial parks, we will form a smart grid industry cluster that will cover the entire province along the Yangtze River."

Jiangsu provinces seize development opportunities

On December 27 last year, the State Grid Corporation of Smart Grid Research Industry (Nanjing) laid the foundation for Jiangning. This project, which covers an area of ​​1,000 mu and is planned to invest 10 billion yuan, is the first scientific research industrial base in China with the independent research and development of smart grids, core equipment manufacturing, and key product testing. In terms of industrialization, it covers six major sectors such as grid automation, relay protection, clean energy power generation automation, and measurement and control. Not long ago, the construction plan for this base was formally approved.

Yangzhou “Wisdom Valley” and Smart Grid Exhibition Center have been launched. Guodian Nanfang has taken the lead in setting up and invested 780 million yuan to build Guodian Nanzi Intelligent Power Equipment (Yangzhou) Industrial Park project, which is engaged in the production of smart power equipment related products. The intelligent management public service platform built by Suzhou City - China Electric Energy Service Network. By installing a smart detector “black box” at the power end, it collects power usage information to help users adjust their consumption according to the balance between their power needs and power capabilities, enabling companies to minimize capital expenditures and operating expenses. According to Yang Bizhong, director of the Coca-Cola Suzhou branch, “The company installed 93 “black boxes” to reduce electricity costs by 13,000 yuan per month and directly reduce electricity costs by 7.7%. If the electricity is managed well, the company will be able to reduce electricity consumption costs by more than 1 million yuan a year. "The government and enterprises in Wuxi, Changzhou and other places have all taken action and the smart grid industry has grown rapidly.

Let the smart grid go into people's homes

Based on the "sense", "password" and "knowledge" of the entire technological innovation of the smart grid industry chain, NARI Group will pilot the implementation of the smart grid demonstration project in Nanjing next year to make people from "have electricity, really convenient" Electrified life, one step forward to the smart Internet of things. The imbalance between electricity generation and electricity consumption is the "oldest problem" in the operation of the power system. A smart grid that uses IoT technology can actively "think" solutions. Nanrui Clean Energy Institute is a temperature-measuring wind sensor installed on a transmission line, which can sense accurate meteorological information within a range of 1 square kilometer. A small sensor can help solve the industry's difficulties in accessing renewable energy. "What we do is plant the technology of the Internet of Things into the power grid to make the power grid more intelligent and more secure." The relevant person of the Institute of Information and Communications of NARI introduced the traditional transmission lines and electrical equipment plus sensors, and then Access to the Internet of Things will bring people a whole new power experience. For example, in the future, households will use solar panels for self-supply. When they use more electricity, they can access the public power grid through the “smart grid” and receive the “electricity fee” paid by the power company every month. By 2015, this technology will It is possible to walk into the homes of ordinary people.

According to the person in charge of the NARI Group, we are “chain-based R&D” that runs through every aspect of the smart grid IoT technology application, and therefore NARI has its own knowledge in the fields of “influence”, “pass” and “know”. The "competitive products" of property rights have formed the advantage of the industry chain of the Internet of Things: in the field of "sensation", it has independently developed a variety of sensing systems for environmental monitoring, forming a core competitiveness that competes with foreign companies; "Field, optical communication and power line carrier communication technology equipment implementation industry" "er"; in the "knowledge" field, its perception of the center's data processing capabilities in the country far ahead.

Smart Grid Challenges

As an emerging industry, smart grid industry development will also face a series of challenges. For example, the smart grid has not yet formed a complete technical standard system; the integration of various technologies, integration and integration of industrial products is still insufficient; the investment and benefit-sharing mechanism is not yet clear, resulting in insufficient development momentum of the industry; Less competitive and influential companies; lack of dominance in research and development of smart grid-related technologies; there are institutional and institutional barriers to the application of smart grids. "The coordinated development of Jiangsu's smart grid industry must rely on a number of well-functioning, high-level smart grid industry innovation carriers. It is necessary to speed up the construction of engineering research centers and national laboratories and vigorously carry out key technology research." The person in charge said that in particular, it is necessary to strengthen the communication and collaboration among science and technology platforms, promote the integration and integration of smart grid technology, and improve the integration level of smart grid products. Only in this way can we effectively improve the international competitiveness of the smart grid industry in Jiangsu.