To thoroughly implement the national “3060” dual carbon goals strategy and the spirit of the “Opinions of the General Office of the People’s Government of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on Promoting the High-Quality Development of the Region’s Wind and Photovoltaic New Energy Industries” (Nei Zheng Ban Fa [2022] No. 19), strive to achieve the autonomous region’s energy development goals of “taking the lead in two areas and surpassing targets in two others,” accelerate the optimization and adjustment of the energy structure, build a clean, low-carbon, safe, and efficient energy system, and support the high-quality development of the city’s leading industries,the following opinions are hereby put forward regarding the promotion of high-quality development of the city’s wind power and photovoltaic new energy industries.
I. Development Foundation
(1) Abundant Wind and Solar Resources.Tongliao City is rich in wind energy resources, with an average annual wind speed of 7–8.5 meters per second at a height of 70 meters, a wind power density of 350–690 watts per square meter, and a theoretical annual generation potential of 2,700–4,000 hours. It is classified as a Class II wind resource area, characterized by stable, consistent wind directions, long duration, and the absence of destructive wind speeds, making it conducive to concentrated and contiguous development.Solar energy falls within a Class II resource zone, with total annual radiation of approximately 1,500–1,580 kWh/m² and an average annual sunshine duration of about 3,100 hours, meeting the “very abundant” resource classification under the national standard for “Solar Resource Classification: Total Radiation.”
(2) Significant potential for development and utilization. The city’s total developed capacity for wind and solar power stands at 8 million kilowatts, comprising 6.462 million kilowatts of wind power and 1.538 million kilowatts of solar power.Taking into comprehensive consideration historical meteorological data, actual wind and solar measurement series, the level of equipment and technological development, and development and construction costs, and in conjunction with the results of the Third National Land Survey, the city’s technically exploitable capacity for wind and solar power is 33.2 million kilowatts, of which 19.8 million kilowatts are for wind power and 13.4 million kilowatts for solar power.
(3) Strong Local Consumption Capacity. In 2022, the city’s total electricity consumption was 55.8 billion kWh, with a peak load of 8.3 million kW. As new projects are completed and put into operation, it is projected that by the end of the 14th Five-Year Plan period, annual electricity consumption will reach 75 billion kWh, and the peak load will exceed 12.4 million kW, fully meeting the foundational conditions for large-scale development of new energy and high-proportion local consumption.
(4) Policy support is assured. Both the central government and the autonomous region have successively issued relevant policies to support the high-quality development of the wind and solar power industries.In May 2022, the National Development and Reform Commission and the National Energy Administration issued the “Implementation Plan for Promoting the High-Quality Development of New Energy in the New Era”; in March 2022, the General Office of the Autonomous Region Government issued the “Opinions on Promoting the High-Quality Development of the Regional Wind and Photovoltaic New Energy Industry” (Nei Zheng Ban Fa [2022] No. 419); and in August 2022, the Autonomous Region Energy Bureau successively issued the “Implementation Rules for Integrated Generation-Grid-Load-Storage Projects”, the "Implementation Rules for Green Power Supply Projects in Industrial Parks," the "Implementation Rules for Full-Scale Self-Generation and Self-Consumption New Energy Projects," the "Implementation Rules for Renewable Energy Replacement Projects in Coal-Fired Self-Generation Power Plants," the "Implementation Rules for Integrated Wind-Solar Hydrogen Production Demonstration Projects," and the "Implementation Rules for Flexibility Upgrades of Thermal Power Plants to Accommodate New Energy," providing policy support for the local consumption of new energy in our city.
II. General Requirements
(1) Guiding Principles. Guided by Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, we will fully implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. With high-quality development as the central theme, we will accelerate the planning and construction of a new energy system in line with the “Dual Carbon” goals and the “Two Pioneers, Two Surpasses” objectives. We will thoroughly implement the new energy security strategy of “Four Revolutions and One Cooperation,” vigorously develop new energy, optimize and adjust the energy structure, promote the green and low-carbon transformation of energy, and build a clean, low-carbon, safe, and efficient energy system.We will adhere to a systematic approach, strengthen top-level design, emphasize planning-led development, and prioritize a balanced and coordinated approach. By combining government guidance with market mechanisms, and driven by the development of the entire new energy industry chain and its application across multiple scenarios, we will promote the large-scale, high-proportion, market-oriented, and high-quality development of new energy throughout the city.
(2) Basic Principles
— Adhere to the principles of prioritizing ecology and the conservation and intensive use of resources.We will firmly uphold the philosophy that “lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets,” strengthen territorial spatial planning and land-use controls, and coordinate the development of new energy with ecological and environmental protection and the utilization of territorial space. We will advance total resource control, scientific planning, rational layout, orderly development, and large-scale utilization, placing greater emphasis on prioritizing conservation. We will fully leverage the decisive role of the market in resource allocation, ensuring scientific allocation, comprehensive conservation, and circular utilization, and continuously improve the level of conservation and intensive utilization in the energy sector.
—Adhere to the principle of prioritizing on-site and local consumption, supplemented by guaranteed external transmission. Focusing on market-oriented grid integration pathways for new energy—such as the integration of generation, grid, load, and storage; green power supply for industrial parks; and the integration of wind, solar, hydrogen, and storage—the emphasis of new energy development should be placed on on-site consumption.Prioritize the deployment of on-site renewable energy consumption projects in the vicinity of industrial parks. Focusing on incremental load and the peak-shaving capacity of existing thermal power units, we will thoroughly explore application scenarios and consumption capacity for renewable energy, promote its efficient local utilization, and increase the share of renewable energy in total energy consumption. In regions far from load centers but suitable for large-scale development, we will appropriately deploy transmission-oriented bases and essential grid-connection projects.
—Adhere to the principle of integrated development combining resource development with industrial extension. Integrate energy structure adjustment with energy intensity reduction, and coordinate the planning of new energy development with industrial extension and upgrading. Deepen the implementation of initiatives to extend, supplement, and strengthen industrial chains, and enhance quality.Through the scientific allocation of new energy, we will adjust and optimize the energy consumption structure to address the issue of total carbon emissions; we will guide and encourage enterprises benefiting from green electricity substitution to actively extend their industrial chains, increase product value-added, address energy intensity issues, and promote the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries as well as the development of the entire energy economy industrial chain. We will adhere to the principle of “source-load” coordination to create a situation where new energy development and industrial development are integrated and mutually reinforcing.
—Adhere to the principle of city-wide resource coordination with priority given to local consumption. All flags, counties, districts, and cities must firmly establish a sense of the bigger picture, build consensus on development, and carry out new energy development in accordance with the requirements for city-level coordination and unified planning and layout of wind and solar resources.With the goal of maximizing benefits and achieving the fastest results, and provided that high-quality consumption loads and application scenarios are secured, priority must be given to meeting local demand for on-site consumption and development of new energy. For surplus resources and regions lacking the conditions for on-site consumption of green electricity, inter-regional coordinated development must be strengthened, and a mechanism for sharing benefits must be established to ensure that the reasonable interests of green electricity exporting regions are safeguarded.
—Adhere to the principle of creating a low-electricity-cost hub to facilitate investment attraction. All flags, counties, and districts must seize the opportunities presented by the EU’s “carbon border adjustment mechanism” and the nation’s current phase of green and low-carbon transition. By leveraging our city’s advantages—abundant wind and solar resources, diverse consumption scenarios, and low power generation costs—and relying on incremental distribution grids, source-grid-load-storage intethe EU “carbon border adjustment mechanism,” and the national transition toward a green and low-carbon economy. By leveraging our city’s advantages—abundant wind and solar resources, diverse consumption scenarios, and low power generation costs—and relying on pathways for local green power consumption such as incremental distribution grids and integrated generation-grid-load-storage systems, we will create a “cost-effective hub” with low electricity prices. We will make every effort to attract industrial relocation projects and support industrial development.
(3) Key Objectives. By the end of the 14th Five-Year Plan period, the city’s installed capacity of new energy will reach over 20 million kilowatts, accounting for more than 60% of total installed power capacity; new energy generation will exceed 50 billion kilowatt-hours, roughly on par with thermal power generation; on-site consumption of new energy will be approximately 26 billion kilowatt-hours; and the share of non-hydro renewable energy consumption will exceed 35%, thereby driving the green and low-carbon development of the city’s leading industries.
III. Implementation Pathway
Implementation will focus on the distribution of industrial parks, the locations of ultra-high-voltage substations, and the construction status of existing large-scale renewable energy bases.
(1) Implement green power substitution projects based on existing power generation units. Support industrial parks with coal-fired on-site power plants in carrying out renewable energy substitution initiatives. Based on the peak-shaving capacity of on-site power plants, organize applications for corresponding renewable energy capacity. The electricity generated by renewable energy sources shall replace the original power supply from on-site power plants, and renewable energy shall not occupy peak-shaving resources or consumption capacity from the public grid.
(2) Implement green power substitution projects based on incremental load
1. Integrated Generation-Grid-Load-Storage Projects. Fully leverage the coordinated and mutually supportive capabilities of generation, grid, load, and storage. Combining load-side regulation and response capabilities, load characteristics, power generation structure, and grid regulation capacity, organize applications for renewable energy capacity in accordance with the principles of autonomous peak-shaving and self-consumption.
2. Green Power Supply Projects in Industrial Parks. Based on the energy consumption levels and characteristics of new loads within the park, organize applications for a certain scale of market-based grid-connected renewable energy projects. For renewable energy projects developed to serve new loads within the park, the installed capacity must match the scale of the new loads; all electricity generated by renewable energy must be fully absorbed by the new loads, and no power may be fed back into the public grid.
3. Integrated Wind-Solar Hydrogen Projects. Promote the coupled development of hydrogen energy and renewable energy, and facilitate the organic integration of hydrogen energy with sectors such as transportation, chemicals, and metallurgy. Accelerate the deployment of a batch of high-level hydrogen demonstration projects in counties, districts, and cities with solid development foundations and favorable application scenarios. Fully leverage the leading role of demonstration zones and demonstration enterprises to drive the orderly development of our city’s hydrogen energy industry through a “point-to-area” approach.
4. Fully Self-Generated and Self-Consumed Renewable Energy Projects. Support the development of distributed wind power and distributed photovoltaic systems on commercial and industrial rooftops and vacant land to achieve full self-generation and self-consumption, with renewable energy capacity reported on an as-needed basis. Prioritize support for projects utilizing owned construction land, slopes along expressways, ecological restoration areas such as open-pit spoil heaps, and land owned by coal-fired on-site power plants to build fully self-generated and self-consumed renewable energy projects.
(3) Implement green power substitution projects through incremental distribution grids. Support the bundled application for renewable energy quotas for new loads within the service areas of incremental distribution grids to increase the proportion of renewable energy within these grids.
In addition to the aforementioned market-based grid-connected renewable energy projects, implement national large-scale wind and solar base renewable energy transmission projects and autonomous region competitive allocation guaranteed grid-connected renewable energy projects through the main power grid.
IV. Key Tasks
(1) Establish a green aluminum-based new materials base. Leveraging the annual load application scenarios exceeding 40 billion kWh in northern Tongliao and the peak-shaving capacity of 6.82 million kW from self-owned thermal power units, actively plan market-based renewable energy consumption projects—such as integrated generation-grid-load-storage systems and green power supply for industrial parks—without occupying peak-shaving resources from the main power grid.Plan and develop over 4.3 million kilowatts of new energy capacity in the northern region and surrounding leagues and cities. Through close cooperation, establish a mechanism for coordinated development of new energy projects across counties and leagues to achieve local and nearby consumption of green electricity, thereby driving industrial transformation and upgrading.
(2) Building a Low-Carbon Smart Biotechnology Park for Corn. Focusing on the characteristics of enterprises in the Kailu Biomedical Development Zone—such as biopharmaceuticals and food additives—which have high steam demand and a diverse energy consumption structure, we will, based on the park’s production factor requirements, achieve multi-energy supply (including cooling, heating, electricity, steam, and hydrogen) and complementary coupling of energy supply across time and space through new energy development and green power input. This will enhance the level of comprehensive cascading utilization and establish a first-class comprehensive smart energy demonstration park.The scale of new energy development will exceed 2 million kilowatts; upon completion of the project, the proportion of new energy consumption in the industrial park will reach over 50%.
(3) Building a Green and Low-Carbon Nickel-Iron Alloy Industrial Park. Leveraging the abundant wind and solar resources surrounding the Naiman Industrial Park and capitalizing on the significant growth potential of electricity demand in the Bishi-Jing’an area, this initiative will integrate the main power grid with the park’s incremental distribution grid. It will plan on-site renewable energy consumption projects to ensure full integration of green electricity, promote the extension of nickel-based new materials into downstream industrial chains, and enhance industrial support capabilities and deep processing capacity.Priority will be given to supporting integrated source-grid-load-storage projects and the construction of green power supply projects within the park based on the incremental distribution grid, with a renewable energy development scale of approximately 2 million kilowatts.
(4) Establish an integrated wind-solar-hydrogen-storage-ammonia zero-carbon industrial park. Building on the green hydrogen consumption scenarios in Tongliao and surrounding areas, as well as the future significant domestic demand for green ammonia, and leveraging the city’s advantages in wind and solar resources, we will create an integrated wind-solar-hydrogen-storage-ammonia zero-carbon industrial park through a new energy–green hydrogen–green ammonia conversion model.With a focus on chemical industrial parks and concentrated chemical zones as platforms, and leveraging the abundant wind and solar resources in the surrounding areas, we will implement integrated new energy, wind, solar, hydrogen, storage, and ammonia projects centered around hydrogen production load centers.
(5) Establish a New Energy Equipment Manufacturing Base. Fully leverage the driving role of wind and solar resources to promote the integrated development of new energy development and equipment manufacturing industries. Focusing on the Horqin Industrial Park as the primary platform, we will attract and establish projects for wind turbine final assembly, key core components, and supporting raw materials, forming an industrial cluster with distinct advantages, leading technology, and a comprehensive system.By the end of the 14th Five-Year Plan period, in line with the goal of building industrial clusters, we will promote the development of supporting infrastructure for wind power equipment manufacturing and the local production of core components such as generators, gearboxes, and electronic control systems. We aim to ensure that locally produced components account for more than 85% of total costs, truly realizing “Tongliao-made” wind power equipment, with an output value exceeding 50 billion yuan.Using the Tongliao Economic and Technological Development Zone (including the Huatugula Park) as a platform, we will introduce projects covering the entire photovoltaic industry chain—including solar cells, photovoltaic modules, inverters, and supporting raw materials—as well as energy storage projects such as electrochemical energy storage systems and gravitational energy storage. Additionally, we will introduce projects for green hydrogen electrolysis systems, hydrogen storage and transportation systems, and hydrogen refueling systems to build a manufacturing base for photovoltaic, energy storage, and hydrogen energy equipment.
(6) Plan and Develop Other Types of Industrial Clusters. In addition to the aforementioned four industrial parks, all flags, counties, and districts must align their efforts with local wind and solar resources, industrial foundations, and development strategies. They should seize the “market opportunity window” and “policy window” for new energy development, placing new energy development in a comprehensive and strategic position for planning and advancement, seizing the initiative, and accelerating development.At the same time, leveraging the driving force of wind and solar resources, and in conjunction with local resource conditions, industrial foundations, and development positioning, efforts should be made to plan and build industrial clusters and industrial parks with substantial scale and market potential. For industries that consume all green electricity locally, wind and solar resources should be allocated based on the principle of “supplying exactly what is consumed,” thereby providing green electricity support for the high-end, green, and clustered development of industries across all flags, counties, and districts.
V. Support Measures
(1) Strengthen Organizational Leadership. Under the unified leadership of the Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government, relevant departments—including the Municipal Development and Reform Commission, Industry and Information Technology, Energy, Natural Resources, and Forestry and Grassland—shall enhance coordination and cooperation to resolve major issues arising during the development of the new energy industry and create conditions for the implementation of new energy projects. All flags, counties, and districts must firmly establish the concept of a “city-wide coordinated approach” to new energy industry development, actively integrate into the broader development framework, and make every effort to promote the rapid development of the new energy industry.
(2) Strengthen Resource Allocation. Enhance the guiding role of territorial spatial planning and, adhering to the principle of “resources following projects,” ensure land requirements for projects are met. Increase financial support, establish platforms for communication between banks and enterprises, and expand support for the new energy industry. Facilitate information sharing channels among power generation and grid enterprises to ensure that major new energy projects and supporting transmission grid projects operate in sync.
(3) Diversify Development Entities. Encourage local state-owned enterprises to participate in the development and construction of new energy projects. Support local state-owned enterprises in establishing joint ventures with large central state-owned enterprises and private enterprises to build new energy projects, explore complementary and mutually beneficial development models, and facilitate the rapid growth of local state-owned enterprises.
