Crisis and opportunities facing energy conservation and emission reduction
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Crisis and opportunities facing energy conservation and emission reduction http://www.cheminfo.gov.cn/images/ad/chemnews_264_200.gif http://www.cheminfo.gov.cn/res/DocRes/200903/0313_4346788.jpg The financial crisis that began in late 2008 is still raging in 2009. Against the background of the increasingly profound impact of the financial crisis, the State Council Executive Meeting decided to implement a proactive fiscal policy and a moderately loose monetary policy, and launch ten important measures to further expand domestic demand. However, in an economic environment that focuses on maintaining growth, expanding domestic demand, promoting employment, and achieving an annual GDP growth of 8%, it is still unknown whether energy conservation and emission reduction goals can be achieved. Are energy conservation and emission reduction facing opportunities or challenges? In recent years, energy conservation and emission reduction have become an important focus in adjusting the economic structure and transforming the development model. Especially under the influence of the economic crisis, whether we can persist in promoting energy conservation and emission reduction has attracted the attention of the whole society. Will energy conservation and emission reduction come to a standstill due to this crisis? It has become the most concerned issue for many environmentalists. The Central Economic Work Conference was held in Beijing from December 8 to 10, 2008. Among the key tasks for economic work proposed at the meeting in 2009 are energy conservation and emission reduction, "continue to increase support for agriculture, rural areas, farmers, employment, social security, education, medical care, energy conservation and emission reduction, independent innovation, advanced equipment manufacturing, service industry, small and medium-sized enterprises, major reforms, etc." It can be seen from this that the central * * The determined energy conservation and emission reduction strategy has not been shaken by the intensification of the global economic crisis. According to March 5 * * Prime Minister is here * * According to data disclosed in the work report, my country's energy consumption per unit of GDP dropped by 4.59% in 2008 compared with 2007, and chemical oxygen demand and sulfur dioxide emissions decreased by 4.42% and 5.95% respectively. In particular, the latter two indicators show that it took us one year to complete half of the 10% emission reduction target of the entire "Eleventh Five-Year Plan". Many people believe that the economic crisis is beneficial to energy conservation and emission reduction.: Due to the impact of the economic crisis in some heavily polluting industries, many companies have suspended production, which has objectively reduced pollutant emissions. ； The export volume of products with high energy consumption, heavy pollution and low added value has been reduced, which is beneficial from the perspective of energy utilization. However, some people pointed out that due to the recent * * Putting response to the financial crisis at the top of all tasks and vigorously ensuring growth and promoting employment have resulted in efforts to relax energy conservation and emission reduction. Experts pointed out that this is because due to the impact of the financial crisis, companies are less motivated to invest, so there is great pressure to save energy and reduce emissions this year. * * Yu Cong, director of the Energy Efficiency Center of the Energy Research Institute of the National Development and Reform Commission, is also worried that energy-intensive investments may rebound. Yu Cong believes that “in order to maintain GDP growth, it may lead to * * Relaxing energy-saving work, especially the 4 trillion yuan investment to stimulate economic growth, may lead to a rebound in investment in high-energy-consuming industries." Yu Cong also said that the decline in the price of basic energy such as oil and coal has had an adverse impact on the internal motivation for energy conservation. Compared with the period of high oil prices, the profit drive brought by energy conservation and the social awareness of energy conservation have obviously declined. At the same time, insufficient equipment operation may cause energy utilization efficiency to decrease. Under the current economic situation, the most important thing to guard against is that a few places and departments "oppose" economic growth and energy conservation and emission reduction. Whether it is a rebound in energy-intensive investments, a decrease in energy conservation awareness, or a decrease in energy utilization efficiency, it will more or less affect the energy conservation and emission reduction work in 2009, and hinder the ultimate realization of the overall goal of energy conservation and emission reduction in the "11th Five-Year Plan".
There are opportunities, but risks also exist. This needs to be grasped well, otherwise the losses will be huge.
* * We still need to increase our efforts. Many small and medium-sized chemical plants secretly discharge sewage at night, and various environmental protection facilities are not complete. Local * * The department turned a blind eye.
At present, what we need to pay special attention to when investing in stimulating domestic demand is to launch repeated low-efficiency and high-consumption projects. However, it is basically impossible to completely avoid it. What is possible is to be stricter in screening, because the current technology is not reserved to the point where only funds are needed, and energy conservation and emission reduction can never be relaxed.
I personally think that energy conservation and emission reduction can improve the efficiency and competitiveness of enterprises, but the key question is who will carry out the things and who will implement them. Sadly, many companies still think that doing a good job in environmental protection means spending money. Times are different. Well, the strengthening of environmental protection has led to the increase in penalties for illegal emissions. Either you give up, or you work hard to improve environmental protection. The relevant problem here is that if the energy conservation and emission reduction work is done well, the amount of waste that needs to be processed will be less, and the operating cost will be high.: We will do a good job in energy conservation and emission reduction, reduce leakage, leakage, and leakage, and work with the company’s outstanding personnel: Front-line workers, workshop managers, and technicians discuss and discuss together. Never think too highly of yourself. Only by being modest can you make progress.
Under the recent financial crisis, in order to maintain growth, expand domestic demand, and promote employment, energy conservation and emission reduction are probably the goals that some people have talked about. Today, when many factories are half-stopping production, efforts to save energy may be problematic, but there is a problem with emission reduction. Emission reduction means greater investment. All investors will find ways to invest less, maintain cash flow, and strive to survive this economic winter, not wanting to freeze to death in the cold winter. Local governments will probably turn a blind eye to companies that secretly produce wastewater and have inadequate environmental protection facilities. This post was last edited by wanmh on 2009-3-14 20:20 ]
Energy conservation and emission reduction require investment, and no results can be seen in the short term. It is difficult without hard constraints.
There are still good energy-saving projects despite the financial crisis. This requires everyone to make a good argument and avoid blindly pursuing projects. No matter what the circumstances, they should achieve a break-even balance and generate benefits. This is a good project.