Could someone help explain a sentence from the Natural Gas Utilization Policy?
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**The National Development and Reform Commission recently issued the \"Natural Gas Utilization Policy,\" which classifies the four main areas of natural gas use – urban gas, industrial fuel, natural gas power generation, and natural gas-based chemical production – into four categories: priority, permitted, restricted, and prohibited. Policies for classified regulation have a significant impact on the natural gas chemicals industry. Policies stipulate that city gas is classified as a priority category ； The production of methanol from natural gas is prohibited ； The construction of base-load gas power plants in areas where large coal bases are located is prohibited ； The construction of liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects using natural gas produced from large and medium-sized gas fields is prohibited. What does this base-load gas power plant mean?
Base load: The portion of the system’s overall load curve that lies at the lowest level. Generators operating at base load run at full capacity 24/7, operating smoothly without undertaking any load adjustment tasks. In power system dispatching, thermal power units with the best economic performance (i.e., the lowest generation costs) are often assigned to operate as base load. Furthermore, nuclear power plants operate most economically and safely only under conditions of a steady load; therefore, they also run at base load and do not undertake the task of load regulation.
The main objective of the policy is to make rational and effective use of natural gas as an energy source; the term used by the moderator refers to generating electricity using natural gas at full capacity, that is, with the generators operating at their maximum capacity. For reference only
Now natural gas power plants are being built everywhere; it seems that the policies of the National Development and Reform Commission are no longer effective. Just in Jiangsu, there are several to be launched. It’s a waste of resources.