Oil will be exhausted in the middle of this century! my country's economy is developing rapidly, and the alarm bells are ringing for energy shortage. The development of new energy has become an important national strategy. With the intensification of the global greenhouse effect and rising oil prices, countries all over the world are striving to improve energy utilization and actively promote renewable energy. The summer electricity peak is approaching, and some cities in my country are increasing electricity prices and restricting electricity consumption. 24 provinces and regions have begun to cut power. These measures can only alleviate temporary imperatives. For China, which is in a period of important strategic development opportunities, the contradiction between power supply and demand will exist for a long time, and this problem needs to be treated and resolved with scientific development.

In the past 20 years, my country’s power industry has developed rapidly, but the scope of development is basically limited to thermal power, hydropower, and nuclear power, all at the cost of expensive environment and resources. Vigorously developing and using safe and clean new energy has become an urgent issue facing us.

From the east coast to the inland regions, from the western border to the roof of the world, China has abundant solar energy resources, which are inexhaustible and inexhaustible, but are far from being fully utilized. Not to mention the vast rural areas and remote areas, even in large cities like Beijing, Tianjin and Shanghai, people use electricity and gas for heating and bathing, and very little solar energy is used. If the country can provide policy support to popularize the use of solar heating in large and medium-sized cities, and then promote it to market towns and villages, the economic, environmental, and social benefits will be very significant.

Coastal typhoons and inland monsoons send abundant wind energy to our country. Wind power generation is the most important form of wind energy utilization. In the past 10 years, global wind power generation has developed rapidly, and wind farms with a capacity of over 10,000 megawatts have been built in 50 countries. Germany (2870 MW) ranks first in the world's installed wind power capacity, and China is in the eighth place. The installed wind power capacity is only about 1/15 of Germany. The total amount of wind energy resources that can be developed and utilized in my country is much higher than that in Germany, and it is awaiting large-scale development and utilization.

my country has a long coastline, the use of seawater fluctuations, and tidal power generation resources. There are more than 400 dam sites with a developable installed capacity of more than 200 kilowatts. The total installed capacity of developable tidal resources is very considerable, with an annual power generation capacity of about 63 billion kilowatts. At that time, if it can be fully developed, it would provide more than 25 million tons of standard coal every year. In addition, biogas has been widely promoted in rural areas in my country, and the prospect of using biogas for power generation is also very broad.

my country's resources and environmental capacity have reached the limit of support. To solve the power shortage and ensure the sustainable development of the economy, we must vigorously develop and utilize new energy sources. The development and utilization of new energy, although the short-term cost is high, will be dominant in the long-term, which can save a lot of energy, greatly reduce pollution, improve the quality of people's life, and obtain significant economic and environmental benefits. The development and utilization of clean energy and the construction of a resource-saving and environment-friendly society are the requirements of building a well-off society in an all-round way, a realistic choice for China's economic and social development, and an important task to be carried out to implement the scientific development concept. All localities and departments should combine actual conditions, actively experiment, explore, summarize, and promote. The time is right to vigorously develop and utilize new energy sources!