On April 21, the National Energy Administration launched a special operation to upgrade next-generation coal power, which aims to promote the transformation of traditional coal power to “clean carbon reduction, safe and reliable, efficient regulation, and intelligent operation”. Du Zhongming, director of the Electricity Department of the National Energy Administration, explained the policy at the special operation work deployment meeting. The current fleet was further upgraded on the basis of implementing the “three reforms and linkage”. In terms of clean carbon reduction, encourage the implementation of low-carbon transformation. In terms of safety and reliability, it is required that the warranty declaration output compliance rate should not be less than 98% and the number of unplanned shutdowns should not be higher than 0.3 times/year. In terms of efficient regulation, it is required that the increase in coal consumption for low-load power supply be controlled within 25% according to the peak modulation depth requirements for different types of coal, and that the unit be encouraged to improve frequency modulation performance once and carry out start-stop peak modulation transformation. In terms of intelligent operation, the improvement of intelligent control, intelligent operation and maintenance, and intelligent decision-making capabilities is encouraged.

On April 21, the National Energy Administration launched a special operation to upgrade next-generation coal power, which aims to promote the transformation of traditional coal power to “clean carbon reduction, safe and reliable, efficient regulation, and intelligent operation”. Du Zhongming, director of the Electricity Department of the National Energy Administration, explained the policy at the special operation work deployment meeting. The current fleet was further upgraded on the basis of implementing the “three reforms and linkage”. In terms of clean carbon reduction, encourage the implementation of low-carbon transformation. In terms of safety and reliability, it is required that the warranty declaration output compliance rate should not be less than 98% and the number of unplanned shutdowns should not be higher than 0.3 times/year. In terms of efficient regulation, it is required that the increase in coal consumption for low-load power supply be controlled within 25% according to the peak modulation depth requirements for different types of coal, and that the unit be encouraged to improve frequency modulation performance once and carry out start-stop peak modulation transformation. In terms of intelligent operation, the improvement of intelligent control, intelligent operation and maintenance, and intelligent decision-making capabilities is encouraged.