The development of industry has brought a large amount of CO₂ emissions. In the process of achieving the goal of carbon peak and carbon neutralization, carbon dioxide capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) technology is an indispensable key technology. The carbon capture method with high technology maturity at this stage and great development potential in the future is post combustion carbon capture technology, mainly including solvent absorption, adsorption, membrane method and cryogenic distillation. The development and industrial application of the four most commonly used carbon capture methods were briefly introduced, and the industrial applicability of several methods was analyzed, especially the chemical absorption method and physical adsorption method, which are most widely used in large-scale carbon capture projects currently running. Chemical absorption method, adsorption method and membrane carbon capture technology have great development potential in the future, which can quickly promote the achievement of the goal of double carbon and help the near-zero emission of carbon.

The efficient and comprehensive utilization of solar energy is of great significance for the sustainable development of energy and the realization of the strategic objectives of peak carbon dioxide emissions and carbon neutralization. Firstly, focus on the two main solar energy utilization modes, photovoltaic and photothermal, we systematically introduced the main types, research status and development trend of photovoltaic technologies, as well as the current situation and development trend of thermal power generation, building heating and refrigeration, seawater desalination and industrial heating in photothermal utilization. Then, we discussed the basic principles, main types and research progress of photovoltaic/thermal integration technology, especially the integration technology combined with the phase change heat transfer mode, was systematically introduced. Finally, several flexible "photovoltaic +" solar energy utilization technologies were introduced briefly. Photovoltaic, photothermal, photovoltaic/thermal integration and "photovoltaic +" technologies are still in a period of rapid development, have huge application potential and breed a large number of new technological growth points. These technologies are of great significance to solve the energy and environmental crisis and maintain the sustainable development of human society.

Thermal power generation is the largest source of electricity and CO₂ emission in China. CO₂ emission reduction in thermal power generation industry is an important guarantee for the smooth realization of the goal of “carbon peaking and carbon neutralization”. In order to explore the development path of China’s thermal power generation technology under the background of “carbon peaking and carbon neutralization”, combined with the analysis of development process of China’s thermal power generation industry and the prospect of China’s medium and long-term power consumption structure, we predicted that China’s thermal power generation technology will change from focusing on high parameter and high efficiency to peak shaving flexibility. Through the discussion and study of the ultra-high parameter thermal power generation technology, flexible peak shaving technology, IGCC/IGFC technology, it is found that the development of ultra-high parameter thermal power generation technology is limited by high temperature resistant materials. Moreover, the flexible transformation can effectively extend the life cycle of thermal power generation technology. IGCC/IGFC power generation technology was believed to be a clean-coal power generation technology with high efficiency and flexibility, and the application scenario of coal-gas (oil)-electricity integrated energy base was further proposed. Looking forward to 2060, it is suggested to strengthen the study of coal gasification/purification technology, fuel cell power generation technology and IGFC system integrated control technology, to help China achieve carbon neutralization

Under the carbon peak goal and carbon neutral vision, offshore wind power has made great progress in China in recent years. The current development status and future planning of offshore wind power in China were analyzed, summarizing the installed capacity of offshore wind power, new models and adopted technical routes. The paper focused on the basic type, anti-corrosion technology, and operation and maintenance technology of offshore wind power. The floating offshore wind power was the focus of basic type research. The inspection and management systems for operation and maintenance were the primary focus of research in wind power operation and maintenance technology. By analyzing the development status of offshore wind power, the main technical routes and advanced achievements of each technology were identified. Finally, based on the current status and needs of domestic technology development, the future development trends of China's offshore wind power were prospected.

With a large number of distributed energy resources connected to the grid,virtual power plants as a distributed energy management technology have received a lot of attention because of their flexibility,efficiency and sustainability. This paper briefly discussed the background of virtual power plants, analyzed the hot directions and emerging directions in virtual power plants,and introduced the composition and structure of virtual power plants. According to the different goals and functions of virtual power plants,virtual power plants can be divided into mission-driven virtual power plants, economy-driven virtual power plants and hybrid driven virtual power plants. On this basis, the different operation modes and different solution methods of different types of virtual power plants were further discussed. Finally,the future development prospects of virtual power plants were prospected.

Offshore wind power is a kind of green energy, which has attracted more and more attention. The anti-corrosion technology of offshore wind power facilities has become a current research hotspot. This paper first expounded the corrosion mechanism of equipments in the marine environment, and then introduced the commonly used anti-corrosion technologies for offshore wind power facilities, including the anti-corrosion coatings, cathodic protection, reserved corrosion allowance method, etc. Then, combined with an example, the anti-corrosion technology of thermal spraying and mineral grease coating in the new anticorrosion method in splash area were introduced emphatically. Finally, it briefly described the anti-corrosion detection and maintenance means of wind power facilities. It also introduced the corrosion protection methods used in Guishan wind power project in Zhuhai, Guangdong, which has been built into grid connected power generation in China, in order to provide some suggestions for improving the anti-corrosion level of offshore wind power.

With the massive access to renewable power generation and the advancement of the marketization process, the development prospects of virtual power plants that can give full play to the value of flexible resources have gradually emerged. In the process of virtual power plant participation in the market, the formulation of its market trading strategy needs to be challenged by the market mechanism. On the other hand, the market trading is closely related to the optimal scheduling of resources. The adjustable capacity of the internal resources, uncertainty, load behavior and other characteristics bring challenges to the development of trading strategy. This paper focused on the challenges and problems faced in the market transactions of virtual power plants, and summarized the market strategies adapted to the market mechanism. The key technologies required to deal with the formulation of the strategies, such as uncertainty handling, bid analysis methods, and virtual plant management methods were analyzed and reviewed, in order to provide a reference and a direction for the future research on virtual power plants.

Virtual power plant has become an important means to promote the construction of new power system and achieve the goal of “double carbon”. The intelligent operation management and control platform of virtual power plant effectively realizes the management and monitoring of flexible and adjustable resources in virtual power plant. The intelligent operation management and control platform of virtual power plant was described from the perspective of system framework and comprehensive functions. Firstly, the energy ecosystem of virtual power plant was analyzed and summarized based on framework of operation management and control, and market participation of virtual power plant. The intelligent operation management and control platform of virtual power plant was analyzed based on characteristics of platform system framework and platform structure framework. Then, the comprehensive functions of intelligent operation management and control platform of virtual power plant were analyzed from three aspects of functional structure blueprint, functional physical structure and functional scenario application.

In order to cope with the increasing shortage of fossil fuels and a series of threats brought by global climate change, and achieve the goal of “dual carbon”, the proportion of renewable energy such as wind power and photovoltaic power in the grid has been continuously increased. However, the renewable energy power generation is random and uncontrollable, and the access location is scattered, which increases the difficulty of safe and stable operation of the power system. The introduction of virtual power plant (VPP)provides a feasible path for the above problems. The concept and classification of VPP was summarized and expounded. Moreover, the main differences between VPP and microgrid were compared. The existing researches from the perspectives of coordinated control, resource aggregation and optimal scheduling, and participation in the electricity market were analyzed and summarized. Taking the blockchain and digital twin technologies as examples, the applications of digital technologies in VPP were analyzed. Finally, the development prospects of VPP suitable for China’s national conditions and the challenges that may be faced in the future were pointed out.

Accurate estimation of state of charge (SOC), battery state of health (SOH) and prediction of battery remaining useful life (RUL) of lithium-ion battery are important contents of battery management. It is of great significance to prolong battery life and ensure the reliability of battery system. Researchers all over the world have done a lot of research on battery state evaluation and RUL prediction methods, and proposed a variety of methods. This paper first introduced the definition of SOC and SOH and the existing estimation methods and compared them. Then, the definition of RUL was introduced and the main methods were classified and compared. Finally, the challenges of lithium-ion battery state estimation and RUL prediction were summarized, and the future development direction was proposed.

The new power system with high proportion of new energy and power electronic equipment is an important means to achieve the goal of “double carbon”, but the new power system will also bring a series of unstable problems. In the new power system, grid-forming control technology (GFM) has the characteristics of voltage support and active inertia, which can replace synchronous machine to realize grid support and maintain power system stability. Therefore, GFM has a broad development and application prospect. Based on this, this paper first briefly introduced the topology of energy storage converter, and selected its type according to the control characteristics of GFM technology. After that, a reasonable summary and analysis of the existing control strategies of GFM was made, the current research difficulties, problems and challenges in the development process and the research prospects were put forward, and the ideas for the construction of grid-forming construction were provided.

This paper reviewed the current development research of China’s offshore wind power industry in the field of integrated design of wind turbine, tower and foundation. This paper explored the feasibility of integrated design from the aspects of load reduction optimization technology, structural optimization technology and engineering exploration and application, and discussed the key technologies and implementation methods of integrated design that can be adopted under the optimization goal of lightweight offshore wind turbine support structure. The research shows that China’s offshore wind power industry needs to be gradually implemented from three levels: providing the prerequisites for integrated design, using the technologies that can be adopted at the current stage,and exploring the next research directions. In the context of offshore wind power moving towards grid parity, owner-engineers and third-party certification bodies need to play a greater role in promoting the integrated design method.

Supercritical carbon dioxide(S-CO₂) Brayton cycle has great development potential in the field of efficient utilization of clean energy represented by fourth-generation nuclear energy and solar energy. A reasonable and reliable control strategy is the key to ensure the safe, stable, efficient and flexible operation of the S-CO₂ Brayton cycle system. This paper summarized the characteristics of S-CO₂ Brayton cycle control, and summarized and compared the S-CO₂ Brayton cycle control strategies under different application scenarios. The results show that the key control strategies of S-CO₂ Brayton cycle include running state control, impeller machine control, heat source control, etc. The variable load control strategies mainly include volume control, turbine bypass control, turbine inlet throttle control, compressor speed control, etc. The analysis results provide a reference for the selection of S-CO₂ Brayton cycle control strategies in related power generation fields.

As an important component of the wind turbine, the tower has a harsh working environment and complex stress, and the load it bears is highly random and variable. Its dynamic characteristics directly affect the safe operation of the wind turbine. Higher requirements are placed on the dynamic characteristics, life loss characteristics and stability of tower. The engineering background of wind turbine tower dynamic characteristics and structural loss research were described, the tower structure and main load characteristics of large-scale wind turbines were introduced, the more common tower structure model establishment methods and working condition simulation methods were sorted out, and the research progress of tower structure modal analysis, dynamic response analysis, buckling stability analysis, and fatigue damage analysis were summarized. Additionally, the domestic and foreign numerical values of simulation technology and the research results were reviewed. A preliminary prospect for the future research direction of tower dynamic characteristics was also made, aiming to provide some references for the further development of this research field.

Hydrogen fuel cells, as the energy supply device, have received a lot of attention because of their high energy density and low carbon emission characteristics. However, due to the insufficient hydrogen refueling infrastructures, the hydrogen cost is high, and the dynamic response of hydrogen fuel cells is poor. Therefore, the hybrid power system of rechargeable battery and hydrogen fuel cells is generally used to supply energy to vehicles such as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), cars, and others. The energy management strategy of hybrid power system has an impact on the parameters of system dynamic response, economy and battery life. So the selection and design of energy management strategy are crucial to hybrid power system. This paper introduced the working principle of hydrogen-electricity hybrid power system and its energy supply methods. Besides, the current status of application and research progress of different energy management strategies for various application scenarios were summarized according to different control objectives. Finally, this paper presented the challenges of hybrid energy management strategies and outlooks their future development direction.

Distributed energy storage (DES) is a key component in smart distribution networks and microgrids. As one of the current disruptive technologies, artificial intelligence (AI) is expected to change the traditional modeling, analysis, and control methods of DES and make DES more intelligent. The development of the AI application in the field of power systems and the applicability of the modern AI methods in DES were briefly reviewed. Then, the AI application directions and the related research trends in three DES of different scales, micro-grid, smart building, and vehicle-to-grid (V2G), were considered. Finally, the future development of AI in DES was presented, in order to provide useful reference for intelligent research and development of distributed energy storage

Hydrogen energy has broad development prospects as a clean, carbon-free, flexible and efficient secondary energy and industrial raw material. Although the technologies of hydrogen production by water electrolysis, hydrogen storage and hydrogen supply have been relatively mature, the technology chain of hydrogen production-storage-supply is still in its infancy. It is of great importance to explore the technology chain in power system for the cooperative utilization of hydrogen energy and traditional electricity. This paper firstly introduced the basic principles, classifications, advantages and disadvantages of the technologies including hydrogen production by water electrolysis, hydrogen storage and hydrogen supply, and summarized the development of hydrogen production by water electrolysis, hydrogen storage and hydrogen supply technologies in the United States, Japan and the European Union. Then, the current status of above technologies in China was analyzed, and three possible application modes of hydrogen production by water electrolysis, hydrogen storage and hydrogen supply in power system in China were discussed. Finally, based on the current situation, the suggestions for promoting the development of hydrogen production by water electrolysis, hydrogen storage and hydrogen supply in power system in China were put forward, which provide a reference for optimizing the development of the whole technology chain of hydrogen energy production-storage-supply-use.

Hydrogen energy storage is an important support for promoting global green low-carbon transformation and realizing “carbon neutrality” goal. After the “double carbon” goal was put forward, hydrogen energy storage has become a hot topic of social concern. The safety of hydrogen energy storage is one of the problems that must be focused on and solved first. Safety problems in four stages of hydrogen production, hydrogen storage, hydrogen transport and hydrogen use were summarized and analyzed, including hydrogen leakage and diffusion, hydrogen combustion and explosion, compatibility of hydrogen with metals. At the same time, the current status and development of hydrogen leakage detection sensor technologies were analyzed, and the urgent problems and future development directions of hydrogen leakage detection technologies were pointed out.

In the past three decades, China’s power industry has developed rapidly and solved the problem of efficiency and cleanliness to a certain extent. However, the implementation of the “double carbon” target has put forward the requirements of low carbon development for China’s power industry. Improving energy utilization efficiency, increasing the proportion of zero-carbon energy and carbon-neutral energy, and equipping carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) technology are three important ways to achieve carbon emission reduction in the power industry. Based on the carbon neutral formula of power system, the carbon emission reduction history of China’s power industry and the carbon emission reduction contribution of different pathways between 2000 and 2020 were analyzed, and the current situation and routes of CCUS technology development in China were described. The results show that between 2000 and 2011, improving the efficiency of carbon-containing energy utilization made the main contribution to carbon emission reduction in the power industry, and after 2011, the increase of the proportion of zero-carbon energy contributed more to carbon emission reduction in the power industry. To achieve the goal of carbon neutrality in the power industry, CCUS technology is indispensable when the fossil energy cannot be completely replaced. Currently, the high cost and energy consumption of CCUS technology are the main reasons that hinder its promotion. The fuel source capture technology realizes the graded utilization of energy and the enrichment of carbon components, which reduces the energy consumption of CO₂ capture, and the efficiency of fuel source carbon capture system can generally be improved by 5 to 8 percentage points compared with the current mainstream carbon capture technology.

Objectives Under the background of the “dual carbon” strategic goal, the demand for flexible regulation resources in the power system has significantly increased after the large-scale integration of new energy generation into the grid. At present, the coal-fired power is the main flexible resource on the power side with the ability to scale up peak shaving. Since 2016, the major domestic power generation companies have implemented a certain scale of flexibility transformation of coal-fired power units. Therefore, it is necessary to summarize and analyze the problems existing in the actual operation and maintenance of the unit after flexibility transformation. Methods The technical route, investment cost and actual operation of several coal-fired power units with flexible transformation in a company were statistically analyzed. Results After the flexibility improvement and transformation of the active coal-fired power generation unit, the minimum power generation output of the advanced unit can be reduced to 18%P_e (P_e is rated load) level, the load change rate with 20%P_e~30%P_e can reach 1.8%P_e/min, and an average unit capacity investment is 101 yuan/kW. In addition, under flexible operating conditions, the coal consumption of coal-fired power units after the transformation has significantly increased. Conclusions Suggestions are put forward for the operation, maintenance and further work of coal-fired power units under flexible operating conditions. The research results provide reference and inspiration for the flexibility improvement and transformation of existing coal-fired power units.

As a green and zero-carbon secondary energy, hydrogen is one of the key carriers for the development of energy transition and has become an important medium for energy interconnection. Hydrogen production by electrolytic decomposition of water is the main way to produce hydrogen in the future, which will promote the adjustment and transformation of energy structure. However, the development and industrial application of hydrogen energy technology in China is still at the initial stage. In addition, there are a lot of problems to be solved in the aspects of hydrogen energy production, storage and transportation, conversion and application industry chain. This paper analyzed the development status of green power hydrogen production technology, hydrogen storage and transportation technology, hydrogen application technology, and studied the typical scenarios of green electricity-hydrogen energy-multi-domain application and the key technologies of network coupling and integration. This work provides indicative ideas for the combination of hydrogen energy production, storage and application technology, and the development of application network in various areas.

In order to meet the challenges brought by the high proportion of new energy access in the future, it is necessary to fully tap the adjustable potential of different types of scheduling resources. Therefore, a multi-time scale optimal scheduling strategy of source-load-storage considering demand response was proposed to improve the economy and reliability of system operation by participating in the coordinated optimal scheduling of power grid. Firstly, the characteristics of different types of adjustable resources were analyzed, and the overall framework of multi-time scale rolling scheduling was constructed. The overall scheduling was divided into two stages: day-ahead scheduling and intra-day scheduling. Secondly, based on the multi-scenario stochastic programming method, the day-ahead and intra-day optimal scheduling models with the goal of minimizing the total operating cost of the system were established, and the models were solved under the premise of ensuring the reliable operation of the system. Finally, the improved IEEE-30 node system was used for simulation analysis to verify the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed strategy.

Based on the existing relevant technical system, coal-fired power units can be gradually transformed through the “three-step” carbon reduction strategy, that is, through technical carbon reduction (coal consumption reduction and deep peak shaving) to achieve low carbonization, through fuel decarburization to achieve zero carbonization, through flue gas decarburization to achieve negative carbonization. The strategy makes coal-fired power units have advantages of reliable, harmonic and stable, and solves the high carbon emissions of the units. As a kind of zero-carbon new energy, biomass thermal power can simultaneously solve the following two dilemmas: the wind and solar new energy power plus energy storage can’t really ensure the safety of power grid; the traditional coal power is stable and adjustable, but the carbon emission intensity is too high. Biomass thermal power has become the backbone of China’s future low-carbon power supply, and will make historical contributions to the early realization of a new power system with new energy as the main body.

Based on the demand of China to achieve carbon neutrality and zero carbon energy architecture by 2060, this paper studied the future energy system and the realistic path of energy transformation in China. Combined with the trend of energy technology development and the actual situation of China’s current energy system dominated by fossil energy, the hard constraints of China’s energy transformation were analyzed. By comparing and studying the feasibility, the main challenges of different technology options for carbon neutrality energy solutions, and the global energy development trend, this paper deduced the realistic path of realizing carbon neutrality energy architecture and zero carbon energy transformation in 2060 under the premise of ensuring national energy security. Finally, the key technologies and the policy measures were put forward, which should be promoted to build a novel energy system with renewable energy as the main body for the future.

With the development and evolution of the information revolution, promoting the integration of a new generation of digital technology with traditional power generation system, and promoting the digital construction of power generation systems is an important way to support energy transformation and digital grid construction. Based on the digital business needs of power generation system, this paper summarized the business needs of data in various scenarios such as the full life cycle management, intelligent operation and maintenance, and intelligent operation. The architecture of power generation system was expounded from the aspects of network structure and digital technology architecture. The key technologies and applications in the process of digitalization of power generation system were sorted out. Finally, the problems that need to be solved in the process of digitalization of power generation system were discussed.

In order to achieve the dual carbon development goals and support the development of new power system, it is necessary to gradually realize the digital transformation of decision-making business. For this purpose, the typical characteristics, development blueprint and digital transformation requirements of the new power system were analyzed, the “three stages” digital transformation system of development business was constructed, and the digital transformation idea of “from far to near, and then from near to far” was proposed. The transformation path deduction scheme based on “informatization-digitization-intellectualization” was formulated. Finally, taking the planning business as an example, the digital transformation path and implementation strategy of the planning business was deduced, the effectiveness of the method was verified. It has reference significance for the promotion of the development of the whole business digital transformation.

In recent years, the use of phase change material (PCM) to improve the output performance of semiconductor thermoelectric generator (TEG) and maintain the long-term operation of TEG has been widely concerned. In view of the current situation that the existing PCM-TEG combination methods are complicated and lack of unified understanding, this paper established a PCM-TEG coupling mathematical model, compared the system performance when PCM is arranged on the hot side, cold side and double sides of TEG, and proposed a skeleton with PCM design and verified its effectiveness. The results show that, through the design of PCM, the output capacity of the TEG can be improved by the device thermal management, which can effectively avoid the failure of thermoelectric devices due to its own heat storage capacity. The skeleton with PCM design is superior to the conventional PCM-TEG system performance. The design of hot-side-PCM-TEG on the double-sides-PCM-TEG on double sides can effectively maintain the stable operation of TEG. Enhancing the heat transfer capacity of TEG on the cold side can make up for the defect of insufficient output performance of hot-side-PCM-TEG. The study results can provide a reference for the next research on the relevant application of PCM-TEG.

The increasingly frequent extreme weather has a more serious impact on the electro-thermal coupling system. Resilience is a core indicator that measures the system’s ability to withstand extreme events, reduce the impact of failures,and recover quickly. To enhance the ability of the electro-thermal coupling system to withstand extreme disasters,a two-stage three-layer resilience enhancement strategy of combined heat and power-virtual power plant (CHP-VPP) considering thermal inertia was proposed. In the first stage, the system was reconstructed based on the minimum spanning tree theory with the goal of minimizing the cost of tie switches. In the second stage,aiming at minimizing the operating cost,the optimal decisions under the worst failure scenario was formulated based on distributionally robust optimization theory. The column and constraint generation algorithm was used for iterative solutions. A CHP-VPP test system was built based on an IEEE 33-bus system and a 6-node thermal system. The simulation results show that the proposed method can effectively enhance the resilience of CHP-VPP to cope with extreme disasters.

Focusing on the goal of carbon peak and carbon neutrality, the low-carbonization of the whole link of energy power system (i.e., source-network-load-storage) faces new requirements and challenges. The high proportion of renewable energy generation has become an inevitable trend. Considering the impact of the uncertainty of renewable energy generation on the safe and stable operation of the power system, the use of virtual power plant (VPP) with multi-energy complementary characteristics is a favourable way to solve this problem. Therefore, an optimal scheduling strategy of multi-energy complementary VPP was proposed. Firstly, taking into account the coupling relationship between multiple energy sources, a VPP operation mechanism that takes into account the entire source-grid-load-storage chain was constructed. Secondly, according to the proposed operation mechanism, a multi-energy complementary optimal dispatching model with low carbon economy as the goal was proposed to promote the consumption of renewable energy by coordinating the dispatching of various types of devices. Finally, the effectiveness of the proposed strategy was verified by simulating and analyzing a reference case of a multi-energy complementary VPP including renewable energy generation in a region.

The multi-energy complementary demonstra-tion projects of wind-solar-water-thermal-energy storage focuses on the development from the power side, and forms a complementary operation mode by using wind energy, solar energy, hydropower, coal to generate electricity. Multi-energy complementarity can effectively solve the problems of wind abandoning, light abandoning, water abandoning and power limiting, promote the absorption of renewable energy nearby, realize the stable delivery of electricity and improve the comprehensive utilization efficiency of energy. This paper summarized the connotation construction principles of multi-energy complementarity, detailed the development status and existing problems of the first batch of multi-energy complementarity demonstration projects, and analyzed in detail the development paths of different modes of multi-energy complementarity projects. This paper focused on the evaluation of wind and solar resources, new energy site planning, total installed capacity and optimal power ratio, optimal allocation of energy storage, coordinated control technology to ensure safety and stability and economic evaluation indicators of the project, so as to extract the general process and development mode suitable for the construction and promotion of multi-energy complementary projects. Finally, some summary and suggestions were put forward from the aspects of top-level design, market mechanism and operation management.

In order to promote the utilization of clean and renewable energy such as solar energy and hydrogen energy, and better integrate it with virtual power plant technology, aiming at the coupling system of photovoltaic power station and electrolytic water hydrogen production, the operation mode of large-scale aggregate resources was constructed and the relevant economic analysis considering the initial investment of resources was carried out. At the same time, combined with the analysis of the annual output data of the actual photovoltaic power station project, it was discussed that when this kind of coupling resources were used as virtual power plant resources, while supporting the new power system and promoting the consumption of new energy, it could maintain and continuously optimize its own economy. The operation mode optimization elements, equipment function characteristics and market conditions worthy of attention were pointed out, which provided a reference for related research.

China’s equipment manufacturing system and Europe’s experience in project complement each other. Firstly, this paper focused on the industrial chain and key technologies of floating offshore such as wind turbines, floating foundations, mooring and anchoring system, dynamic submarine cables, survey and design, construction, transportation and installation, operation and maintenance, etc. An evaluation system for the industrial chain with deep vertical analysis and horizontal expansion and comparison was established. Then, combined with the results of China-Europe comparison in different segments, 18 key cooperation areas were proposed. Finally, the study also explored the 4 stages of cooperation paths: exchange & sharing, cooperative construction, scale application and global promotion. It is expected to solve the problems of sole form of demonstration prototype foundation, high cost and immature industry chain,and provide certain ideas and inspiration between China and Europe floating offshore wind power cooperation.

A model of hundred kilowatt proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) combined heat and power system was established in Aspen Plus platform, which was composed of fuel processing unit, heat recovery unit and PEMFC unit. The key equipment model of fuel processing unit was built according to the reaction kinetic parameters, while PEMFC stack adopted the custom model from Aspen Custom Modeler. This paper verified the accuracy of key equipment model and analyzed the effects of operating parameters on system performances under steady-state conditions. The results show that under the operation mode of determining heat by power, the feed of combustion natural gas or the steam-carbon ratio of reforming gas can be appropriately reduced to improve electrical efficiency and exergy efficiency of the system. In addition, the linkage valve on the pipeline from pressure swing adsorption (PSA) to PEMFC can be adjusted to increase the anode inlet pressure of the stack, so as to improve the power generation. However, it is not recommended to increase the cathode inlet pressure of the stack, which will lead to raise of auxiliary equipment power consumption and decline in net power efficiency. When the power is determined by heat, the opposite adjustment method can be adopted, and the exhaust temperature of combustion flue gas and PEMFC tail gas can be reduced to improve the system thermal efficiency. The study results provide reference for adjusting the operation parameters of PEMFC combined heat and power system to achieve appropriate thermo-electric output ratio.

Energy conservation and efficiency improvement under the dual carbon background is the first choice for coal-fired power plants to reduce carbon. The energy efficiency parameters of dry electrostatic precipitator (ESP), wet electrostatic precipitator (WESP), auxiliary equipment and dust removal technology route before and after ultra-low emission transformation were analyzed and evaluated, which could excavate their energy saving and carbon reduction space. Before the transformation of ultra-low emission, the annual CO₂ emissions corresponding to the high voltage power consumption of 300 MW, 600 MW and 1000 MW units supporting dry ESP are about 6 000 t, 9 000 t and 14 000 t respectively. In addition, the better the performance of ESP, the higher the corresponding energy consumption and CO₂ emission. After the ultra-low emission transformation, the annual CO₂ emission corresponding to the high-voltage power supply power consumption of the 1000 MW unit supporting the ESP is about 18 000 t, which increases by about 20% compared with that before the transformation, but could be reduced by about 60% through the energy saving optimization. The annual CO₂ emissions corresponding to the high-voltage power supply power consumption of the 300 MW, 600 MW and 1000 MW units supporting the WESP are about 2 000 t, 2500 t and 3400 t, respectively. The low temperature economizer of 630 MW unit could reduce the annual CO₂ emission by about 19000 t, and the phase change condenser of 280 t/h furnace could reduce the annual CO₂ emission by about 8 000 t. Compared with the WESP removal technology route, the flue gas cooperative treatment technology route of 660 MW unit with low-low temperature ESP removal technology as the core could reduce the annual CO₂ emission by about 3 000 t. This paper could provide technical ideas for the carbon emission reduction of subsequent coal-fired power plants.

Accurate power load forecasting is conducive to ensuring the safe and economic operation of the power system. Aiming at the problems of low prediction accuracy and long time consuming of the current prediction algorithms, an improved deep learning (DL) short-term load forecasting model based on random forest (RF) algorithm and rough set theory (RST), namely RF-DL-RST, was proposed. Firstly, based on historical data, the model used RF algorithm to extract the key features that affected the load forecasting. Then, the key features and historical load data were trained as the input and output items of deep neural network (DNN), and the prediction results were corrected by RST. After that, the rough set method was used to revise the prediction results. Finally, the simulation was verified by an example. The results show that the prediction accuracy of the model is higher than that of a single DNN model and a model without RST revised.

This paper analyzed the localization status of key components and systems in offshore wind turbines such as blades, spindles, electrical systems, and control systems.In view of the localization weaknesses existing in the components and systems of offshore wind turbines, the localization of blades, main bearings, converters and programmable logic controller (PLC) was carried out by using the ideas of theoretical analysis, material/component selection, component development, test verification and overall assembly, and 5 MW offshore wind turbines were assembled with the developed localization components and systems. The localization rate of the unit was more than 95%. The results show that most of the components and systems of offshore wind turbines have the conditions for localization, but some technologies, such as blade design, still rely on imports, and a few core components are still missing in China.

A new scheme of lithium ion battery and super capacitor hybrid energy storage system in wind farm was proposed. The original wind power was decomposed by the wavelet packet frequency division technology to obtain the compensation power of the hybrid energy storage system. Taking the hybrid energy storage configuration scheme as the optimization variable, the improved life cycle cost was introduced, and a multi-objective energy storage system configuration model of net income volatility waste air volume was established. The model was solved by the improved probabilistic mutation particle swarm optimization (PMPSO) to obtain the Pareto solution set. The solution set was normalized to obtain the optimal allocation scheme of entropy weight. Compared with the single objective optimal scheme, it shows that the optimal allocation scheme of entropy weight takes into account both economy and function. Compared with the adaptive quantum particle swarm optimization (AQPSO), it is verified that the optimal allocation scheme of entropy weight obtained by improved PMPSO algorithm not only ensures the small waste air volume and volatility, but also configures the energy storage with smaller capacity to obtain greater benefits and meet the multi-objective allocation requirements.

The power balance of the new power system mainly based on new energy is facing an important technical challenge, and the participation of flexible load in power system regulation is an important way to enhance the active balance capability of the new power system. In view of the obvious seasonal and temporal characteristics of the electric and thermal loads, the new energy sources are “extremely cold and hot without wind” and “late peak without light”, and the thermoelectric loads in the new power system show the trend of anti-peak regulation. To address this problem, this paper analyzed the spatial and temporal characteristics and energy-use characteristics of electric and thermal loads, explored their regulation potential, focused on the control scenarios of electric and thermal controllable loads, and systematically gave a flexible scheduling strategy for electric and thermal loads to complete the flexible control and regulation of electric and thermal loads. The results realize the network-load cooperative optimization and flexible scheduling on the whole time scale, and thus verify the feasibility of the real-time participation of telectric and thermal loads in the scheduling of the grid.

Under the carbon trading mechanism, virtual power plants (VPP) aggregating distributed energy resource (DER) to participate in electricity market (EM) trading will help new energy consumption and improve environmental benefits. This paper constructed a multi-agent VPP model including wind turbine, photovoltaic power, controllable distribution generation, stored energy, and flexible load, and formulated bidding strategies for each entity participating in the electric energy market (EEM) and peak regulating market (PRM). The EEM and PRM examples showed that participating in peak regulating bidding by VPP could achieve the maximum benefits of VPP and reasonable distribution of the interests among DER members. Moreover, this paper introduced the carbon trading mechanism, analyzed the correlation between changes in carbon trading price and wind and solar consumption rate, carbon emissions and VPP benefits, and further explored the impact of carbon sink resource trading on electricity price, output and energy demand change rate. It provided a basis for the ecological protection compensation mechanism of carbon sink value, and also provided a reference for the price transmission effect of carbon market (CM) on EM under the coordination of electricity-carbon market and the optimization design of CM price mechanism.