Henan issued a document: Encourage all places to explore the development of near-zero energy buildings and zero-carbon buildings

Source: Henan Provincial Development and Reform Commission

Henan Provincial Development and Reform Commission recently issued a 2024-2025 energy conservation work plan. The plan is clear that by 2025, the province's energy consumption per unit of GDP will be reduced by more than 14.5% compared with 2020.

The plan proposes to comprehensively improve the level of green and low-carbon buildings, promote green and low-carbon construction, actively promote ultra-low energy consumption buildings, and encourage all localities to explore the development of near-zero energy consumption buildings and zero-carbon buildings. We will resolutely curb the blind launch of projects with high energy consumption, high emission and low level of production.

Overall regional energy supply and demand, adhere to the "energy consumption factors follow the project", and give priority to ensuring the energy use of low-carbon and efficient industrial projects. We will coordinate industrial chain and supply chain security, energy supply assurance, energy efficiency, and pollutant emission levels, optimize the allocation of energy resources, promote the concentration of energy factors to high-quality projects, enterprises, and industries, and resolutely put an end to "one-size-fits-all" restrictions on enterprise electricity consumption in the name of energy conservation and "double carbon".

Promote centralized planning and unified development, explore new management technologies and market operation models conducive to the development and utilization of geothermal energy, and promote the construction of large-scale geothermal heating demonstration zones in Zhengzhou and Kaifeng. By 2025, the total consumption of renewable energy will reach about 47 million tons of standard coal.

We will increase the proportion of renewable energy consumption. We will strengthen the flexibility and regulation capacity of the power system, improve the ability to adapt to a high proportion of renewable energy, accelerate the construction of pumped storage power plants, and vigorously promote the flexibility of thermal power generation. Encourage wind power and photovoltaic power generation projects to deploy energy storage facilities, and improve the power prediction level of new energy power generation projects.

Henan Province 2024-2025 energy conservation work plan

In the first three years of the "14th Five-Year Plan", with the joint efforts of all localities and departments, the province's energy intensity reduction target basically reached the target schedule. However, we must clearly see that the trend of industrial structure in our province has not been fundamentally changed, the low rate of energy and resources production, and the low level of energy efficiency in high-energy industries are prominent, and the situation of energy conservation in the later period of the "14th Five-Year Plan" is grim and the task is arduous. In order to implement the national plan for strengthening energy conservation, implement the requirements of the "Fourteenth Five-Year Plan" Comprehensive Work Plan for energy Conservation and Emission Reduction in Henan Province, do a better job in energy conservation at a higher level and with higher quality, improve the control of total energy consumption and intensity, strengthen the guarantee of high-quality development energy, and promote the completion of the "Fourteenth Five-Year Plan" binding targets for reducing energy intensity, this work plan is formulated.

I. General requirements

(1) Guiding ideology.  Improve incentive measures, promote energy conservation and efficiency in the whole society, ensure the completion of the province's "14th Five-Year Plan" binding targets for energy intensity reduction, and lay a solid foundation for the province to achieve the goal of carbon peak carbon neutrality on schedule.

(2) Work objectives. By 2025, the province's energy consumption per unit of GDP will be reduced by more than 14.5 percent from 2020.

Second, ensure the rational use of energy for economic and social development

3. Making every effort to meet the energy needs of residents. Adhere to the bottom line thinking, effectively ensure the people's life and property safety and normal life of the energy demand, prioritize energy factors to improve people's livelihood and life services and other areas, to ensure that residents, key places and users of the normal use of energy. (Responsible unit: Provincial Development and Reform Commission, provincial cities people's governments, Jiyuan Demonstration Zone Management Committee, the following need to be implemented by local governments, no longer listed)

4. Strengthening the guarantee of high-quality energy for development. We will implement and improve policies for regulating total and intensity of energy consumption, and scientifically evaluate and assess responsibility for energy conservation targets. Overall regional energy supply and demand, adhere to the "energy consumption factors follow the project", and give priority to ensuring the energy use of low-carbon and efficient industrial projects. We will coordinate industrial chain and supply chain security, energy supply assurance, energy efficiency, and pollutant emission levels, optimize the allocation of energy resources, promote the concentration of energy factors to high-quality projects, enterprises, and industries, and resolutely put an end to "one-size-fits-all" restrictions on enterprise electricity consumption in the name of energy conservation and "double carbon". (Responsible unit: Provincial Development and Reform Commission)

Third, comprehensively promote energy conservation and efficiency improvement in key areas

5. Implementing actions to conserve energy and increase efficiency in industry Focusing on the next generation of information technology, high-end equipment, new materials, modern medicine, intelligent networking and new energy vehicles, new energy, energy conservation and environmental protection, we will build chain extension chain reinforcement chain strong chain, enhance the basic capacity of the industry, and cultivate a green and low-carbon product supply system. Continue to promote the construction of green manufacturing system, promote green product design, strengthen the construction of green supply chain, carry out the creation of green factories, and create 300 green factories (parks) and 30 green supply chain management enterprises. Carry out energy efficiency leader activities in key energy-using industries, select and publish the list of energy efficiency "leader" enterprises and their energy efficiency indicators, and guide industry enterprises to catch up with energy efficiency "leaders" through benchmarking demonstration and standard compliance. Strictly implement the relevant provisions of the Catalogue for the Guidance of Industrial Structure Adjustment and the Catalogue for the Elimination of outdated Mechanical and Electrical Equipment (products) with high Energy Consumption, and speed up the elimination of backward products and equipment. Strengthen the application of next-generation information technology in the fields of manufacturing energy consumption and carbon emissions, and support enterprises to build digital carbon pipe control centers. By 2025, the energy consumption of value-added industrial enterprises in the province will be reduced by about 8% compared with 2023. (Responsible unit: Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology)

6. Building energy conservation and efficiency improvement. We will comprehensively raise the level of green and low-carbon buildings, promote green and low-carbon construction, actively promote ultra-low energy buildings, and encourage all localities to explore the development of near-zero energy and zero-carbon buildings. Implement the "Green Building Regulations of Henan Province", actively develop star-rated green buildings, large public buildings and office buildings of national and provincial organs, etc. in accordance with the green building standards of one star and above, and encourage all localities to provide higher star-rated green building construction requirements in light of the actual situation. Promote the construction of green and low-carbon villages and the construction of green and low-carbon rural housing, guide the popularization and application of the Design Standards for Energy Efficiency of Rural Residential Buildings, and improve the energy efficiency of rural housing. By 2025, new civil buildings in cities and towns will fully implement green building standards, and old residential areas built before 2000 that need to be renovated will basically be completed. (Responsible unit: Provincial Department of Housing and Urban-Rural Development)

7. Promoting energy conservation and efficiency improvement in transport. Promote the "transit rail" and "transit water" of goods transport, and give play to the comparative advantages of railways and waterways. Accelerate the construction of special railway lines, promote logistics parks and ports to open up the "last kilometer" of railway transportation, and strive to reach more than 85% of large industrial and mining enterprises with an annual cargo volume of more than 1.5 million tons and the proportion of railway special lines in new logistics parks. We will innovate green freight transport models and improve the intensive use of logistics resources. Encourage green freight distribution demonstration cities to innovate organizational models, and develop intensive models such as joint distribution, unified distribution, centralized distribution, and night distribution. Promote the application of new energy and clean energy vehicles in urban public transport, taxi, urban distribution and other fields. Accelerate the application of hydrogen energy in the field of transportation, and encourage pilot areas to use fuel cell vehicles as a preferred alternative to traditional fuel vehicles. By 2025, in addition to emergency support vehicles, all new buses in the province will achieve new energy, the number of new energy and clean energy passenger and cargo operating vehicles will reach 50,000, and the number of new energy and clean energy powered ships will increase by more than 20% compared with 2020. (Responsible unit: Provincial Department of Transportation, provincial Development and Reform Commission according to the division of responsibilities)

8. Implementing actions to save energy and improve efficiency in public institutions. We will continue to promote new energy vehicles, and appropriately increase the proportion of new energy vehicles and the number of charging infrastructure requirements. We will continue to carry out energy-saving renovation of existing building enclosures, heating, cooling, lighting, water and other facilities of public institutions, and promote the use of solar energy, geothermal energy, biomass energy and heat pump technologies in light of local conditions. Encourage public institutions to adopt contract energy management service models such as energy cost custody, and guide private capital to participate in the energy conservation and carbon reduction transformation of public institutions. Promote the application of energy-saving standards system in public institutions, and comprehensively carry out the creation of energy-saving institutions. By 2025, 160 energy-saving public institution demonstration units will be created, and six public institution energy efficiency leaders will be selected. (Responsible units: Provincial Government Offices Administration, Provincial Housing and Urban-Rural Development Department, provincial Development and Reform Commission according to the division of responsibilities)

9. Deepening actions to conserve energy and increase efficiency in key energy use units. Implement the "Measures for the Implementation of Energy Conservation Management of Key Energy-Using Units in Henan Province", strengthen the construction and application of energy utilization reports and online energy consumption monitoring systems for key energy-using units, and continue to improve the fine management level of key energy-using units. Implementation of energy efficiency benchmarking management, improve energy efficiency as the core of key energy-using units energy-saving target responsibility system, reasonable allocation of energy management posts and personnel, continue to carry out special verification of energy efficiency levels, regular release of energy efficiency benchmarks in key areas, and a comprehensive understanding of the energy efficiency of major products and energy-using equipment. Implement the relevant requirements such as "benchmarking level and benchmark level of energy efficiency in key industrial areas (2023 version)", "advanced level of energy efficiency, energy saving level and access level of key energy-using products and equipment (2022 version)", and adhere to the "one enterprise, one policy" checklist and project to promote energy saving and carbon reduction transformation. Projects whose energy efficiency is lower than the benchmark level or does not reach the limit value shall formulate transformation and elimination plans, and those who cannot complete the transformation on time shall be eliminated and withdrawn. Regularly carry out energy-saving policy interpretation and business training guidance, and promote the application of a number of mature, reliable, applicable and effective energy-saving and carbon reduction technologies and equipment. (Responsible unit: Provincial Development and Reform Commission, Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology according to the division of responsibilities)

10. Resolutely curb the blind launch of projects with high energy consumption, high emission and low level of production. The standard "two high" projects will be reviewed jointly, and strictly check the aspects of industrial planning, industrial policy, environmental impact assessment approval, energy conservation review, and land use planning. Implement the relevant provisions of the "Measures for the Review of energy conservation of Fixed Asset Investment Projects", in accordance with the principle of "high is not low", strict project energy efficiency control, the energy efficiency of the main products of industrial new projects must meet the domestic benchmark level or advanced level, and the key energy use equipment must meet the advanced level of energy efficiency or a level of energy efficiency standards. Strict governance of illegal energy use, non-approved construction of illegal "two high" projects should be paid to purchase energy indicators. Dynamically update the list of projects to be put into production in the "14th Five-Year Plan", accurately grasp the project energy consumption, energy efficiency level, production timing, etc. We will monitor and warn key industries with overcapacity or expected overcapacity, strictly implement policies such as capacity replacement, and avoid homogenization and low-level duplication of construction. (Responsible units: Provincial Development and Reform Commission, Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology, Provincial Department of Ecology and Environment, provincial Department of Natural Resources according to the division of responsibilities)

Fourth, promote non-fossil energy consumption

11. Enhancing the supply of non-fossil energy. Vigorously promote the development and construction of distributed photovoltaic power generation, accelerate the pilot construction of rooftop photovoltaic development, and promote a number of "photovoltaic +" feature projects to achieve results, by 2025, the rooftop photovoltaic coverage of new public buildings will strive to reach 50%. Give full play to the role of provincial overall planning baton, promote wind power to accelerate the implementation of large-scale development, and plan a number of large-scale development projects of new energy. Promote centralized planning and unified development, explore new management technologies and market operation models conducive to the development and utilization of geothermal energy, and promote the construction of large-scale geothermal heating demonstration zones in Zhengzhou and Kaifeng. In the county where the industrial system of biomass raw materials collection, storage and transportation is relatively perfect, new bio-natural gas projects will be built. Actively absorb renewable energy power from outside the province, strengthen the target of renewable energy power consumption responsibility weight, coordinate resources within the province and outside the province, and actively absorb renewable energy power from outside the province. By 2025, the total consumption of renewable energy will reach about 47 million tons of standard coal. (Responsible unit: Provincial Development and Reform Commission, State Grid Henan Electric Power Company according to the division of responsibilities)

12. Increasing the proportion of renewable energy consumption. We will strengthen the flexibility and regulation capacity of the power system, improve the ability to adapt to a high proportion of renewable energy, accelerate the construction of pumped storage power plants, and vigorously promote the flexibility of thermal power generation. Encourage wind power and photovoltaic power generation projects to deploy energy storage facilities, and improve the power prediction level of new energy power generation projects. Strengthen the green power consumption attribute identification function of the green certificate, expand the scope of green certificate issuance, encourage the green certificate trading of affordable new energy projects, and do a good job of connecting the green certificate with the renewable energy power consumption guarantee mechanism, the power spot market mechanism, and carbon trading. Actively guide green energy consumption, carry out public publicity and education on green energy consumption, encourage new energy equipment manufacturing, automobile, Internet and other enterprises to expand the proportion of green energy use, production of green products, and gradually raise the green energy use requirements of industry, construction, transportation and other fields and public institutions. (Responsible unit: Provincial Development and Reform Commission, State Grid Henan Electric Power Company according to the division of responsibilities)

Fifth, improve the energy intensity decline warning mechanism

(13) Strengthen the management of energy intensity reduction progress. The Provincial Development and Reform Commission organizes provincial cities (including Jiyuan Demonstration Zone, the same below) to strengthen the annual and quarterly management of energy intensity decline in combination with economic and social development, the timing of major projects, and energy consumption trends. The provincial cities should strengthen the situation analysis, work scheduling, sorting out energy consumption, input and output, cost and efficiency by industry and enterprise, identify the shortcomings, deeply tap the energy saving potential, timely and comprehensively grasp the progress of energy conservation in the region, and ensure the completion of the "14th Five-Year Plan" energy intensity reduction target. (Responsible unit: Provincial Development and Reform Commission)

(14) Implement monthly monitoring, quarterly reminders and annual early warnings. Organize the implementation of the "14th Five-Year Plan" energy-saving target responsibility assessment of the people's governments of the provincial cities, carry out quarterly analysis of the energy-saving situation, monthly monitoring, quarterly reminders and annual early warning of the decline in energy intensity in various regions, and strengthen the supervision and guidance of the progress of the decline in energy intensity lag and the situation of energy conservation. (Responsible unit: Provincial Development and Reform Commission)

(15) Strengthen the use of warning and evaluation results. According to the warning situation, adjust the energy-saving review rhythm of the "two high" projects in relevant regions. Regional energy audits should be carried out in regions with lagging progress in annual energy intensity reduction to identify energy saving potential. The progress of the "14th Five-Year Plan" energy intensity reduction target in each region is linked to pilot demonstrations, typical incentives, and financial support in related fields. According to the procedure, the assessment and assessment of energy-saving target responsibility of the provincial cities are transferred to the organizational departments for the application of the results. (Responsible unit: Provincial Development and Reform Commission)

6. Safeguard measures

16. Strengthen organizational leadership. The Provincial Development and Reform Commission should earnestly fulfill the responsibilities of the energy conservation and emission Reduction Work Office of the provincial Energy Conservation and emission Reduction (to cope with climate change) work leading group, closely track the progress of work together with relevant departments, and urge the implementation of various measures. Relevant departments should, in accordance with the division of responsibilities, strengthen coordination and cooperation, work together to form a joint force and do a good job in energy conservation. The main responsible comrade of the people's government of the provincial cities and the management committee of the Jiyuan Demonstration Zone is the first responsible person for the local energy conservation work, and it is necessary to keep a good pace of work and take comprehensive measures to ensure that the "14th Five-Year Plan" energy intensity reduction binding targets are completed.

Improving incentive mechanisms for energy conservation. Finance at all levels should increase support for energy conservation and carbon reduction, and make overall arrangements for relevant special funds to support the construction of key energy conservation projects. We will improve the green financial system, vigorously develop green credit, support energy conservation and carbon reduction in key industries, make good use of carbon emission reduction support tools and support the clean and efficient use of coal through special refinancing, and promote green and low-carbon development. Encourage eligible localities to explore the establishment of green loan financial interest discount, bonus, risk compensation, credit guarantee and other supporting policies. We will continue to improve the mechanism of green electricity prices such as ladder electricity prices in high-energy-consuming industries, expand the scope of implementation, increase implementation, and implement the upward pricing policy for backward "two high" enterprises.

(18) Strengthening statistical analysis of energy. We will strengthen the development of energy measurement systems and consumption statistics systems, and improve statistical analysis of renewable energy and raw material energy use data. The reduction rate of energy consumption of industrial added value above designated size is calculated according to monthly statistics, and the reduction rate of energy intensity is calculated according to quarterly statistics. Strengthen the construction of grass-roots statistical teams, strengthen the audit of statistical data, prevent statistical fraud and fraud, and improve the quality of statistical data.

19. Strengthening supervision over energy conservation. We will implement the requirements of the state for establishing and improving an energy conservation supervision system, encourage local governments to strengthen energy conservation law enforcement capacity building, and strengthen personnel and funding guarantees. Build a digital and intelligent management platform for energy conservation and carbon reduction in Henan Province, and improve the digital and intelligent level of energy conservation and carbon reduction management. Strengthen the coordination and cooperation between departments, strengthen the supervision and inspection of the implementation of energy-saving laws and standards in key areas through multiple channels, and carry out special supervision of the implementation of energy-saving review opinions on a regular basis.

(20) Guiding public participation. Promote green and low-carbon consumption, increase support for the promotion of energy-efficient products, encourage e-commerce platforms and shopping malls, supermarkets, etc., to set up special areas for the sale of energy-saving and low-carbon products, set up special areas for energy-saving and low-carbon products in promotional activities, and guide consumers to practice green and low-carbon consumption methods. Relying on important platforms such as the National Ecological Day and the Provincial Energy Conservation Publicity Month, we will continue to carry out in-depth publicity and guidance on ecological civilization and energy conservation and carbon reduction.