The reporter Huang Jihui’s fight against global warming and the high energy prices have made the development of renewable energy the direction of the world’s efforts. UN officials recently stated that they hope that by 2030, the level of dependence on renewable energy resources will be significantly higher than at present.

Helping to mitigate climate change The Director-General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Kandeh, said that as part of the goal of climate change mitigation, the global level of reliance on renewable energy resources should more than double by 2030. The new target is to reach 2030. Annual renewable energy accounts for 30% of the energy supply.

Kandehe said that the renewable energy target will join the United Nations in achieving the goal of making electricity available to everyone by 2030 and increasing global energy efficiency by 40% by 2030. This is part of efforts to eliminate poverty in developing countries and combat global warming.

The energy outlook report released by BP states that it is expected that the global primary energy demand will grow at an average annual rate of 1.7% between 2010 and 2030, and the demand growth will slow down after 2020. According to BP, the proportion of wind energy, solar energy, biofuels, and other renewable energy sources in primary energy sources will rise from less than 2% today to more than 6% by 2030. Biofuels will account for 9% of transportation energy consumption, nuclear power and hydropower will grow steadily, and its proportion in overall energy consumption will also increase.

Ernst & Young’s global “Renewable Energy National Attraction Index” survey released in February showed that new investment in clean energy reached an unprecedented US$ 243 billion in 2010, an increase of 30%.

2010 was a good year for the development of offshore wind power. The newly installed capacity increased by 51%. However, the global onshore wind power installed capacity has dropped by 7%, of which Europe has fallen by 14%. The solar power industry has grown strongly and the concentrated solar power market continues to grow. The level of biomass power generation investment is comparable to that of 2009.

According to Cai Weirong, managing partner of the Greater China Clean Energy Center of Ernst & Young, “In countries with little direct relationship between energy policies and employment growth in the clean energy industry, we have found that governments and policy makers have increasingly focused on achieving the low-carbon economy in the most economical way. However, this may be at the cost of long-term economic value. Time will prove whether some of the more mature renewable energy markets will pay a high price in terms of the ambitious CO2 reduction target and the balance of project investment."

Cai Weirong said: “We will continue to see progress in the development, deployment and adoption of renewable energy. The global shift to a resource-efficient society and a low-carbon economy is a long process. At the local or regional level, we will face Many challenges. However, the global factors driving this transformation include a balance between supply and demand imbalances, energy security, and energy prices.

U.S.Development of "Tomorrow Energy"

US President Barack Obama’s "State of the Union Address" published earlier this year set the ambitious goal of achieving 80% of clean energy power by 2035, including nuclear power, carbon capture and storage, and natural gas. The United States has also approved a one-year extension of the "Treasury Subsidy Program" to provide necessary support for the renewable energy market.

Obama once again made a speech recently, calling for the cancellation of the U.S. oil and gas industry's annual tax reduction of 4 billion U.S. dollars. At the same time, he suggested investing in clean tomorrow energy such as renewable energy. Obama emphasized his concern for the living conditions of the people. "Investing in clean renewable energy is a key step toward reducing the dependence of American families on foreign crude oil."

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Versak also said in June that biofuels in clean energy will “create a lot of job opportunities” in rural areas. Biofuels, mainly ethanol extracted from U.S. corn, are considered by some to be the cause of rising food prices. However, Vilsack believes that biofuels have little effect on food prices, but they can increase farm income and promote rural development.

Analysts pointed out that Obama's call for the development of renewable energy, on the one hand, is to increase the momentum for next year's general election. On the other hand, it can also enable the U.S. federal government to get more income from the traditional energy industry, thus mitigating the government's financial difficulties to some extent. Obama pointed out that “it is better to invest in “tomorrow energy” instead of subsidizing yesterday’s energy. We need to invest in clean renewable energy, which is a solution to the problem in the long run.”

China leads the global market China's wind power and solar energy markets continue to maintain their growth momentum and indisputably occupy the leading position in the global renewable energy market.

According to the Ernst & Young report, China's wind power and solar energy market continues to maintain its growth momentum. In 2010, the cumulative installed capacity of wind power in China increased by 64% to more than 42 million kilowatts. Last year, the installed capacity of wind power in the United States was 5.1 million kilowatts, which was equivalent to only half of the level in 2009, and less than one-third of the 16.5 million kilowatts of new installed capacity in China in 2010.

Peng Ximing, a senior energy expert at the World Bank, said a few days ago: "Since China enacted the "Renewable Energy Law" in 2005, China has adopted a variety of policy measures to promote the development of renewable energy, including wind power concessions and biomass. The fixed on-grid tariff policy for power generation and the later fixed wind power tariff policy, as well as the mandatory renewable energy share policy for power generation companies, provinces, and future power grid companies."

The World Bank’s previous report stated that China has made great achievements in the development of renewable energy in the past 30 years. In order to more effectively achieve the goal of meeting 15% of energy demand with non-fossil fuels by 2020, the World Bank recommends that China accelerate hydropower development, improve the quality of wind power development as soon as possible, encourage renewable energy transactions between provinces and regions, and promote green power. Subscription mechanism.