How to Cope with the Toughest Power Rationing Order? Don't Worry — CEEG Has the Answer!

According to the "Barometer on the Achievement of Dual-Control Energy Consumption Targets by Region for the First Half of 2021" recently released by the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), energy consumption intensity rose instead of falling in the first half of the year in nine provinces and regions — Qinghai, Ningxia, Guangxi, Guangdong, Fujian, Xinjiang, Yunnan, Shaanxi and Jiangsu — while ten provinces, including Zhejiang, Henan, Gansu, Sichuan, Anhui, Guizhou, Shanxi, Heilongjiang, Liaoning and Jiangxi, fell short of the required pace of reduction. As a result, large-scale power rationing and production halts swept across more than ten provinces, and a number of A-share listed companies issued announcements on production suspensions in quick succession.

Behind the power rationing and production halts lies a combination of multiple factors: beyond energy consumption controls imposed by some regions under dual-control pressure, tight coal supply and high thermal coal prices have also strained power supply. Achieving carbon neutrality is a major undertaking for humanity's future — and a task that calls for everyone's participation. The dual-control targets are likewise aligned with the broader trend toward carbon neutrality. Against the goals of peaking carbon emissions and achieving carbon neutrality, this round of rationing and production halts highlights in particular the importance of balancing long-term green transition with short-term, stable economic growth.

Cleaner energy production and the electrification of energy consumption are fundamental measures for achieving carbon neutrality. Transformers are the primary equipment of electrification and core infrastructure for power transmission and distribution, with enormous potential for energy savings — and a significant role to play in meeting the dual-carbon goals. Against this backdrop, many regions and companies are innovating their way into the "carbon neutrality" blueprint.

CEEG's amorphous alloy dry-type transformer is a model of energy saving and carbon reduction in practice.The amorphous alloy dry-type transformer embeds a "energy-saving, reliable and eco-friendly" philosophy into the product itself. It uses DuPont Nomex® insulation paper, which releases no toxic gases when burning, pollutes neither the air nor harms the human body. At the end of its service life, the Nomex® can be stripped from the windings and the scrap copper recovered for reuse — improving product safety while making it greener.

Compared with a conventional transformer, a 2500kVA amorphous alloy unit saves 21,000 kWh of electricity per year. According to expert estimates, every kWh saved corresponds to 0.4 kg of standard coal conserved, cutting pollutant emissions by 0.272 kg of carbon dust and 0.997 kg of carbon dioxide (CO₂). On that basis, if a data center deploys 50 units of this amorphous alloy dry-type transformer, it can save 1.05 million kWh of electricity a year and reduce coal consumption by 420 tonnes — cutting CO₂ emissions by nearly 1,050 tonnes, equivalent to the carbon emissions of nearly 2,500 diesel trucks with a 30-tonne payload traveling 1,000 kilometers.

In 2020, CEEG's production capacity for 2500kVA amorphous alloy transformers was 4 million kVA, expected to reach 8 million kVA this year and likely to exceed 16 million kVA by 2022 — at which point the savings would reach 134 million kWh, reducing coal consumption by about 540 million tonnes and cutting CO₂ emissions by nearly 134,400 tonnes. Amorphous alloy energy-saving transformers can be widely used wherever higher safety requirements and low load rates apply — including city grids built to "green building standards," high-rise buildings, commercial centers, sports and entertainment venues, subways, airports, ports, railway stations, ships, hydropower plants, thermal power plants, steel and petrochemical companies, and hospitals. In addition, CEEG has launched a new product, the integrated solar-plus-storage unit, which brings home-appliance-style simplicity to energy storage to ensure worry-free power: charging and storing during off-peak hours and discharging to supply power at peak times, it delivers a stable, reliable electricity supply with 24-hour non-stop service.

General Secretary Xi Jinping has observed that achieving carbon peaking and carbon neutrality will be a hard battle — and a major test of the Party's capacity for governance. In this test, as an enterprise, CEEG takes one steady step at a time: working diligently today for benefits that will last generations, proactively shouldering its social responsibility and mission, and supporting ecological progress and sustainable development.