Smoke and steam rise from the Belchatow Power Station, Europe’s largest coal-fired power plant in Poland. Photo: Reuters. The use of fossil fuels continues in the face of rising global energy demand, continued consumption and investment in new fossil fuel plants, and energy use, the report said. lower biomass such as using wood or agricultural waste in heating and cooking. Burning fossil fuels such as coal, gas and oil produces carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas that contributes to global warming. As concentrations of CO2 in the atmosphere rise to record levels, governments have called for stronger emissions cuts and curbs on fossil fuel use to meet global climate goals. The exhaust pipe of a car is photographed on the street in Berlin, Germany. Photo: Reuters. The share of fossil fuels in the global energy mix was 80.2% in 2019, compared with 80.3% in 2009, while renewables such as wind and solar accounted for 11, REN21 said. 2% in the energy structure in 2019 and 8.7% in 2009. The remainder of the energy mix consists of traditional biomass, which is used largely for cooking or heating in homes in the developing world. However, in many regions, including parts of China, the European Union, India, and the United States, it is now cheaper to build new wind or solar photovoltaic plants than to operate new ones. existing coal plant. Renewable energy is also competing with new natural gas-fired power plants in terms of cost in many locations and is the cheapest source of new electricity generation in countries on all continents, the report said. big land. “We are waking up to the bitter reality that the climate policy promises of the past ten years have been almost empty words,” said Rana Adib, CEO of REN21. “The share of fossil fuels in final energy consumption has not shifted an inch,” she added. In many countries, the Covid-19 economic recovery packages aim to stimulate further investment in renewable energy. But renewable investments only account for about one-sixth of investment in fossil fuels, the report added.

Nationwide electricity generation Coal is overtaking wind power again

Status: 06/11/2021 1:53 p.m.

A spring without storms has led to a decline in wind energy. Coal grew to become the most important energy source in the country in the first quarter. At the same time, the demand for electricity is increasing, says Minister of Economic Affairs Altmaier. Electricity production using coal in Germany overtook wind power again in the first quarter of 2021. According to the Federal Statistical Office, a “windless spring” resulted in almost a third less electricity from wind power. According to the authorities, the gap has been filled by increasing electricity generation from coal and natural gas power plants. From January to March inclusive, a total of 138.2 billion kilowatt hours of electricity was generated and fed into the grid. According to preliminary results from the Federal Office, that was 2.6 percent less than in the first quarter of 2020.

Coal, gas and nuclear power dominate

While the electricity in the same period last year came mainly from renewable energy sources such as wind power, biogas and sun (51.4 percent), coal, gas and nuclear energy dominated at the beginning of this year (59.3 percent). With a share of 28.9 percent of the total amount of electricity fed into the grid, coal was the most important energy source for electricity generation in Germany in the first quarter of this year. The amount of electricity generated in coal-fired power plants increased by more than a quarter (26.8 percent) to almost 40 billion kilowatt hours compared to the same period in the previous year. The amount of electricity from natural gas increased by 24 percent to 22.5 billion kilowatt hours. In contrast, there was a strong minus of almost a third (32.4 percent) in wind power: The feed-in of 33.5 billion kilowatt hours was the lowest value for this energy source for a first quarter since 2018. In the two previous years, there was wind power significantly higher values ​​achieved due to strong spring storms.

Altmaier sees increased demand for electricity

Meanwhile, Federal Minister of Economics Peter Altmaier admitted that his department had so far underestimated how much the demand for electricity in Germany is likely to increase in the course of the energy transition. “Due to the more stringent climate targets in Germany and the EU, we have to assume a significantly higher electricity demand than was previously assumed,” said the CDU politician to Wirtschaftswoche. “My house will submit new calculations for this.” Altmaier said that more energy must be produced, “from all available renewable sources: wind power and photovoltaics”. Altmaier said that he would present specific proposals on how offshore wind power on the high seas and other renewable energies could be expanded more than previously planned. For “green hydrogen” for use in the steel industry or the expansion of electromobility, many experts believe that significantly more electricity will be required in the coming years, which should come from renewable energies.

SPD puts pressure on

The SPD criticized Altmaier: “For months now, the SPD and the entire German industry and energy sector have been calling on the Federal Minister of Economics in vain to anchor realistic electricity requirements and a correspondingly ambitious expansion of wind power and photovoltaics in the EEG,” said parliamentary group vice-president Matthias Miersch of the dpa news agency. If Altmaier now announces new proposals, which can only then be implemented by the next federal government, it is “poor” and unworthy of a federal minister of economics, according to Miersch. The SPD had already submitted proposals months ago which, based on realistic electricity consumption, determine the associated expansion paths for green electricity up to 2030 and contain funds for acquiring space and accelerating it. “We could implement this next week,” said the politician.

The solar power market has many attractive factors for investors. Photo: VNA According to the Japan Economic Times, the revised law to promote countermeasures to prevent global warming was approved by the Japanese National Assembly on May 26. The content that attracted attention was that the goal of carbon neutrality before 2050 was first recorded in a Japanese law. To realize the goal of a coal-free society, Japan, the US, Europe and China alone will require an investment of up to 8.5 trillion yen in the period 2021-2050. The world will enter fierce competition in the field of technology that can change the world economic map. Japan’s Law on Promoting Countermeasures to Prevent Warming is expected to come into effect in April 2022, which clearly states the provision stipulating the basic perception of the government’s goals related to the implementation ” carbon neutral” to ensure a balance between greenhouse gas emissions and the amount of gas absorbed by vegetation. The regulation in the law shows the commitment of the Japanese Government to inherit the policy even when the government has a transfer, and is the basis for promoting business investment in the long run. Around the goal of carbon neutrality, the European-American countries have expressed their intention to achieve this goal before 2050. Countries around the world are also urgently using the public-private partnership mechanism to develop the carbon neutrality. new techniques to achieve the goal of a zero-emission society. Japan is currently at the forefront of the world in the development of next-generation battery technology and is realizing hydrogen-related techniques. The development of CO2 landfilling techniques is also being evaluated in Japan. The battery needed to develop electric cars is considered as one of the indispensable techniques to realize a zero-emissions society. However, in the field of lithium-ion battery production, Japan has not shown an advantage over Chinese manufacturers such as Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) and South Korean chemical company LG. Perhaps Japan can only create an advantage in this area by developing a new generation of solid batteries that can extend the travel distance on a single charge that companies like Toyota and Panasonic are at the forefront of this trend. this direction. Renewable energy production devices are also said to be the key to building a zero-emission society. During the 2000s, the Sharp and Sanyo Electric companies swept the world market for solar panel development and manufacturing. However, to date, about 80% of the world’s shipments are made in China. Japanese businesses have lost in the bidding war. Expectations are being held for solar panels using materials with a special crystalline structure (Perovskite) researched and developed by Toshiba and Ricoh. The technique of using hydrogen is expected to bring about a breakthrough in achieving the goal of carbon neutrality in the iron and steel manufacturing sector, which uses a large amount of energy source and is currently the three major Japanese steel corporations as well. is collaborating on research into hydrogen-using steelmaking technology. A test furnace has been set up at Nippon Steel’s factory (Kimitsu City, Chiba Prefecture) with the goal of realizing the technique before 2030. According to calculations by chemists, hydrogen is used instead of coke, combined with the use of carbon dioxide (CO2) separation and recovery techniques, can reduce CO2 emissions into the environment by 30%. According to Astamuse, a company that analyzes patent application trends, Japan can maintain its number one position in the world in terms of patents related to hydrogen engineering. In the context that countries around the world are increasing the speed of technical development, the issue of concern is how Japan will promote public-private partnership to bring hydrogen technology to applications in industries. industry of this country. For a country as highly dependent on fossil fuels as Japan, the turning point is CCS – capturing and burying CO2 underground. Currently in the world, the US is the leading country in research, development and realization of this technology. Some companies in Japan such as J-Power and Toshiba are also promoting the development of techniques to capture and landfill CO2 generated from thermal power plants. Car manufacturers in Japan have pioneered the world in the development and popularization of the hybrid vehicle (HV) model that combines an electric motor with a gasoline engine and has made a great contribution to cutting reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Hybrid cars are widely used in Japan, but in European and American countries, the trend of using electric vehicles (EVs) is more prevalent. If they can take advantage of the electrification technique used in HV cars, Japanese enterprises are fully capable of dominating the EV development competition in the world.

The coal mining industry is one of the economic pillars of Quang Ninh province. In the deeper production conditions and higher production costs, coal industry units are focusing on promoting the application of “3 chemistry”: mechanization, automation, news chemical suit. “Green mines, modern mines, high yield mines” are important criteria set out in the resolution of the Quang Ninh Coal Party Congress for the term 2020-2025. Currently, many units have been actively applying technology to management and improving production capacity. At Ha Lam mine (Ha Long city) – where the mining is down to minus 300m, the “brain” of the mine is the centralized production operation center with CCTV system from the ground to the pit, control , centralized monitoring of conveyor systems, electricity, pump tunnels, wastewater monitoring, … communication connecting all construction sites and workshops to promptly handle possible situations. . Maximize application of mechanization to all stages of the production line, from 2015 up to now, Ha Lam Coal Joint Stock Company invested in operating two synchronous mechanized market furnaces, with a capacity of 600 thousand tons / year and 1 , 2 million tons / year, making coal production 3-5 times higher than the old market furnace technology. By 2020, the coal output of the mechanized market will reach more than 1.6 million tons, accounting for 70% of the total coal production of the unit. Mr. To Duc Vuong, Deputy Manager of Mining Mechanization Site 1 said: “Currently we use synchronous self-propelled systems from rigs, coal stage machines, rakes, conveyors, to replace very Many stages of operating the craft market kiln are as hard as before. Most of the workers are under 30 years old, grasping and learning technology very quickly and are given regular guidance and training “. Mechanization not only increases labor productivity by up to 130%, but also improves safety in the pit. “The increase in output means that the wages of workers also increase significantly. Our average monthly income is 25-26 million / month, effort is reduced a lot”, said furnace worker Hoang Anh Do. . Up to now, in Quang Ninh, there have been 10 marketplaces applying synchronous mechanization lines of 8 units of Vinacomin, Vinacomin, Vang Danh, Khe Cham, Mong Duong … Light mechanized market furnaces are also being studied and replicated to units with suitable conditions. Modern technology helps to dig deeper and reach further underground, the vast and expansive furnace lines are also equipped with automatic systems to provide circulating cooling water, ventilation, vacuuming, … Workers move in the pit by the winch, cable, and truck transport systems to the kiln long mining lines. Working conditions, healthcare, housing … have many great progresses. Over the past time, in the difficult context due to the impact of the Covid-19 epidemic, tens of thousands of mine workers have maintained a stable life, ensuring production, contributing to the positive economic growth results of the province. Quang Ninh. “Putting the park into the mine, the factory” is also the goal of TKV units. The coal mines are gradually building production according to a modern model, few people, high productivity, safety, harmony with the environment, in line with the trend of sustainable development of the mining industry and responsive requirements and goals for green growth that Quang Ninh province has set out.

The importance of Chinese mining farms is evident in the accident at a coal mine in Xinjiang. This incident caused nearly a third of the world’s crypto mining network to be interrupted over the weekend. Bitcoin price has also plummeted since April 18 and there is no sign of recovery. The incident caused Bitcoin’s mining capacity to decline According to the Fortune A coal mine in Ho Do Bich district, Xinjiang was overflowed, trapping 21 workers inside on April 11. The workers were then rescued. A week later, the coal mine is still shut down to check the safety of workers, so it is not able to supply enough fuel for power plants in the region. The coal mine incident in Xinjiang left more than 20 workers trapped. Photo: AP. This causes Bitcoin mining farms, which consume huge amounts of electricity, to stop working. At the end of the following week, April 17-18, the capacity of the global Bitcoin network dramatically plummeted. Bitcoin’s difficulty to “mine”, calculated as the total algorithmic capacity (also known as hashrate) of the computers on the network, has dropped sharply from over 160 EH / s to around 130 EH / s. By the morning of April 23, this number was still around 133 EH / s. Before the incident, experts all considered China to play an important role in the Bitcoin mining network. However, the flood showed that almost all the miners in Xinjiang are located in Ho Do Bich district and surrounding areas, depending on the fuel source of the same coal mine. “This accident confirmed the predictions, possibly even confirming that the mining capital in Xinjiang is much smaller than previously thought. It shows China’s dominance in Bitcoin mining. , and concerns about security, “said Alex de Vries, an economist specializing in tracking the use of Bitcoin mining energy. Inner Mongolia, China, has banned Bitcoin mining since May to minimize the environmental impact. Photo: Getty. The incident also showed that the energy source for Bitcoin mining still mainly comes from coal. Not only in China, in many regions in the US such as New York state or Kentucky, mining farm owners also take advantage of old factories to get cheap electricity. This is Bitcoin’s danger to the environment. The bad side of Bitcoin “Carbon footprint”, the term for the amount of CO2 emitted when mining Bitcoin is about to exceed the emissions of the whole country of Australia and greater than the technology giants like Facebook, Google or Microsoft combined. The negative impact on the environment is the ugly face of Bitcoin. In addition to Xinjiang, Bitcoin is also banned from mining in Inner Mongolia, China from May to here because of environmental impact. It is also the region that contributes about 4% of the world’s Bitcoin mining capacity. Of course, there are Bitcoin farms that use renewable energy as well. However, this power source is considered to be unstable, difficult to ensure that it runs 24/7. “Miners often do not like renewable energy because they are difficult to guarantee to run 24 hours a day. Green energy is not suitable for Bitcoin,” said de Vries. Much of Bitcoin is mined on farms in China. Photo: Bloomberg. In the Bitcoin mining game, miners need to take full advantage, because only those who complete the first series of computations will be rewarded with Bitcoin. The number of miners joining the network more and more, so the reward received Bitcoin is less and less. Miners therefore need the machine to run continuously. Mr. de Vries said that about 70% of Bitcoin created using fossil energy, of which the majority is coal. Bitcoin’s price increase almost 6 times in the past 7 months has caused more and more miners to enter the game. The total amount of electricity that the Bitcoin mining network uses is about 2% of the US, and 10% of Russia’s electricity. The numbers all point to Bitcoin’s environmental impact. However, this ugly truth seems to have been ignored by celebrities like Elon Musk in praising Bitcoin.

A solar power plant in Maryland, USA. (Photo: AFP / VNA) A unit of the company Samsung C&T is considering investing $ 673 million in the construction of solar power plants in Texas (USA), to start commercial production in December 2023. The solar facilities above will be located in Milam County, Texas, less than two hours ‘drive from Samsung Electronics’ chip factory in Austin. Austin is where Samsung is considering building a new $ 17 billion chip factory. With a capacity of about 700 MW, solar power plants will begin construction in June 2022. A Samsung C&T official said the company is doing the approval procedures with the authorities. The attractiveness of solar and wind power is increasing rapidly as nations around the world switch from fossil fuels to cleaner renewable sources to prevent global warming. The administration of US President Joe Biden aims to generate electricity from non-carbon sources such as nuclear and renewable energy by 2035. Recently, South Korean President Moon Jae-in also pledged to end all new funding for overseas coal projects and will soon come up with a more ambitious plan to cut carbon emissions. . In October, Samsung C&T Corp announced its decision to suspend any new projects or investments related to coal. While chip makers like Samsung Electronics, Intel and TSMC are also committed to increasing the use of renewable energy to reduce carbon emissions.

At Germany’s largest electricity producer, shareholders are pressing for a faster coal exit. “With CO2 emissions of almost 69 million tons in 2020, RWE is still an emissions heavyweight in Europe,” criticized the sustainability specialist from the Sparkasse fund subsidiary Deka Investment at the virtual general meeting. It is therefore necessary to accelerate the phase-out of lignite. She also sees the issue of wind energy not being adequately represented on the Supervisory Board. “Wind power is a big topic for future power generation and for RWE. The importance of the division is currently not adequately reflected in the supervisory board. The necessary competence is still missing here,” she said. Union Investment expert Henrik Pontzen argues similarly. The sustainable transformation of the energy industry is a marathon. The first kilometers have been made with the focus on renewable energies. He appealed to future RWE boss Markus Krebber to speed up the renovation.

2.6 billion euros in compensation

The outgoing RWE CEO Rolf Martin Schmitz assured the shareholders that the company management was working hard to make the company more and more sustainable. Schmitz described reports that RWE could sell its fossil fuels or outsource them from the group as “pure speculation”. The public law contract on the coal phase-out set “narrow limits of action for such measures”. RWE will receive compensation of 2.6 billion euros for the premature shutdown of all lignite power plants by 2038. Schmitz was confident that the EU Commission would wave this aid through in the ongoing investigation.

RWE wants to be climate neutral by 2040

The company, which used to be strongly focused on nuclear power and coal, is transforming itself into one of the largest producers of green electricity in Europe. By swapping business areas with long-standing rival E.ON, Schmitz had significantly expanded green electricity generation at RWE and given it a boost. At the end of April, the previous CFO Krebber took over the helm at RWE. He wants to expand the green electricity business by 2022 alone with investments of five billion euros. After the coal phase-out agreed with the federal government, the generation of electricity from this climate-damaging fuel is to end in 2038 at the latest. RWE wants to generate climate-neutral electricity by 2040.

“Climate killer with worldwide consequences”

For environmentalists, this is not happening fast enough. Climate activists who demonstrated in front of the headquarters in Essen complained that RWE still generated 79 percent of its electricity from coal, gas and uranium last year. Thus the group remains “a climate killer with worldwide consequences”. The new CEO Krebber must liquidate the lignite division by 2030 at the latest, demanded the environmental organization Greenpeace, if the company wants to meet the Paris climate protection target.

On April 27, Russia’s Akademic Chersky pipe-laying vessel began installing the unfinished pipeline in Danish territorial waters. According to Foreign Minister Maas, it is impractical to consider the project to bring gas from Russia to Germany as a political lever of Russia. “Based on our previous assessment, the Northern Flow 2 project is purely related to energy policy. Therefore, Germany should not see this project as a move to influence the Russia ”- German Foreign Minister said. German officials have repeatedly asserted that they consider completion of the Northern Flow 2 project construction as essential. Berlin considers this project an economic one. However, the German government maintains that Ukraine should play the role of transshipment of gas from Russia to Europe, after the Northern Flow 2 pipeline becomes operational. Germany is now abandoning coal and nuclear power to convert to renewable sources that do not pose a problem for its industry, which needs more gas. In a related development, the project operator Nord Stream 2 AG announced on April 27 that Russia’s Akademic Chersky pipe-laying vessel began to install the unfinished pipeline in Danish territorial waters. “After conducting sea trials, the Akademic Chersky has begun work on the installation of the pipeline in the Danish exclusive economic zone from today,” said Nord Stream 2 AG on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Fortuna – another Russian pipe-laying vessel also continues to carry out the construction of the project in Danish territorial waters under license. Up to now, the Northern Flow 2 project is 95% complete, only the final 121km of the pipeline have to be installed.

From Steffen Wurzel, ARD studio Shanghai China is the world’s largest emitter of CO2, and the trend is still rising. The government has announced that the peak of CO2 emissions will be reached by 2030, only from then on less carbon dioxide will be blown into the air in China year after year. State and party leader Xi Jinping has also promised that the world’s most populous country will be carbon neutral by 2060. In order to achieve this goal, the communist leadership is massively expanding renewable energies. Several new nuclear power plants are also being built or are in the planning stage. The greatest challenge for China in terms of climate protection remains the enormous dependence on hard coal. Because in the People’s Republic around two thirds of the electricity is still generated in coal-fired power plants.

“China needs a complete U-turn on coal matters”

“There will be no solution to the climate change issue if we don’t also talk about China’s dependence on coal,” said Li Shuo of the environmental organization Greenpeace in Beijing.

China needs a complete U-turn in terms of coal. This is not only a question of environmental protection, but also has an economic aspect. With the many new coal-fired power plants, China is primarily burning money, not just coal. Incidentally, this also applies to the coal-fired power plants financed by China in other countries. Workers in coal mine in Shanxi Province, China. Image: AFP

New coal power plants

It is not foreseeable that the proportion of coal-fired power generation in China will soon and rapidly decline. According to figures from the Global Energy Monitor, a non-governmental organization from San Francisco, new coal-fired power plants with a total output of 38 gigawatts went online in China last year alone. This corresponds to around 35 times the output of the controversial new coal-fired power plant in Datteln, North Rhine-Westphalia. At an economic conference in Bo’ao, South China earlier this week, China’s state and party leader Xi Jinping once again emphasized that he wanted to work with other countries on climate protection. At the same time, however, Xi also indicated that other standards should be applied to developing countries than to western industrialized nations.

Industrial nation or emerging market?

The decisive factor here is that while the People’s Republic has presented itself technologically and economically as a fully fledged, high-performance industrial nation for years, it describes itself as an emerging country when it comes to environmental and climate protection. In a conversation with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron at the end of last week, Xi also made it clear: He strictly rejects a possible European tax on products from countries that have more lax climate rules than the EU, because China would be affected . So when it comes to climate protection, China’s communist leadership has promised a lot. But when it becomes concrete, many questions remain unanswered.

State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc attends the Opening Session of the Summit on Climate (Photo: VGP). At the invitation of US President Joe Biden, on the evening of April 23, State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc delivered an important speech on the topic “Economic benefits of Climate Action” at the Summit on Climate Post, held in the online form for two days April 22-23. State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc affirmed that as a country heavily affected by climate change, especially in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam commits to take drastic action to respond comprehensively to climate change. including 9% reduction in total greenhouse gas emissions by domestic resources and up to 27% reduction with bilateral and multilateral international support. According to the President, Vietnam will continue to drastically reduce coal power, rapidly increase the share of renewable energy to 30% of the total primary energy supply by 2045, and domesticize international commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to organize and implement the program to plant 1 billion green trees by 2025. The President also shared views of many countries on the benefits of a transition to a green economy, zero emissions, especially on job creation, ensuring energy security, and improving. competitiveness and sustainability of the economy, but also emphasized that developing countries still face many challenges in their transition due to difficulties in capital and technology. The State President emphasized that the transition must be fair, inclusive and equal in terms of opportunities and benefits of the people, so that no one will be “left behind”; urges developed countries to continue to lead the way in reducing emissions and increasing financial, technology, and green energy support, and building efficient, high-quality infrastructure associated with creating more jobs. developing countries, including Vietnam. The State President believes that the implementation of the logistics objectives is appropriate to the conditions of each country and integrated into the national development strategies and plans. During the two days of the conference, senior leaders of 41 countries and the Secretary-General of the United Nations made a speech, emphasizing that climate change continues to be the biggest challenge for humanity and showing determination. accelerate efforts to respond to climate change. Some major economies such as the US, China, Japan … have made a strong commitment to reducing emissions by 2030, declaring zero emissions by 2050 or before 2060. Many countries call on the international community to promote green growth, invest more in renewable energy projects. The United States and a number of countries are committed to increasing their financial contributions to the climate. For their part, many developing countries reaffirm the historical responsibility of developed countries, the principle of common but different responsibility, calling on developed countries to fulfill the obligation to make financial contributions and support. to assist developing countries in building capacity to adapt and mitigate to climate change.

Shi Zhenzhong, chief engineer of the Santongyuan Coal Terminal, told The Paper (www.thepaper.cn) that the annual coal transport capacity of Batuta platform is 38 million tons, and the unattended weighing house will reduce the weighing time of bicycles from the original 3 minutes. It was shortened to 10 seconds, the loading and unloading of the terminal was increased from 300 vehicles to 900 vehicles per day, and the throughput was increased by 3 times.

“With such a large operation center, many links including the smart weighing room have been unmanned. We only have 20 people including chefs and administrative staff, and we can handle all the operations.” Shi Zhenzhong said.

Logistic costs have always been the first cost factor in the coal industry. Statistics show that coal logistics costs have accounted for more than one-third of coal prices, even reaching 50% in individual regions.

“At present, the transportation cost of the entire coal industry is about 280 billion yuan. It is imperative to improve the efficiency of coal transportation and reduce the cost of coal logistics and transportation.” said Zhao Xiaoli, a coal industry analyst.

Ordos is a major coal-producing city in Inner Mongolia. The annual coal production and transportation volume is nearly 700 million tons, of which 400 million tons are transported by road. There are 4 special coal transportation lines passing through, namely Shuohuang Line, Daqin Line, Mengji Line and Haoji Railway . A coal mine with an annual output of about 40 million tons requires about 2000-3000 heavy trucks to transport it.

In Ordos, there are truck drivers from all over the country who commute between the coal mine and the shipping station every day. According to the Inner Mongolia TV station news network report, Ordos accounted for more than 60% of the 69 network freight companies in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, with 39. In 2020, more than 60% of logistics companies in Ordos will have access to the smart logistics platform.

Smart logistics, that is, through intelligent software and hardware, Internet of Things, big data and other technical means, to achieve refined, dynamic, and visualized management of all aspects of logistics, improve the ability of intelligent analysis and decision-making and automated operation execution of the logistics system, thereby improving the efficiency of logistics operation Logistics model. In the field of coal, it is to rely on the big data platform of the coal industry to establish an information flow mechanism for all parties involved in coal production and transportation, and to promote the smooth connection of coal production arrangements, storage, transportation and logistics. The Internet of Things technology company G7 is the technology supplier of the unmanned weighing room system at Santongyuan Terminal.

“There are about 350 coal mines normally being mined in the Ordos region, and the volume of coal logistics in the entire Ordos region is about 22 billion yuan. However, the overall intelligence and intelligence level of the Ordos region should be at a medium level. There is a lot of room to continue to optimize.” Zhao Xiaoli told The Paper (www.thepaper.cn).

Zhao Xiaoli believes that the core utility of smart logistics is to improve the efficiency of the entire coal industry chain supply chain, and smart dispatch can greatly reduce the cost of coal transportation.

“Currently, the data information of the coal industry chain supply chain is opaque. After an ordinary express order is placed, you can see real-time data updates on your mobile phone at any time, but the coal industry can basically only see a part of their own data. Data is invisible.” Zhao Xiaoli believes that smart logistics is to open up the data and information of the entire industry chain, from the coal mine to the power plant, connecting various key nodes through smart equipment and smart technology.

Smart logistics not only saves labor costs for the terminal, but also facilitates freight dispatch, and ultimately directly benefits the group of large cargo drivers.

At the coal storage yard of Baotou Power Branch of Huadian Inner Mongolia Energy Co., Ltd., The Paper News reporter saw that after trucks from the Ordos Coal Mine unloaded the containers full of coal, the empty containers were hoisted onto the truck again, ready to return. . The loading and unloading process of a truck only takes 15 minutes.

According to the relevant person in charge of Huadian Baotou Power Branch, in the past, the average waiting time for ordinary heavy coal trucks to reach the gate of the power plant was 5 to 6 hours. There will be no dust and no coal during the 15-minute transportation.

Li Kui, Secretary of the Party Committee of Ordos Xinhe Group, told The Paper (www.thepaper.cn) that Xinhe Group is trying to fully integrate its coal transportation with G7’s digital freight full-chain services to achieve procurement, sales, park scheduling, transportation, and settlement. Digital management in multiple links.

“In the inherent transportation system, drivers have to line up to pull coal at the mine; we dispatch cars and don’t know if coal is available in the coal mine. We have to call and ask acquaintances, which is very inefficient.” Li Kui said.

Li Kui introduced that at present, the system can dispatch the waybills by retrieving queuing information of coal mines through the Internet digital platform. The number of orders received by the driver, the number being transported, and the number delivered will be automatically sent back to the system, and the background can monitor all the conditions of the car transportation at any time. “The driver used to pull once a day, but now he can pull three times a day.” Li Kui said.

Li Kui said that the digital logistics system has also realized unattended coal mine weighing houses, which provides convenience to truck drivers. “The driver takes orders online and settles online, and he won’t be asked by food or card. In the past, there were people on duty in the coal mine pump room, and the driver had to stop and get off the truck. Check with the pump room to record the data of the coal. The cars are gone.”

A person in charge of a local coal logistics company in Ordos told The Paper that in the coal field, it is difficult for a truck to travel more than 15,000 kilometers in a month because the truck drivers spend a lot of time in queuing.

According to G7’s calculations, the average monthly mileage of vehicles of large express delivery companies can reach 30,000 kilometers.

“Inefficiency is low, which ultimately leads to an increase in unit cost. A major pain point for drivers is efficiency. It is normal for logistics drivers for bulk commodities to stay in the car at the door of a certain factory or mine for two or three days. This is all provided through G7. Based on the data, we can calculate when the driver enters the power plant and the terminal, and try to control the time for the driver within a more reasonable range,” said the person in charge of the logistics company.

The Paper Journalists combed and found that the goals of optimizing coal logistics and transportation were mentioned in the “14th Five-Year Plan” of many key coal-producing provinces. Among them, the concept of “smart logistics” has been mentioned many times.

Inner Mongolia proposed that it should focus on smart transportation infrastructure and smart energy infrastructure, accelerate the deep integration of digital technology, energy and transportation; accelerate the cultivation of third-party logistics companies, and vigorously develop multimodal transportation, drop-and-hook transportation, network freight and other characteristics Logistics, build or transform a batch of intelligent warehousing and logistics demonstration bases, adjust the transportation structure, and continue to promote the transfer of bulk cargo to railways.

Gansu proposed to accelerate the construction of new infrastructure, vigorously develop smart transportation and smart logistics; strengthen the construction of coal production, supply, storage and distribution system, and promote the construction of “North-South coal transportation” and “Mongolian coal internal transportation”.

Yunnan proposed to accelerate the construction of a modern integrated logistics system, rationally lay out logistics hubs, speed up the layout of overseas logistics markets, build a modern logistics operation system of “channel + hub + network + platform”, and promote the formation of a multimodal logistics network across the province. Build into a regional international cargo hub, and build Kunming into a regional international air cargo hub. Strengthen the infrastructure construction of smart logistics platform.

Not long ago, the “2020 Annual Report on the Development of the Coal Industry” issued by the China Coal Industry Association proposed that in the future, it will take advantage of 5G, big data, informatization and intelligent technology to accelerate the development of modern coal logistics and smart logistics, and promote a modern coal trading market. System construction.