“Superbattery” Researched and Developed by Zhejiang University
DepartmentofPolymerScienceandEngineering,ZhejiangUniversityhasdevelopedanewaluminum-graphenebattery.Thebatteryhassuperlongservicelife,canbefullychargedinaveryshorttimeandstillworkasnormalinthe-40℃--12
Earlier Flat LNG Price and Later Drastic Price Change in 2017
FromJanuarytothemid-September,LNG’saveragemarketpricehasbeenaround3,000Yuan/tonandthentakesoff;OnDecember1,LNGpricereached9,400Yuan/ton,anditsaveragepricewas7,000Yuan/ton,hittinganewhigh;OnDecember4,DevelopmentandReformCommissionheldLNGpricewarningmeetingtoensurethemarketpriceofLNGduringpeakloadofwinterisbasicallystable.ButitwasofnohelpintheshorttermandLNGpricewouldcontinuouslyriseafteraslightdrop;OnDecember24,morethan20stations’LNGsourcewas10,000+Yuan/ton,equivalentto7+Yuan/m3,anditspriceatLNGfillingstationreached13Yuan/kg;OnDecember25,LNGpricebegantocollapse;OnDecember30,thesellingpriceofLNGofmostLNGplantsinShaanxi,InnerMongolia,Hebei,Henan,ShangdongandJiangsu,etc.hasdecreasedto4,500-6,000Yuan/ton,halvedcomparedto12,000Yuan/toninthemiddleofthemonth.WhydidLNGhavesuchdrasticchanges?FromJanuarytothemid-September,2017,thedemandandsupplyofLNGwasrelativelybalanced,andthemarketpricefluctuatingrangewasnotlargeandfluctuatedaround3,000Yuan/ton.Frommid-SeptembertoDecember24,“coal-to-gas”and“26+2”stimulatedtherapidgrowthofnaturalgasdemandandthenorthernChinaenteredheatingseason.Underthebackground,domesticdemandfornaturalgasincreasedsignificantlyandLNGwasinseriousshortsupply.Inordertoprotectthelivelihoodofthepeople,LNGenterprisesinShanxi,InnerMongoliaandNingxiaandotherprovincesimplementedgaslimitvigorouslyataratioupto50%-60%foralongerperiod,whichhasmadetheLNGpricerisetoacertainextent.SinceDecember25,“threebarrelsofoil”(CNPC,SINOPECandCNOOC)jointenlargingofsupplyprotectionandthemarketsupervisionbytheNationalDevelopmentandReformCommissionshowedsignsofgoodresults.TianjinBindagaspipelinehasbeenputintouserecently,whichmarksthefirstinterconnectionbetweengassupplypipelinesofCNOOCandCNPCandfurtherreleasesthegassupplycapacityofthenorthernChina.Recently,theNationalDevelopmentandReformCommissionhaspublishedandpunishedanumberofnaturalgasenterpriseswhichincreasedthegaspricewithoutauthorizationandindisguise.SomeenterprisesrepresentedbyCaoxianHengyuanGasStationinShandonghavebeenpunished.Asaresult,themomentumofrisingnaturalgaspriceisundercontrol.Moreimportantly,asthenationalmeasuresof“Protectingthecivilianuseandlimitingindustry”areimplemented,largeindustrialconsumersinmanyplaceswereshutdown,resultinginthedecreaseofLNGdemand.ThechangesinthesupplyanddemandhascausedthenationalLNGpricebeginstodrop.WiththeadventofNewYear’sDayandSpringFestivalholidays,LNGindustrialuserscontinuetoreducetheirconsumptionandthemarketpriceofLNGwilldropfurther.Therefore,afterthepriceofLNGhasbeencompletelyliberalized,thesupplyanddemandsituationisanimportantfactoraffectingthepriceofLNG.Thepriceadjustmentmeasuresofthegovernmentalsostartfromthesupplyanddemand.SupplyanddemandremainstightAtpresentthepriceofLNGdropsmainlybylimitingthegasconsumptionofindustrialconsumer;inotherwords,LNGpricedropisrealizedviathelossesofindustrialconsumers.However,thesupplyanddemandofourcountryremainsverytight.Asthe“coal-to-gas”measuresarefurtherimplementedandtheforeseeablenaturalgasconsumptioncontinuesincreasing,thesupplyanddemandofnaturalgaswillnotbeeasedinthenextyear.ItisofgreatsignificancetospeeduptheconstructionofLNGterminals,pipelinesandgasstorageandotheropen-sourcework,as“Limitingindustrialgasconsumptiontoprotectthelivelihoodofthepeople”isnotalong-termplan.
Top Ten News on Distributed Energy Resources in 2017
InNovember,NationalDevelopmentandReformCommissionandtheNationalEnergyAdministrationreleasedtheNoticeonPilotingMarket-OrientedDistributedGeneration”,whichhasclarifiedthesinglecapacity,gridconnectingcon
Exemption from Tax on Purchase of New Energy Vehicles
Inordertoimplementthespiritofthe19thCPCNationalCongressandfurthersupporttheinnovationanddevelopmentofnewenergyvehicles,theStateCouncilagreedthattherelatedissuesofexemptionoftaxonpurchaseofnewenergyveh
Taxation on Environmental Protection
TheStateCouncilrecentlyissuedtheNoticeontheAttributionofEnvironmentalProtectionTaxRevenue(hereinafterreferredtoastheNotice),clarifyingthatEnvironmentalProtectionTaxLawwillcomeintoforceonJanuary1,2018.
Interpretation of the 2018 National Energy Working Conference
Interpretationofthe2018NationalEnergyWorkingConference