The development of new energy should also be in accordance with the law
2025-04-30
In 2005, when Li Chengxuan's village heard that a solar energy company was going to build a factory nearby, they celebrated. The poor village in Luoyang, Henan Province, hoped that the new neighbor would boost the local economy. But now, in stark contrast to the company's shiny white office building, the nearby village is still bleak. About nine months ago, villagers found that their crops were covered with a layer of white powder and began to wither.
The rising oil prices have forced people to focus on finding alternative energy sources, and the new energy industry is meeting this urgent need. It is particularly noteworthy that the government has repeatedly issued policies to support the development of new energy in my country, especially at the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China held last year, which clearly proposed to vigorously develop renewable energy. Renewable energy such as ethanol, biodiesel and solar energy can reduce the world's dependence on oil, so investors have to invest billions of dollars in renewable energy every year. It is believed that with the policy tilt, the industrialization scale of new energy such as solar energy, wind energy, and biomass energy will continue to expand, and new energy companies with scale advantages and resource advantages will have greater development space. It can be foreseen that the new energy industry, which contains huge wealth, will soon show a high-speed growth trend. According to my country's development plan, the renewable energy industry will cultivate an emerging market of nearly 2 trillion yuan in the next 15 years. Facing the vast potential market, the future development of the new energy industry is undoubtedly a smooth road.
However, developing these alternative energy sources may have some unexpected consequences - side effects that may even offset the benefits they can bring. The situation in Li Chengxuan's village is a living example. When Li Chengxuan first saw a truck from a nearby factory driving into his village with garbage, he couldn't believe what he saw: the truck stopped between the cornfield and the elementary school playground, buckets of white liquid with foam floating on the ground were dumped on the ground, and the truck drove away. What made this farmer even more unbelievable was that the high-tech company in Luoyang, which was the source of pollution, was actually a green energy company. The polysilicon it produced was used in a new energy source sold worldwide - solar panels. This scene happened almost every day for several months. The experience of this village directly points to the global efforts to solve the environmental problems caused by the shortage of traditional fossil energy fuels: destroying forests to plant biofuels, but large-scale forest loss will lead to climate change; building dams to generate hydroelectric power to replace thermal power plants, but this will damage the water ecosystem in the basin. In short, if new energy is developed without following environmental protection laws, it will also trigger potential environmental crises.
Data shows that there is a serious shortage of polysilicon materials in the world, and its price has risen from US$20 per kilogram to US$300 in the past five years. Chinese companies are eager to fill this gap. With a large amount of venture capital and favorable conditions provided by the government eager to find clean alternative energy, more than 20 polysilicon manufacturers have begun to build factories in China. The total production capacity of these new factories is expected to reach 80,000 to 100,000 tons, almost more than twice the current global production. However, the byproduct of polysilicon production - silicon tetrachloride - is a highly toxic substance. Experts say that the land used to dump or bury silicon tetrachloride will become barren land, where grass and trees cannot grow, which is potentially extremely dangerous. It is not only toxic, but also pollutes the environment. In addition, the front-end process of silicon batteries involves diffusion furnaces. If environmental protection facilities are not equipped, acidic and alkaline gases will be directly discharged into the air. As industry experts point out, no matter what kind of enterprise it is, as long as it produces, it must produce cleanly and protect the environment. It is absolutely impossible to ignore investment in environmental protection just because it is a new energy enterprise encouraged by the state. Any enterprise must act in accordance with the Environmental Protection Law.
Therefore, I expect that local government departments will work hard and take real actions to strengthen environmental governance, not only focusing on industrial restructuring and technological innovation, but also on environmental law enforcement; not only should those seriously polluting enterprises be shut down, but enterprises involved in the development of new energy should also be treated equally and strictly controlled, and their polluting behavior should not be left alone. It is necessary to thoroughly clean up local "local policies", strengthen environmental supervision, and hold those responsible for serious environmental violations criminally liable. Only by unswervingly implementing the central government's environmental protection policies and laws and regulations in actual work can we continuously advance the process of building a resource-saving and environmentally friendly society and achieve sound and rapid economic and social development.
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At present, the utilization of renewable energy represented by small hydropower, wind power, solar energy and biomass energy in my country is not large enough. Judging from the current momentum of developing renewable energy in various regions and the planning goals set by the state, this proportion may increase to 15% by 2020. If the state provides strong support in terms of laws, supporting policies and scientific and technological measures, my country's renewable energy industry can be further developed in the next few decades.
The rising oil prices have forced people to focus on finding alternative energy sources, and the new energy industry is meeting this urgent need. It is particularly noteworthy that the government has repeatedly issued policies to support the development of new energy in my country, especially at the 17th National Congress of the Communist Party of China held last year, which clearly proposed to vigorously develop renewable energy. Renewable energy such as ethanol, biodiesel and solar energy can reduce the world's dependence on oil, so investors have to invest billions of dollars in renewable energy every year. It is believed that with the policy tilt, the industrialization scale of new energy such as solar energy, wind energy, and biomass energy will continue to expand, and new energy companies with scale advantages and resource advantages will have greater development space. It can be foreseen that the new energy industry, which contains huge wealth, will soon show a high-speed growth trend. According to my country's development plan, the renewable energy industry will cultivate an emerging market of nearly 2 trillion yuan in the next 15 years. Facing the vast potential market, the future development of the new energy industry is undoubtedly a smooth road.
However, developing these alternative energy sources may have some unexpected consequences - side effects that may even offset the benefits they can bring. The situation in Li Chengxuan's village is a living example. When Li Chengxuan first saw a truck from a nearby factory driving into his village with garbage, he couldn't believe what he saw: the truck stopped between the cornfield and the elementary school playground, buckets of white liquid with foam floating on the ground were dumped on the ground, and the truck drove away. What made this farmer even more unbelievable was that the high-tech company in Luoyang, which was the source of pollution, was actually a green energy company. The polysilicon it produced was used in a new energy source sold worldwide - solar panels. This scene happened almost every day for several months. The experience of this village directly points to the global efforts to solve the environmental problems caused by the shortage of traditional fossil energy fuels: destroying forests to plant biofuels, but large-scale forest loss will lead to climate change; building dams to generate hydroelectric power to replace thermal power plants, but this will damage the water ecosystem in the basin. In short, if new energy is developed without following environmental protection laws, it will also trigger potential environmental crises.
Data shows that there is a serious shortage of polysilicon materials in the world, and its price has risen from US$20 per kilogram to US$300 in the past five years. Chinese companies are eager to fill this gap. With a large amount of venture capital and favorable conditions provided by the government eager to find clean alternative energy, more than 20 polysilicon manufacturers have begun to build factories in China. The total production capacity of these new factories is expected to reach 80,000 to 100,000 tons, almost more than twice the current global production. However, the byproduct of polysilicon production - silicon tetrachloride - is a highly toxic substance. Experts say that the land used to dump or bury silicon tetrachloride will become barren land, where grass and trees cannot grow, which is potentially extremely dangerous. It is not only toxic, but also pollutes the environment. In addition, the front-end process of silicon batteries involves diffusion furnaces. If environmental protection facilities are not equipped, acidic and alkaline gases will be directly discharged into the air. As industry experts point out, no matter what kind of enterprise it is, as long as it produces, it must produce cleanly and protect the environment. It is absolutely impossible to ignore investment in environmental protection just because it is a new energy enterprise encouraged by the state. Any enterprise must act in accordance with the Environmental Protection Law.
Therefore, I expect that local government departments will work hard and take real actions to strengthen environmental governance, not only focusing on industrial restructuring and technological innovation, but also on environmental law enforcement; not only should those seriously polluting enterprises be shut down, but enterprises involved in the development of new energy should also be treated equally and strictly controlled, and their polluting behavior should not be left alone. It is necessary to thoroughly clean up local "local policies", strengthen environmental supervision, and hold those responsible for serious environmental violations criminally liable. Only by unswervingly implementing the central government's environmental protection policies and laws and regulations in actual work can we continuously advance the process of building a resource-saving and environmentally friendly society and achieve sound and rapid economic and social development.
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At present, the utilization of renewable energy represented by small hydropower, wind power, solar energy and biomass energy in my country is not large enough. Judging from the current momentum of developing renewable energy in various regions and the planning goals set by the state, this proportion may increase to 15% by 2020. If the state provides strong support in terms of laws, supporting policies and scientific and technological measures, my country's renewable energy industry can be further developed in the next few decades.
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