CEPRI and IITC jointly released the Chinese version of Innovation Landscape for Smart Electrification

On December 18, CEPRI and IRENA Innovation and Technology Centre (IITC) jointly held the launch webinar of the Chinese version of the Innovation Landscape for Smart Electrification: Decarbonising End-use Sectors with Renewable Power (hereinafter referred to as Innovation Landscape for Smart Electrification). CEPRI’s Chairman (President) Yan Huafeng, and Francisco Boshell, head of Innovation and End-user Team of IITC attended the webinar and made opening addresses. Guo Qiang, Deputy General Manager (Executive Vice President) of CEPRI, made a keynote speech and closing remarks.

 

Yan Huafeng congratulated on the holding of this event and expressed his gratitude to IITC for its strong support. He pointed out that as the current global climate change risks are intensifying, a global consensus has been formed on the energy transition, which is electricity-centered, and dominated by clean energy. In this context, both sides jointly released the Innovation Landscape for Smart Electrification, proposing a system solution for smart electrification of end users, which will provide assistance and reference for countries around the world to promote energy transformation and for the construction of China's new type of power systems. As IITC and CEPRI have complementary strengths, he hopes two parties will carry out more joint research and in-depth analysis of international energy development trends, expand personnel exchanges, and further tap the effectiveness of the IITC-CEPRI high-level international cooperation platform under the strategic cooperation framework between State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC) and IRENA in the future.

Francisco Boshell expressed his gratitude for CEPRI’s cooperation and support. He pointed out that the Innovation Landscape for Smart Electrification provides a systematic approach for future energy development and smart electrification, including toolkits for system planning, innovative technologies, infrastructure, market design, business models, among others. It can help countries around the world accelerate the process of electrification development, address climate change, and improve power security. He hopes that in the future, IITC will further strengthen cooperation with CEPRI, carry out more exchanges and interactions, and achieve more results.

In the keynote speech, Guo Qiang analyzed the development prospects of electrification technology and infrastructure evolving path of end-user sector in China. Arina Anisie from IITC elaborated on the characteristics, innovation, benefits, and future development of electric transportation, electric heating/cooling, and hydrogen production by electrolysis.

Seven well-known experts from international organizations, industry associations, research institutions, and universities such as the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E), the China Electricity Council, and the EDF R&D China Centre commented on the report.

The webinar was conducted online, with over 2,000 viewers watching the live broadcast.