Nyingchi Hydropower Station in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. /CFP
China will lead to draft the first international standard for new energy power system (NEPS), said the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) at the 2022 Forum on International Standardization, in Nanjing City of east China's Jiangsu Province.
The NEPS, unlike the traditional system with conventional power resource of coal, is driven by energy carriers such as wind, light, nuclear power and biomass. It is a main method for promoting clean and low-carbon energy transformation and realizing targets of carbon peak and carbon neutrality.
Photovoltaic power base in Wenzhou City, east China's Zhejiang Province. /CFP
The IEC said on August 20 that, for many years, China has ranked first in the world in terms of installed capacity and power generation of new energy. The country also leads the world in industrial scale and market size of wind power, photovoltaic and lithium batteries.
The international commission announced that it will include the concepts proposed by China into its strategic plan, including carbon peak and carbon neutrality, energy transformation and zero-carbon power system.
In the next five years, the IEC will set up one to two new-tech committees and establish 10 to 20 international standards.
Fixing facility to ensure power supply in Chuzhou City, east China's Anhui Province, August 7, 2022. /CFP
Shu Yinbiao, president of the IEC, told China Media Group that "the international standardization work has entered a new era. China's carbon peak and carbon neutrality goals have been widely acknowledged by the international community."
"The pivot of our main international standardization will be building a comprehensive standard system for technology, measurement and verification, so as to establish fair, reasonable carbon governance regulations," Shu said.
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