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[Policy Report No. 175] Huang Ping, Zhao Yuanyi: China's Ideas and Solutions for Promoting Energy transformation under Frequent extreme weather
Authored on：2022-09-14
Keywords
Extreme Weather
energy transformation
dynamic balance
Abstract
Around the world, countries are experiencing rare extreme high temperature and drought weather. Both traditional power systems and renewable energy power generation systems are facing huge challenges, including the reduced performance of photovoltaic systems, the continuous low generation of wind power, the shortage of hydropower in wet season, and the production reduction of nuclear power. Years of rapid growth in renewable energy around the world are particularly weak in the face of rising global temperatures and more extreme weather events. Frequent extreme weather events and a radical energy transition are creating a tense tug-of-war, with the result that the energy transition may have to be interrupted or even reversed by the effects of extreme weather. However, there seems to be no answer to this dilemma under the guidance of Western technological determinism. In the face of this eco-climate crisis, which will last for decades, Chinese civilization already has a good methodological thinking, namely the Confucian method. Confucianism advocates the scientific ecological ethics of "the unity of nature and man" and "Take in measure, use in measure". It does not regard man and nature as the subject of binary opposition, and emphasizes that man can pursue the harmony and unity of man and nature through understanding the objective laws of the world. Based on the Confucian approach, the key to solve the contradiction and dilemma between extreme weather and energy transition is to effectively balance the following two relationships: the relationship between traditional energy (old energy) and alternative energy (new and renewable energy), and the relationship between energy security (current security) and transition risk (future risk).
Research Questions
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How does extreme weather affect new and renewable energy
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Climate change: The West's Dilemma and Chinese approach
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How to balance the two relationships of energy transition under extreme weather
