People's Daily reporter Li Bo and Li Rui

On the hoisting ship, the photovoltaic platform was lifted in the air, and steel pipe piles were pierced into the seabed inch by inch; looking into the distance, the excavator waved the iron arm and buried the sea cable deep under the sea... In the sea area of ​​Kenli District, Dongying City, Shandong Province, the construction of a 1 million kilowatt offshore photovoltaic project is being accelerated.

"The reverse schedule of the construction schedule can be done one day earlier! The entire project will install 2,934 photovoltaic platforms, with an annual power generation of 1.78 billion kilowatt-hours, which can meet the annual electricity consumption of 2.67 million urban residents." In the face of the sea breeze, project manager Zhang Zecheng said.

Following the light and pursuing green to new things, this project writes a vivid footnote to Shandong's green and low-carbon transformation.

In May 2024, General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized during his inspection in Shandong: "Shandong must set a good position and take the lead in the overall national development, and fully and accurately implement the new development concept" and "accelerate the construction of a pilot zone for green, low-carbon and high-quality development." General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized during this year's National People's Congress: "Under continuous removal of obstacles and increase momentum through deepening reform and opening up." Shandong is a major energy production province and a large consumption province. The total energy consumption and carbon emissions account for nearly 1/10 of the country, and the energy structure was once "dominated by coal".

How to deepen the reform of energy transformation? Shandong first establishes a new system of "nuclear scenery and light storage", and then breaks the old pattern of "one coal dominance". In 2024, Shandong's installed capacity of new energy and renewable energy power generation reached 115 million kilowatts, accounting for more than coal-fired power, and the construction of a new energy system has achieved breakthrough results.

As the scale of new energy installed capacity continues to rise, its characteristics such as unstable power generation, and the characteristics of "on-it-it-it-it-it-it-it-it-it-it-it-it-it-it-it-it-it-it-it-it-it-it-it-it-it-it-it-it-it-it-it-it-it-it-it-it-it-it-it-it-it-it-it-it-it- How can Shandong solve this "growth trouble"?

Departing from Kenli District, he arrived in Lijin County, Dongying City, and was neatly arranged in the milky white battery compartment at the national new energy storage pilot demonstration project - Dongying Energy Jinhui Centralized Energy Storage Power Station. "During the low period of electricity consumption, the battery compartment turns on the charging mode; during the peak period of electricity consumption at night, the stored green electricity is then transported to thousands of households." Webmaster Zuo Ting introduced.

In order to promote the large-scale and high-level utilization of new energy, Shandong has simultaneously improved the new energy consumption and regulation mechanism and promoted the research and development of energy storage technology. As of the end of 2024, Shandong's new energy storage operation scale reached 7.177 million kilowatts, an increase of 3.6 times from the end of 2022. New technology projects such as compressed air energy storage, flywheel energy storage, and molten salt heat storage have been successfully implemented, and energy storage technology has achieved diversified development.

Energy transformation reform is closely related to regional development and industrial upgrading, like a closely connected gear set.

Zaozhuang Hi-tech Zone, on the construction site of the new energy vehicle power battery precision structural parts project invested by Kedali Company, the roar of machinery penetrates the morning mist. "Doing more is a little bit! In the near future, this place will become a key link in opening up the supply chain of the lithium battery new energy industry in Zaozhuang City." Behind the project leader Yuan Ye, 18 single buildings are being built at a faster pace.

Zaozhuang, the former "century-old coal city", is moving towards the goal of building a "famous new energy battery city". "Adhere to the development of the lithium battery new energy industry and embark on the road of high-quality development in energy transformation." Liu Zhongbo, director of the Zaozhuang Development and Reform Commission, is full of confidence.

Energy is moving towards green, and industry is moving towards new developments. In 2025, Shandong clarified the new goals of industrial cultivation: advance the layout of key demonstration projects such as perovskite batteries in Jinan, Qingdao and Linyi; promote the gathering and development of the nuclear power equipment industry to Yantai and Weihai...

This year's "Government Work Report" proposes: "Coordinately promote carbon reduction, pollution reduction, green growth, and accelerate the comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development." Find the right direction and continue to make efforts. "Deepening energy transformation reform" is listed as one of the 10 key reforms that Shandong focuses on this year. The province will add about 20 million kilowatts of new energy and renewable energy installed capacity to help accelerate the construction of a green, low-carbon, clean, efficient, safe and reliable energy system, and "take the lead" in green, low-carbon, high-quality development.