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WIND power generation and distribution system by project titled “Carbon peak and carbon
2060, as part of its roadmap to decarbonise neutrality implementation path for the power
Heerema forges Japanese the power sector and accommodate a fuel sector” following the central government’s call
for a plan to decarbonise China’s most carbon-
mix that largely replaces fossil fuels with
offshore ties cleaner energy sources, according to experts intensive industry—power—which accounts
for about 40% of its CO2 emissions.
at a recent conference in Nanjing, S&PGlobal
Shimizu Corporation and Heerema Marine Platts said. CSEE projected that the transition of
Contractors have entered into a cooperation The Chinese Society for Electrical China’s power system will have three phases:
agreement for the Japanese offshore wind Engineering, or CSEE, laid out one of the carbon peaking phase (2021-2030), deep
market. most detailed roadmaps issued by a Chinese decarbonisation phase (2031-2050) and zero
The cooperation is primarily focused think tank to date for achieving carbon carbon phase (2051-2060).
on installing turbine foundations, where neutrality by 2060 and peak emissions by This energy transition pathway aims to
Heerema will support Shimizu with 2030. ensure stable power and energy supplies, as
engineering and offshore construction The think tank said by 2060 nearly 60% of well as save carbon reduction costs for the
expertise. China’s power generation fuels will be from whole society, Shu Yinbiao, president of CSEE,
Heerema Marine Contractors wind “new energy” sources, which mostly refers said at an industrial forum held in Nanjing on
business unit director Jeroen van Oosten said: to renewables such as solar, wind, biomass, Aug 14.
“We look forward to supporting Shimizu etc., excluding hydropower, up from around
on its journey in the Japanese offshore wind 10.5% in 2020, according to China Electricity
market. Council data. This is equivalent to new energy
“We are happy and honored to be working capacities of around 5.2bn kW by 2060. NET ZERO
with a general contractor with a strong The share of coal in power generation
ambition to support the growth of offshore will drop to 7% by 2060 from around 60.8% Asia’s race to net-zero:
wind in Japan.” currently, natural gas will drop to 3% from
7.1%, hydro will drop to 13% from 17.9% and South Korea
nuclear will rise to 16% from 4.8%, although
absolute power demand will still grow, CSEE Like Japan, Korea’s primary energy demand is
NET ZERO projected. heavily reliant on fossil fuels, with petroleum
To establish this zero carbon power system and other liquids accounting for 43% of all
China’s net-zero 2060 plan dominated by renewables, a fundamental energy consumption, and coal 28%. Nuclear
reconfiguration of China’s power system
fuel accounts for around 10%, and renewables
will need full power grid will be needed to account for issues like only 3%.
In 2018, the entire economy energy usage
intermittency, new demand sources like
overhaul electric vehicles, interregional imbalances and for Korea was 2.7 million GWh, of which
full digitisation.
transport accounted for only 19%, with
China will need to fundamentally revamp its The roadmap was part of CSEE’s consulting industry using the lion’s share of 61%. Of this

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