Soon the hotel brought a lot of candles and lit them for everyone.
The room immediately became brighter. Under the candlelight, there was a deliberately romantic atmosphere. However, the sudden power outage still made people feel unable to adapt for a while.
"Alas..." Ziping sighed.
Street lights are reduced to half, neon lights no longer shine, shopping malls and restaurants do not turn on air conditioning, citizens rush to buy candles, entertainment venues put seals on and power outages, corporate production capacity is affected...
Mingzhu City, where the above phenomenon has occurred, has become the hardest-hit area by the current power shortage, which is spreading from local to nationwide, and many companies in the relevant industry chain have been or will be affected by the power shortage.
"How come there is a power outage in Mingzhu?" This fact really surprised Ye Kai.
If the great capital does not allow power outages due to political considerations, then the reason why Mingzhu City cannot allow power outages is more from economic considerations.
At least in Ye Kai's impression, power outages rarely occur in Mingzhu City.
"The situation is different now. There have been signs of economic overheating recently. There are many companies of all types heading into the wind. There is a huge power shortage in various places, so even Mingzhu has to limit power supply in shards just to cope with this.
situation." Ning Tianhe, who was sitting on the side, explained.
"Oh, that's it..." Ye Kai nodded, understanding in his heart.
He has some understanding of this situation. The fundamental reason for this round of power shortage is that the implementation of power planning in the past two years has not been coordinated. The approved new power sources are concentrated in the northwest, and as the west-to-east power transmission and north-to-south power transmission channels
The UHV lines are progressing slowly, and there are no new thermal power projects in the east, where the electricity load is concentrated. Although the proportion of investment in clean energy has increased significantly, it cannot effectively meet the power supply, which leads to power shortages.
However, Ye Kai also knows very well that these structural problems are difficult to solve in the short term, so the power shortage may further intensify in the next two years, and there may even be a large-scale power shortage.
At present, more than ten provinces across the country are experiencing power shortage crises, especially in East China and Central China. Due to structural reasons, power shortages cannot be solved in the short term and will continue for a long time.
"The power supply of Mingzhu is mainly transmitted through Jiangzhong Province. Although there are some national policies to provide protection, it is common for things to go wrong from time to time." Ning Tianhe said again.
Ye Kai nodded, "This question can be raised as a condition. The electricity consumption in Mingzhu City must be effectively guaranteed. Dad, please tell grandpa. When choosing the governor of Jiangzhong Province, it is necessary to emphasize this point."
"Huh?" After hearing this, Zi Ping's eyes lit up and he felt that the suggestion put forward by Ye Kai was not something that could not be considered.
This time, since the old Ye family can get some benefits from the selection of Jiangzhong Governor, it is natural to benefit Mingzhu City. After all, he is also a member of the Central Political Bureau, so he still has the right to have a say.
The Pearl Hotel had many solutions. The power outage only lasted for about ten minutes. The lights came back on, and the waiters took out the candles and extinguished them to prevent the unpleasant smoke from irritating the guests.
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"Why are you distracted? What are you thinking about?" Ning Shuang suddenly noticed Ye Kai sitting there thoughtfully, and couldn't help but ask curiously.
"I'm thinking that if the territory of Shengwang New District can be expanded, it may not be possible to build a larger power plant to solve the current energy crisis." Ye Kai said, touching his chin with his hand.
"Build a power plant?" Ye Ziping and Ning Tianhe listened. Although they were a little tempted, they raised the question, "But there is no thermal coal here. If we build a power plant, we need to transfer coal from other provinces.
The transportation cost is also very high, it is not as cost-effective as buying electricity directly, and the environmental pollution caused by building power plants also needs to be considered. Moreover, the Three Gorges area is also preparing to start construction. With this big project, the power security in the east is guaranteed
of."
"Three Gorges?" After hearing this, Ye Kai smiled and said nothing more, but his expression was a little strange, which made people feel inexplicable.
"What's that expression on your face?" Ye Ziping asked with some displeasure when he saw it.
"So what if there is a Three Gorges Hydropower Station? There will still be a power shortage..." Ye Kai replied.
Ye Kai didn't know how to evaluate this large-scale hydropower project with a long time span. He just knew that once this project was launched, it could indeed fill some power gaps in the east and south. However, it could completely solve the power shortage.
This problem is tantamount to wishful thinking and is absolutely impossible to solve.
"It's better than no construction at all. At least it can solve a large part of the power gap." Ye Ziping said.
"I'm just afraid that the gains outweigh the losses. You know, Americans don't build hydropower projects anymore." Ye Kai replied.
"Why? Hydropower projects are pollution-free." Ning Shuang also felt a little curious after hearing this.
"However, hydropower projects can also destroy the ecological balance of a region and even pose a great threat to the ecological environment and safety of the entire middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River." Ye Kai said, "You might as well think about it, there is such a thing just in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River.
A big water bomb hangs high above your head. Once there is a problem with the dam, a flood that has never happened in a thousand or even ten thousand years will sweep over the sky. What will be the consequences?"
"This..." After Ning Shuang heard this, a very terrifying picture immediately appeared in her mind.
The great flood came overwhelmingly, turning the entire south into a marsh.
"Then what do you mean? Build a thermal power plant in Shengwang New District?" Ye Ziping asked.
"Of course it's not that simple. What I mean is to develop comprehensive new energy." Seeing that no one understood his idea, Ye Kaifeng explained, "It is a comprehensive power plant that integrates wind power, solar energy, tidal energy, and nuclear energy.
."
Only then did Zi Ping understand what Ye Kai meant, but after thinking about it, he said, "Although your idea is good, none of these projects are easy to operate. As of now, none of them have entered into substantive stages."
At the operational level, I think you are still a little whimsical."
"If you don't want to, we are still living in the Stone Age." Ye Kai said angrily. "What you think is impossible may not be impossible in the eyes of scientists, and I dare to say such things.
In fact, it means that I have considered all aspects and can realize the integration of these projects. At least the electricity consumption in our Shengwang New District is sufficient, and at the same time, I can also sell you some surplus electricity in Mingzhu City."
"Then you must be able to get the project approval. Lao Yun will have a hard time passing that test." Ye Ziping said.
Premier Yun is in charge of the overall situation and has the power to decide on the establishment of these large projects. Therefore, Ye Ziping doubts that he will agree to build such an unreliable integrated power plant near Mingzhu City.
"It's actually simple." Ye Kai took this very lightly, "I just need to build it myself first, and it doesn't matter whether it is approved or not. I really have to wait for those officials to make a decision. Daylily
It’s all cold.”
"You...you are getting more and more courageous. See if your grandfather doesn't deal with you..." Zi Ping didn't know what to say for a moment. He had to move out Mr. Ye to scare Ye Kai.
In fact, Ziping is not very used to some of Premier Yun's practices, especially in terms of energy security. Ziping and Ye Kai have the same view, thinking that the policy is biased, such as purchasing large amounts of strategically guaranteed oil.
, and solving the problem of power supply gap, which Ye Ziping attaches great importance to. However, Premier Yun seems to be relatively indifferent. He believes that building power plants will easily cause oversupply of electricity, and currently does not see the need to build a large number of power plants.
"The electric power system needs to be reformed. This is a privatization process that involves the interests of many people." Ye Kai saw this very clearly, so he understood when he said it, "But you can't just deceive the people of the country just for your own selfish gain.
It is definitely inappropriate to do this. Especially since the power supply involves everyone, we, the Ye family, have to make our voices heard, and I believe many people will agree."
"This can be discussed in the long term, but I can imagine wind power, solar power and tidal power, and I think you can do it, but are you also capable of nuclear power?" Ye Ziping raised his own doubts, obviously not
I believe Ye Kai has the ability to do this.
"Of course I don't have R&D capability, but if I don't have it now, it doesn't mean I won't have it in the future. Besides, I can get a ready-made reactor." Ye Kai suddenly laughed.
"Ah?!" Ye Ziping and others were suddenly surprised when they heard this.
Nuclear power plants seem to be very difficult. Although nuclear submarines have been developed in China for a long time, nuclear power plants are still being built in cooperation with foreigners. Although independent research and development is also being done, the progress is very slow.
Foreign reactors mainly purchase French technology.
Speaking of which, the French reactor technology is not the best, especially the technology they sold to the Republic is definitely not first-class, so this matter has always been confusing.
The problem is that people in China tend to worship foreigners, and they also regard the second- and third-rate technologies developed by the French as a model. They think they are so good that they spend a lot of money to buy defective products, so the first batch of buildings were built.
The nuclear power plants are not very efficient, which is also an important reason why senior officials are not interested in nuclear power projects.
Otherwise, more than 70% of France's electricity supply comes from nuclear power. Is nuclear power really undesirable?
"Can you really get a ready-made reactor?" Ye Ziping asked, "Even if you can get it, you can't transport it back."
"Who said I can't bring it back? I've already brought it back!" Ye Kai replied with some satisfaction.
"What?!" Everyone was completely shocked when they heard this.
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