Daqing Oilfield's new energy power generation exceeds 700 million KWh in 2024

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠作为中国重要的能源生产基地，大庆油田积极探索绿色转型新模式，在传统能源基础上推进光伏、风电等新能源项目建设，2024年新能源自消纳发电量超7亿千瓦时，是历年累计发电量的1.4倍。 The new energy power generation for  self-consumption at Daqing Oilfield, one of China's largest oil production bases, surpassed 700 million kilowatt-hours in 2024, 1.4 times the cumulative power generation achieved in previous years, according to China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), one of China's largest oil and gas producers and suppliers.

As a key energy production base in China, Daqing Oilfield is actively exploring innovative models for green transformation and advancing the development of new energy projects, including photovoltaic and wind power alongside traditional energy sources.

At the low carbon demonstration zone of Lamadian Oilfield in Daqing, all eight power stations of the first phase have been connected to the grid, generating over 100 million kilowatt-hours of electricity.

Currently, 95 percent of the infrastructure for the second phase of the photovoltaic project has been completed, and it is expected to be fully connected to the grid for power generation in early 2025.

"Currently, there are 19 wind and photovoltaic power generation projects under construction at Daqing Oilfield, with installed capacity expanding sixfold compared to the same period last year (2023). Among these, construction of the centralized wind and photovoltaic power generation projects in Heilongjiang Province and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region now are in full swing. The first hydrothermal geothermal heating project in Heilongjiang has officially begun drilling in Fangzheng County, marking a significant step in business-local government cooperation to develop and utilize geothermal resources," said Pang Zhiqing, manager of the New Energy Division at Daqing Oilfield, CNPC.

Daqing Oilfield's new energy power generation exceeds 700 million KWh in 2024

A 6.8-magnitude earthquake jolted Dingri County in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region on Tuesday morning, killing 126 people and injuring 188 others, according to figures released at 19:00 on Tuesday.

The earthquake hit Dingri County in the city of Xigaze at 09:05 on Tuesday, with the epicenter located in the county's Tsogo Township.

Rescue forces from different emergency services have rescued 407 trapped people, set up 14 relocation and resettlement sites, and relocated and resettled more than 30,400 people affected by the disaster.

Municipal-level hospitals in the region are currently treating 28 critically injured patients.

Twenty four medical rescue teams with 568 people and 106 ambulances were dispatched to the region to carry out transfer and treatment work, with all those requiring treatment admitted to hospital.

More than 5,800 pieces of relief supplies, including cotton tents, cotton clothes and quilts, urgently allocated by the National Disaster Reduction Commission, the Ministry of Emergency Management, and the National Food and Strategic Reserves Administration arrived at the quake-stricken area on Tuesday night, with 16,000 more pieces of relief supplies expected to be delivered on Wednesday.

More than 170,000 pieces of urgently needed supplies including tents, beds, quilts, blankets, warm clothing, heating equipment, emergency lightning, and food and water were also urgently dispatched to the affected area.

The region's emergency command center on Tuesday also raised the earthquake emergency response to level I, the highest level.

Death toll rises to 126 in 6.8-magnitude Xizang quake