Under the vision of "carbon neutrality", it has become particularly important to improve the construction of electricity markets and optimise cross-regional electricity deployment. As the reform of the electricity system continues to develop in depth, the scale of market-based electricity trading is expanding, the electricity spot market is in operation, and the awareness of market players to participate is gradually increasing.

Under the support from HMG’s Prosperity Fund, the Guangdong Electric Power Design Institute (GEDI) cooperates with AFRY Management Consulting and China Energy Engineering Group Yunnan Electric Power Design Institute, has undertaken a detailed study of South China’s West-to-East Power Transfer Project (the “Project”), which is a major power interconnection between China’s hydropower-rich South West region and Guangdong province – China’s major Southern economic hub. (The project falls under the UK and China’s long-term strategic programme of collaboration under the UK-China Clean Energy Partnership, a milestone agreement between both governments bolstering collaboration on low-carbon and sustainable energy issues.)

And as a major hydropower producer, Yunnan is actively involved in power market reform and cross-regional power deployment. Yunnan province - one of China’s South-Western provinces, has a population nearing 50 million, and an electricity market approximately half that of the UK’s. With recent GDP averaging over 8%, and a rapidly growing industrial sector attracted by plentiful local clean energy resources and government policy, the province presents a range of long-term attractive fundamentals.

In this webinar, the team will present the commercial report of the Project regarding investment and opportunities in South China, focusing on Yunnan province. Through this webinar, you can have a view of:

• How has the electricity market in Yunnan province evolved over the past five years and how might it change out to 2050?
• What are the key market and policy trends that are shaping opportunities in the electricity sector?
• What are their routes to market?
• What export opportunities exist in the electricity sector?

The Project have examined emerging opportunities for UK investors and exporters in the rapidly developing electricity market in China’s Yunnan province. CBBC calls on its members and UK companies to pay close attention to China's electricity market, formulate strategies to adapt to future changes through the policies and developments of the electricity trading markets in different regions, and participate in this webinar to actively ask questions and exchange views.
 
Webinar Details
Date: Wednesday 27th January 2021
Time: 16:30-17:30 (CST), 8:30-9:30 (BST)
Language: English, with English slides provided
 
Webinar Host:
Christian Romig, Senior Principal, Head of AFRY Management Consulting, China
 
Webinar Agenda

 
 
Webinar Platform
 
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Registration
 
Please click here or scan the QR code below and fill in the form to complete registration. The webinar link will then be sent to you via email. Should you have any questions, please contact: hao.liu@cbbc.org.cn
  
Speaker Profiles
 
Christian Romig
Head of AFRY Management Consulting, China
  
Christian is Head of AFRY Management Consulting’s China practice (formerly Pöyry). Based out of our Beijing office, Christian leads AFRY’s coverage of China’s national and provincial energy markets across strategy, market design and transaction services.

Before joining AFRY Christian held roles in renewable energy project development in the United States and energy policy with the British government, also in China. He has been permanently located in Beijing since 2013. Christian specializes in Chinese electricity market design and regulation, as well as market, regulatory and commercial due diligence across the electricity industry value chain.
 
About AFRY
AFRY is a leading global engineering and consulting firm, bringing together a unique range of offerings in energy, industry and infrastructure. Our China team has extensive experience working with local and international energy market players seeking to enter, invest and adapt to the dynamic Chinese electricity sector.

Fumi Guo
Analyst
AFRY Management Consulting, China

Fumi is an Analyst with AFRY Management Consulting in China. Since joining AFRY in 2019 Fumi has been a core team member of AFRY’s electricity market modelling team in China, building AFRY’s in-house BID3 electricity market model across all of China’s 30+ provinces. Fumi brings a highly quantitative approach to the analysis provided by AFRY in a wide range of projects, including due diligence, market studies, entry strategy and market design.

Fumi holds a Bachelor degree from Fudan University and a Dual Master’s degree in Sustainable Energy Systems from KTH Royal Institute of Technology and Eindhoven University of Technology.