1.China ENFI Engineering Corporation, Beijing 100038, China
2.National Engineering Research Center of Silicon-Based Materials Manufacturing Technology, Luoyang 471000, China
3. China Silicon Corporation, Luoyang 471000, China
The “photovoltaics-electrochemical energy storage-new energy (electric) vehicles” industry is taken as an instance in this paper to depict the blueprint of the new energy eco-system. ① As the headstream of the whole industry chain, clean energy source will be first discussed. Taking full advantage of low cost of the photovoltaic lifetime, the super high-way photovoltaic (PV) plant is supposed to be a promising, cheap power supply for new energy vehicles, and to conduce to less traditional energy consumption and carbon emission. ② In the field of energy storage, more promotion is required in mass production of high-capacity power battery materials like silicon-carbon anodes and ternary cathodes and unified manufacturing standards of batteries and corresponding accessories. Furthermore, with the aid from “Internet Plus” strategy, a network of monitoring, maintenance, echelon use and recovery will be established to cover the batteries- whole life. ③ As for the new energy vehicles, novel manufacturing standards will be formulated including modular design and production. Instead of the integrated battery modules, the exchanging mode will be applied to vehicle batteries, accompanying with the establishment of the gas-station-like battery supply network, which provides power access and battery charging/replacement/conservation. In addition, it is also briefly described that hydrogen evolves from water electrolysis by utilizing surplus photovoltaic and wind power and serves as a significant supplement of the present electricity-dominant new energy system. An ecology is hopefully formed through synergetically developing renewable energy supply, storage and applications in the following 30 years. Thereafter, the energy consumption will be thoroughly changed to achieve “Net Zero CO2 Emission” via the construction of a closed, fossil-fuel-independent new energy eco-system, supported by photovoltaics, wind power and other clean energy sources.