industrial overlord

Chapter 719 Foreign Market
Hearing Lin Zhenhua's confident words, Huang Gang said with a smile: "I knew that I would definitely fall into the hole you dug for me, but I'm still looking forward to seeing what kind of hole you can dig .”

Lin Zhenhua said: "Wind power equipment is a new product. As the technology matures, its price will inevitably drop significantly. When the price of wind power equipment falls below a certain level, the cost of wind power generation will be lower than the grid-connected electricity price. At this time, the development of wind power will be profitable, and the world will usher in a period of great wind power development, is this already a consensus?"

"Yes, this is a consensus." Huang Gang replied.

Lin Zhenhua continued: "Currently, China, the United States, Germany, the Netherlands, and some other countries have all taken a fancy to the wind power market and are trying to carve up the largest share before this market matures. From this point of view, China must not abolish its own martial arts, even if it loses money and earns money, it must persist. Not only must we persevere, but we must also strive to drag down the wind power industry in other countries and form a pattern of dominating the market.”

"Uh..." Huang Gang was speechless, "Zhenhua, your goal seems to be too lofty. You know, in terms of wind power technology, China is still a weak country, and the wind power equipment companies in the United States and Germany are all behind us Above all, we can only be on the defensive now, and if we want to attack, we have to drag others down and die, I'm afraid it's a bit of a feat, right?"

Huang Gang has been thinking about wind power for a while, and has a relatively in-depth understanding of the market situation.Western countries have been involved in the wind power industry earlier than China, and their own industrial foundation is also better, so they have stronger technical strength.China has only started to start wind power projects in recent years. Although the growth rate is relatively fast, overall, it is still at a disadvantage technically.

In order to promote the development of China's wind power equipment industry, the state has mandated that new wind farms must use domestically produced equipment, and the nationalization rate must not be lower than 70%.Relying on such policy protection, domestic wind power equipment companies can survive. Now Lin Zhenhua wants to drag others to death with his mouth, which really makes Huang Gang feel unbelievable.

Lin Zhenhua said with a smile: "Huang Gang, think about it. Over the years, which industry has not changed from weak to strong? As an emerging industry, wind power has a lower threshold than traditional industries. Everyone is a new entrant. It’s just an investment.”

"Well, I partially agree with your opinion." Huang Gang took a step back, waiting for Lin Zhenhua to continue.

Lin Zhenhua counted for Huang Gang with his fingers: "Speaking of which, there are many technical problems in wind power equipment, and the wind turbine is the biggest one. Compared with the advanced technology of the United States and Germany, there is also a certain gap. However, we have analyzed that in these aspects, the technological gap between us and foreign countries has not reached the level of the intergenerational gap, but the maturity and inadequacy within the same generation of technology. It's just a matter of maturity.

If the state increases investment and wind power equipment companies resolutely update their equipment and directly target the next generation of products, we are absolutely sure to catch up with the world's advanced level within two years.As long as our technology is equal to that of foreign countries, if we simply fight a price war, do you think Western countries are rivals? "

"Funding is not a big problem." Huang Gang said hesitantly, "However, since the current technology is not yet mature, we should not spread too much, so we still need to control the speed of wind farm construction. In this way As a result, the number of wind power enterprises must be controlled, which is determined by demand, and our National Development and Reform Commission cannot help."

"What if we don't occupy the domestic market share?" Lin Zhenhua smiled secretly and asked the most critical question.

"Doesn't account for the domestic share?" Huang Gang was really attracted, "You mean...you Hanhua are eyeing the foreign wind power market again?"

"Electrode de Portugal is planning to invest in the construction of an offshore wind farm with an installed capacity of 50 kilowatts." Lin Zhenhua said calmly.

"You mean, you have taken this order?" Huang Gang asked eagerly.

50 kilowatts, that is, 500 megawatts, although it is nothing compared with thermal power, hydropower and other installed capacity, but for wind power, this is a big list.You should know that the newly installed wind power capacity in the United States in 2009 was only 10000 megawatts. The list mentioned by Lin Zhenhua is equivalent to 1/20 of the newly added capacity in the United States.

Lin Zhenhua said with a smile: "We are also the major shareholder of EDP, and we have built an experimental wind farm in Portugal before, so it is normal that the Portuguese offshore wind farm project falls into our pocket this time. thing."

Huang Gang shook his head: "No, no, the state allocated the funds for the acquisition of Portugal's electricity shares, and it was only through the hands of you companies to implement the acquisition. What's more, you Hanhua is only one of the joint shareholders. What about the benefits of being able to monopolize this project?"

"Hey, hey, I said Director Huang, do you have a little conscience?" Lin Zhenhua retorted with his eyes rounded, "It took a lot of effort for Hanhua to unite various companies to file a complaint with the Portuguese government. Putting pressure on them to get this project. Old Gu and his Xingbei Heavy Machinery didn’t say a word, and your Development and Reform Commission came out to fight the injustice, isn’t it too lenient?”

"I'm afraid that officials in other places will have opinions." Huang Gang muttered softly.However, he also knew that only Hanhua could settle this matter, even if officials from other provinces were jealous.

A few years ago, Portugal, facing the threat of financial bankruptcy, asked the Chinese government for help.Fearing that the Portuguese government would be dishonest and that the financial assistance funds could not be guaranteed, the Chinese government adopted a curved aid strategy. The state issued special loans to some large enterprises such as Hanhua Heavy Industry and Xingbei Heavy Machinery, and these enterprises formed an investment consortium. Acquire Portugal's public infrastructure and lend money to the Portuguese government in disguise.

According to the agreement at the time of the acquisition, after the financial situation of the Portuguese government improves in the future, the Portuguese government will pay for the redemption of these public facilities, which is equivalent to returning the Chinese funding.Conversely, if the Portuguese government's finances continue to deteriorate, China owns these infrastructures and benefits from them, but will not suffer losses.

Portugal's electricity company was jointly acquired by several large Chinese companies at that time.Although the Chinese party acquired only a part of the company's shares, it can be regarded as having voting rights.This time, the Portuguese government plans to build large-scale wind farms offshore. Naturally, these affiliated companies from China should be given priority when bidding for equipment.

Among the large enterprises participating in the acquisition of Portuguese power, only Hanhua Heavy Industry is involved in the wind power field, and Hanhua has a strong influence in the corporate circle.Therefore, other companies are also happy to give gifts to Hanhua with the Portuguese project. Everyone believes that Hanhua will definitely repay you in the future.

Although Huang Gang didn't participate in this matter, he more or less guessed that it was almost inseparable.He secretly sighed in his heart that Hanhua is really generous in doing things, and its various industries care for each other. This is the so-called truth that the strong will always be strong and the weak will always be weak.

"An order of 500 megawatts is enough to support a wind power equipment company. Since it doesn't occupy the domestic market share, it doesn't seem to matter to give you some preferential policies." Huang Gang relaxed, but the words were not what they said. Leaving some leeway, he still needs to see if Lin Zhenhua can throw more bait.

Lin Zhenhua did not disappoint Huang Gang. He continued: "The second project, Lake Turkana Wind Farm in Kenya, is a World Bank-financed project with an installed capacity of 300 MW."

"You won't say that you also got this project, right?" Huang Gang asked in surprise.

Lin Zhenhua shook his head and said, "We didn't get all of them. The final result was that we shared the order equally with one company from Germany and the United States, and each company got 100 MW. The strength and service of equipment suppliers will be evaluated in order to identify suppliers in other projects in the future.”

"Great! How about it? Does this project need the support of the state?" Huang Gang asked proactively. Being able to become a supplier of the World Bank project is of great significance, and the state will not hesitate to provide some subsidies for this.

Lin Zhenhua said: "Let's give it a try first. This project is mainly for branding. The profit is not a concern. I have told the leaders of the wind power company that as long as it does not lose money, it is a victory."

"That's right." Huang Gang said, and then he added: "Even if you lose money, as long as you don't lose too much, it's still a victory. The state will make up for you as much as you lose."

"Hehe, it's the National Development and Reform Commission after all, so you can speak confidently." Lin Zhenhua teased.

"Actually, I'm just talking. I know you, Hanhua, don't like this kind of state subsidy." Huang Gang also realized that he was too anxious at this moment, so he quickly returned the words.

Lin Zhenhua didn't continue to dwell on this matter. Huang Gang was right, Hanhua really didn't like this little state subsidy.Building a brand is the company's own business. Winning this project will also benefit Hanhua's future development in the wind power field. Hanhua will not care about the gains and losses of this city.

"In addition, there is another project in the pipeline. The Usan country in Africa is planning to build a grassland wind farm. The installed capacity we suggested to them is 100 million kilowatts, but this project is still under negotiation." Lin Zhenhua said.

"I remember that you have been friends with the president of Usang, Hallore, for many years, right?" Huang Gang revealed, "With the president coming forward to negotiate this matter, is there any obstacle?"

Lin Zhenhua said: "That's right, the current president of Wusang Country, Halore, was originally their Minister of Industry. I have known him as early as 20 years ago. I also proposed to him the idea of ​​building a wind farm. Yes, but it did get a positive response from him."

Huang Gang said: "Zhenhua, don't worry about expanding the scale, but think about whether the other party has the ability to bear it. Anyway, the cost of wind power is still higher than that of thermal power, and the residents and enterprises of Wusang Kingdom can use it." Can you afford such a high cost of electricity?"

Lin Zhenhua laughed and said: "Huang Gang, you don't know. Africa is indeed poor, but poverty also has its advantages, that is, it can get a lot of free aid from the international community. I have arranged for He Fei to formulate the A detailed plan, intending to use this plan to circle the money of various international organizations.

Africa is currently the continent with the least industrial pollution in the world. The development of wind power will help maintain Africa's environment. This is something that many international organizations are willing to see, so they are not hesitant to provide electricity subsidies to Usan.Coupled with the income from carbon sink trading of clean energy, after the completion of this project, the electricity price used by local residents will be 10% lower than it is now. "

"You guys have really racked your brains, and you even came up with the idea of ​​carbon sink trading." Huang Gang said with admiration.

The so-called carbon sink trading refers to the international trading of carbon dioxide emission rights.Constrained by the international climate convention, the amount of carbon dioxide emitted by each country is limited and cannot be exceeded.However, the per capita energy consumption in developed countries is high, and carbon emission credits are often insufficient. At this time, they will purchase carbon emission credits from developing countries. This is the so-called carbon sink trading.

Wind power is a clean energy source. Replacing thermal power with wind power can reduce a large amount of carbon emissions, thereby saving a considerable amount of carbon emission credits.If these credits are sold in the international carbon sink trading market, a lot of funds can be recovered and used to subsidize the cost of wind power.This kind of thing is also being done in China. What Huang Gang didn't expect was that Lin Zhenhua actually took the business abroad.

"There is also the Venezuelan market. In addition, Brazil also intends to build a wind farm. We are negotiating with officials from the Brazilian government."

"That's great, Zhenhua, I knew that you would bring us some new ideas every time." Huang Gang praised.

Lin Zhenhua said with a smile: "It can only be blamed on your National Development and Reform Commission being too bureaucratic. There is a solution, but you are working behind closed doors. You only know how to raise the threshold."

"We were wrong, we were wrong." Huang Gang said, he was too lazy to flirt with Lin Zhenhua, since Lin Zhenhua had proposed a good idea, he went to implement it, Lin Zhenhua likes to complain, Huang Gang Also get used to it.

"I've made up my mind. We plan to add an assessment indicator to the clean energy bases in various places, requiring that the proportion of their clean energy products exported should not be less than 15% within two years, and no less than 30% after two years. As for you Xunyang As an export-oriented base specially approved by the Development and Reform Commission, it enjoys the same policies as other bases, but requires that the export rate of products within two years shall not be less than..." Huang Gang drew a long voice while looking at Lin Zhenhua with his eyes. , and wait for him to make up the data himself.

"No less than 50%, two years later, it will reach 80%." Lin Zhenhua readily agreed.

(End of this chapter)