Recently, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and other seven departments issued the Implementation Plan for Promoting Equipment Renewal in the Industrial Field. The Plan clearly States that financial support for equipment renewal and technological transformation in the industrial field should be strengthened, and key projects that meet the requirements should be included in the scope of financial support such as investment in the central budget.
Among them, the cement sector focuses on pollution reduction, carbon reduction, energy saving and consumption reduction, upgrading raw material preparation, kiln control, grinding and crushing and other related equipment and technology; focusing on the transformation of production operations, warehousing logistics, quality control and other links to promote the renewal of intelligent manufacturing equipment; Intelligent upgrading should be carried out around the whole manufacturing process of production, management and service, and the organizational structure and business process should be optimized to build an intelligent factory.
At the same time, the National Development and Reform Commission issued the Measures for the Management of Special Investment in the Central Budget for Energy Conservation and Carbon Reduction to support the transformation of energy conservation and carbon reduction in key areas of the building materials industry. In terms of air pollution prevention and control, the central government will focus on promoting the transformation of ultra-low emissions in cement and other industries this year.
This series of actions will undoubtedly lay a strong heart for the cement industry in intelligent upgrading, energy saving, carbon reduction, ultra-low emissions and other capital investment. Especially in the past two years, due to the sharp decline in profits in the cement industry, many enterprises have encountered one of the biggest obstacles in upgrading and transformation is the shortage of funds. Therefore, cement enterprises should seize this opportunity.
On the one hand, energy saving and ultra-low emission transformation is no longer an option, but a necessary condition for survival.
For example, the Benchmarking and Benchmarking Levels of Energy Efficiency in Key Industrial Areas (2023 Edition) stipulates that for projects with energy efficiency lower than the benchmark level, all localities should guide enterprises to carry out energy-saving and carbon-reducing technological transformation or eliminate them in an orderly manner. In principle, the technical transformation or elimination of cement clinker should be completed by the end of 2025. According to the recent energy consumption standards of cement enterprises released by some provinces, many enterprises are in a state of substandard and need to be reformed urgently.
The Opinions on Promoting the Implementation of Ultra-low Emissions in the Cement Industry requires that by the end of 2025, significant progress will be made in key regions, 50% of cement clinker production capacity will be transformed, and large state-owned enterprise groups in the region will basically complete the transformation of organized and unorganized ultra-low emissions; By the end of 2028, cement clinker production enterprises in key regions will have basically completed the transformation, and the whole country will strive to complete the transformation of 80% of cement clinker production capacity.
On the other hand, the amount of money needed to implement intelligent upgrading, ultra-low emissions, energy-saving and carbon reduction transformation is indeed not a small amount, and it is better to seize the policy opportunity and apply for government subsidies.
For example, ultra-low emission: It is understood that if the production line with a daily output of 5,000 tons built 15 years ago has not been transformed, it will cost at least 50 million yuan to complete the ultra-low emission investment, and some production lines will cost hundreds of millions of yuan. Intelligent transformation: An industry expert said that the intelligent upgrade of cement enterprises involves many contents and lasts for a long time, often millions or even tens of millions.
It is worth noting that many cement enterprises are declaring funds for air pollution prevention and control. For example, a few days ago, the Zhejiang Provincial Department of Ecology and Environment of the Zhejiang Provincial Finance Department issued the Notice on the Advance of the Central Air, Water and Soil Pollution Prevention and Control Funds and the Rural Environment Improvement Funds in 2024, in which the Central Air Pollution Prevention and Control Funds in 2024 were issued in advance. Cement industry accounts for 75.19 million yuan. According to the allocation table of the central air pollution prevention and control funds (approved in advance) in 2024, 10 cement enterprises in Zhejiang will receive the central air pollution prevention and control funds in 2024.
Therefore, it is imperative that the cement industry should quickly understand the relevant subsidy policies, the differences between the technical routes of ultra-low emission transformation, which link to start the construction of intelligent factories, and how to effectively achieve energy saving and consumption reduction..
To this end, China Cement Network will hold the 11th China Cement Energy Conservation and Environmental Protection Technology Exchange Conference-Equipment Renewal Forum in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province on June 13-14 . This forum will gather government leaders, industry technical specialist, scientific research institutions, universities, cement enterprises and equipment suppliers to discuss and analyze the practical path of equipment renewal and green upgrading in the cement industry, so as to promote the industry to move towards a more energy-efficient, greener and environmentally friendly future.
