A new round of electricity shortage has come, China's ceramic industry is facing closed production

Since April 2011, Hunan, Jiangxi, and other provinces have experienced a sharp decline in hydropower, and the double disadvantages of high coal prices have led to intense electricity consumption and large-scale accumulation of electricity. Affected by this, some production lines of ceramic enterprises in Hunan and Jiangxi production areas were shut down, and production was greatly affected. Different from the production areas in Hunan and Jiangxi, ceramics production areas such as Jinjiang, Jiajiang, Hebi, and Zibo, due to their geographic location and different power supply, have not encountered any abnormalities in the supply of electricity. Enterprises in the production areas are producing normally. One day, the situation is different. In the face of this unexpected situation in the energy hardware of production areas, will the pattern of production areas be affected by this new change?

Jiangxi suffered the most severe “power cuts” After the sharp drop in the capacity of the ceramics enterprises or the increase in the brewing price in successfully defeating the “frozen disasters” and “financial crisis”, the Jiangxi Jiantao Production Area headed by Gao'an once again ushered in the “big exam” - Experience "the most severe power shortage in history." The reason why Jiangxi media is called "the most severe in history", first, this year's "limited power" earlier than in previous years, second, "power limit" greater than in previous years, and third, the duration may be relatively long. The Jiangxi building ceramics industry, which has been tempered by risks for many times, has already entered the normal development track. How will it respond before this dangerous situation?

Situation: Jiangxi Electric Power Insufficiency According to "Jiangxi Daily" data, as of April 27, the maximum peak load of Jiangxi power grid reached more than 190 million kilowatts, and the cumulative peak load transfer capacity was 69 million kwh. According to the current analysis of the power supply and demand balance of Jiangxi Power Grid, the province’s largest power gap will exceed 2 million kilowatts, reaching an orderly power red warning level.

In response to this year's "serious shortage of electricity" in Jiangxi accidents this year, relevant people said in an interview with this newspaper that the current coal stocks remain at the warning level, and there is a serious shortage of rainfall and incoming water, making it more difficult to purchase electricity. At the same time, since late April, temperatures in various regions of Jiangxi Province have risen significantly, and high-temperature weather has caused a sharp increase in the electricity load, which has led to an increase in the power supply gap in the province. In addition, some generating units have been downed and the power supply capacity has continued to decline. Power supply and demand Contradictions intensified.

In order to ease the current power shortage, Jiangxi Electric Power Co., Ltd. has issued an initiative through major websites. Non-industrial enterprises and residents of major hotels, shopping malls, office buildings, etc. shall take the initiative to avoid peaks and peaks in the use of electricity to save electricity, such as air-conditioning, For elevators, lighting and other electrical equipment, set the on-time. It is recommended that the air-conditioning of hotels, restaurants, and teahouses should be set to 26°C or higher during the summer peak hours.

Encounter: Tao enterprises are facing strict power consumption measures. "Actually, Jiangxi's 'electricity shortage' phenomenon which began to appear at the end of March has not shown any significant improvement so far." Mr. Zhou, the marketing department of the Jiangxi Provincial Electric Power Company's marketing department, revealed in an interview with this reporter. Energy-consuming enterprises have become one of the objects of strict control, and ceramics as a building material industry are, of course, ranked "big lists." Mr. Zhou said that in the case of a serious power shortage, Jiangxi Province will adopt measures such as reducing the power consumption index and adjusting production shifts to implement more stringent and orderly power-using measures for enterprises. At the same time, entertainment venues should adjust business hours, avoid peaks during peak hours, and turn off part of the city's landscape lights during late peak hours.

The companies in major producing areas with a large capacity of building pottery in Jiangxi reported to the reporter exactly as Mr. Zhou said. Some ceramic industrial parks can barely maintain the production of enterprises through "staggered power usage." Some of the parks have been unable to solve the current power shortage problem through this measure. The relevant departments have to ask ceramics companies to limit their production capacity to 50% of the time. 40%. In addition, according to unconfirmed sources, some production areas in Jiangxi require companies to shut down half or two thirds of their production lines.

Impact: The sharp drop in capacity or the increase in prices in the market With regard to the current power shortage, most companies have stated that they have never expected it. In fact, the impact of the “electricity shortage” in Jiangxi since the end of March has long been reflected in other building materials industries in Jiangxi. According to local media reports, cement prices in Jiangxi have basically recovered to the levels before the decline. Nanchang has raised RMB 50/ton in the area, and Jiujiang and Fuzhou have raised RMB 30/ton, and “there is likely to continue to follow”.

Insiders pointed out that after several years of painstaking efforts, the production of kiln furnaces in various ceramic producing areas where Jiangxi has begun to take shape has entered a normal track, and the market share has just been opened. The sudden power cuts have caused the production and sales of Jiangxi ceramics production areas to fall into the market. Nervous, there are already a small number of dealers even can not get the goods, which will inevitably affect the market confidence that has been painstakingly managed over the past few years. For manufacturers that have not yet started production, they have to postpone production because of power shortages, which undoubtedly increases the company’s construction costs. Some people expect that, according to the current bank's interest rate calculation, postponing one month of production to one line will increase the interest of more than 100,000. In addition, the suspension of production has also led to the instability of personnel and the increase in costs. Many companies are concerned that “there may be a loss of many employees who were originally hard-pressed and trained”.

It is worth noting that in the face of the current shortage of the market, many companies have begun to brewing price increases. The former vice general manager of Gao'an Mingzhu Real Estate Development Co., Ltd., who has been closely liaising with and concerned about the production areas in Jiangxi, and Liao Yongcan, the trader of China Pearl International Capital, the chief ceramic trading center of Huazhong, believes that Gao'an enterprises may need to raise prices by 8%-10%. The reporter also received a similar response when he visited the company.

However, in response to the current situation, the government of the Jiangxi-producing region has stated to this reporter that it will cooperate with the enterprises to do related work and strive to minimize the losses. For Jinggangshan producing area where the rise of ceramics is brewing, even taking the opportunity to issue invitations to ceramic enterprises, it is hoped that ceramics enterprises will invest in “Red Jinggang” to develop industries and “misplaced development” to cope with the “different peak power consumption” that they may face in the future.

In Hunan, Yuchao Taoban was in a semi-production state. Due to recent unbalanced power coal, lean rain, thermal power unit failure, and out-purchased electricity reduction, Hunan experienced a serious shortage of electricity. The reporter learned from a variety of ways that the ceramic enterprises in Hunan Hengyang, Yueyang New Wall Industrial Park and Linxiang Industrial Park began to comprehensively restrict electricity from May 1. So far the ceramic enterprises are in semi-production state.

It has been observed that one company has shut down two sets of polishing lines while the other shuts down two large lines, leaving only two small lines. Enterprise production line workers are also in a half rest state. A person in charge of the business department said: “Without electricity, employees only have a holiday, but they are on standby at any time to prevent normal production after the call. They continue to pay for their employees.” According to reports from a number of plant managers, power cuts are from 5 On the 1st of the month, the current semi-production status has been maintained for 4 days. The person in charge of the Linxiang company informed that the current production status of the Linxiang Tao Enterprise opened one of the three production lines; the Hengyang Henglifeng brand owner also said that the plant was currently in semi-production due to power restrictions.

Why did it cause such a serious shortage of electricity? The reporter learned from three sources that there were three reasons. The main sources of electricity in Hunan are hydropower and thermal power generation, and hydropower uses 53% of the electricity. One reason is that since the beginning of 2011, there has been relatively little dry weather in Hunan, and in April the water level in the Xiangjiang River has reached a new low level. Insufficient hydropower. The second reason is that the failure of an electromechanical group leads to a reduction in the total power supply. The third reason is the lack of coal, thermal power plants do not have enough coal power to fill the hydropower gap.

On the afternoon of May 5th, the New Wall Building Materials Industrial Park called the person in charge of the company to hold an emergency meeting. At the meeting, Zhang Zhongxin, the director of the industrial park, explained that in the current situation of electricity use in Yueyang County, he said: “Strictly speaking, the electricity restriction should be started from April 15th, but it has not been implemented. The performance of electricity shortage until April 30th was compared. After the serious incident, it began to vigorously limit the power supply on May 1. The county's normal electricity consumption is about 118,000 kVA, and the dispatch room shows that the county's usage is only 48,000 kVA before 7:00 this morning. The amount of electricity consumed by enterprises accounts for 1/3 of the total electricity consumption, and is about 2000 kVA per plant.After receiving the notification, the county's electricity consumption will be limited to 32 million kVA, and the park's enterprises will be limited to 8000 kVA. “Director Zhang expressed very sad about the current situation of power curtailment. He said:” Not only is the park's pottery enterprises limiting power, the Hualun Pharmaceutical Factory has been opened, and the electricity consumption of residents in the county is limited to 4 hours a day. The situation is very serious. ”

The company also analyzes and summarizes its own impact on the operation of the company during the current power cut. If the time for power cuts is short, companies can take measures to reduce the losses caused by direct stoppage of kiln by stopping the kiln maintenance. If the power cut is long, companies can directly suspend production and leave to reduce the cost of heat insulation to the furnace. The losses caused by this power limitation are mainly reflected in the damage to the equipment caused by the brakes, the employee’s stoppage of pay, the customer’s breach of contract, and the loss of customers.

At present, the biggest problem in the production areas is the uncertainty of power supply. The relevant units from the province to the city to the prefecture-level cities have not given the time limit for power curtailment. Enterprises have no way to respond.

Corresponding countermeasures are also made for this park. First, each company makes statistics on the minimum electricity consumption for normal production of its own company in the form of a detailed statement. Second, each company’s actual demand leads to this power cut. The details of direct and indirect losses are detailed. The above two tasks provide the basis for power supply standards and post-processing.