Application of Distributed Energy System in Iron and Steel Industry and Its Policy Impacts

Abstract

After years of development, the concept and connotation of Distributed Energy System (called as DES) are gradually unified. As a way of energy supply in the demand, a revolution of traditional energy system, DES is a new concept of energy conservation in the iron and steel industry, which has been vigorously advocated by the state, and warmly supported and concerned by the international environmental protection work. Iron and steel industry is a high energy consumption industry. With a large number of complex energy conversion and utilization, the production process has developed or is developing a certain amount of DES. According to the definition of the World Alliance for Decentralized Energy (WADE), this paper describes the most representative several DESs in China, and discusses its influences on the energy system of iron and steel enterprises. Finally, some policy suggestions for distributed energy system utilization in iron and steel industry are put forward for the developing countries.