Look at how hardware companies transform in the era of low-carbon economy

The era of the Internet leading the economy has passed. The era of finance leading the economy has passed. Then who is the next to lead the economy? A low-carbon economy. This knowledge is like an odor spreading in various countries.

If we say that the "low-carbon economy" was a slogan, then the outbreak of the financial crisis has prompted it to become an action. Relying on the "high-carbon economy" of oil and natural gas, it has already faced a recession, choosing a "low-carbon lifestyle" and proceeding to "low." Carbon consumption has become a fashionable topic today. The search for a business opportunity for a low-carbon economy is becoming a new idea for entrepreneurs - "greener and more profitable."

For hardware companies, the search for business opportunities in the era of low-carbon economy, energy-saving emission reduction, transformation and upgrading is the key. The author believes that the majority of hardware companies can proceed from the following three aspects: government policies, adjustment of industrial structure, and contract energy management.

Follow government policy

The Fifth Plenary Session of the 17th CPC Central Committee reviewed and adopted the “Proposal for the Twelfth Five-Year Plan for the Formulation of National Economic and Social Development,” proposing that the theme of the scientific concept of development should be adopted as the main line for accelerating the transformation of the mode of economic development. To build a resource-conserving and environment-friendly society as an important focal point for accelerating the transformation of economic development methods. We have determined to actively respond to climate change, vigorously develop circular economy, strengthen resource conservation and management, increase environmental protection efforts, and strengthen ecological protection and prevention. The disaster reduction system will build several major tasks.

Not long ago, the Chinese government issued the "Decision of the State Council on Accelerating the Cultivation and Development of Strategic Emerging Industries." The current stage includes energy conservation and environmental protection, a new generation of information technology, equipment, high-end equipment manufacturing, new energy, new materials, and new energy vehicles. Focus on the development of strategic emerging industries. We will firmly grasp the historical opportunities of green economic development and industrial transformation and upgrading, and increase policy support. We will focus on key issues, break through core technologies, and support market promotion. We will strive to form pilot-type and pillar-based industries, seize the commanding heights of future technologies and industries, and promote the optimization and upgrading of the entire industrial structure.

Keeping up with government policies, hardware companies have many articles to do. For example, the state organizes energy conservation and environmental protection exhibitions every year. There are many hardware companies participating in the exhibition. During the change of the entire economic model, all production systems, service systems, and peripheral supporting systems will change. The opportunities for hardware companies are here. For example, energy-saving products needed in production facilities, such as solar energy flashlights, LED light source flashlights and other energy-saving products.

industrial restructuring

Adjusting the industrial structure is the only way for hardware companies to save energy, reduce emissions, and upgrade.

Materials are the foundation for an industry to operate. When the industrial structure is adjusted, the development of new materials is also an important part. The rapid development of science and technology has greatly expanded the use of materials in the hardware industry. The material is no longer a single steel, stainless steel, aluminum alloy, wire and other materials continue to join. It can be foreseen that, along with the development of science and technology, more new materials will be added to the material chain of hardware in the future.

In the development of the world's hardware manufacturing industry, someone has described the path of “English-American-Japanese-Chinese Taiwan-China mainland”, which is a typical “nomadic” road for low-end manufacturing. It can be seen that there is still much room for development in the manufacturing industry of the hardware industry, and business opportunities in the era of low-carbon economy are also there. China’s hardware companies should increase the research and development of new processes, and they can build R&D institutions themselves, or form partnerships with professional organizations, and purchase their services.

Post-processing is an important part of low-carbon environmental protection. The post-processing technology of the hardware industry mainly refers to carbon collection technology. Carbon dioxide is discharged through a chimney and can be collected and compressed by technical means and pressed into a liquid or solid state for landfill. In many oilfields in China, the wells are almost depleted. They can collect carbon dioxide and then drive it into oil wells to squeeze out the crude oil. Of course, the starting point of this practice is the exploitation of oil fields, but from another point of view, carbon dioxide is also collected and buried. This technology is quite expensive and takes a long time to do.

Contract Energy Management

The hardware industry is classified as a high-energy-consuming industry, facing the pressure of energy-saving and emission-reduction, but the investment in energy-saving and environmental protection is relatively large. It is a long-term way to develop a low-carbon economy in a profitable manner. Contract energy management Bring new opportunities for hardware companies.

The contract energy management refers to an energy-saving service company as a third party. It invests in it, leases energy-saving equipment to enterprises, and saves money saved by energy-saving companies. Assuming that the company would have to pay 1 million electricity bills each month, after the renovation, as long as it pays 500,000, in the 500,000 provinces that are saved per month, it may take 400,000 to a third party, but this 400,000 yuan is not directly related to the project. Investment, and the company can get 100,000 monthly income. The contract energy management has a certain period of time. After the contract is over, not only all the saved money is owned by the company, but the company can also obtain the property rights of the equipment.

The business of contract energy management is relatively late in China, but in this way, the hardware company itself has no direct investment, but it can achieve the purpose of energy conservation and emission reduction, and the industry can also get superiors, why not do it? Believe contract energy The energy-saving mode of management will be adopted by more and more hardware companies.