Zhou Yu, a technical leader in the electrochemical energy storage sector of the Guangdong Institute of China Energy Construction Group, has been working on technical research for 12 years, has gone through more than 40 projects, has won 4 provincial and ministerial awards, 12 patents, published 10 papers, participated in the compilation of 10 international, national and industry standards, and was hired as a member of the National Electric Power Energy Storage Standardization Committee, a member of the National CIGRE NGN, and a technical expert of the Expert Committee of the Green Technology Alliance of Data Centers.
Independent innovation, filling a number of technical gaps
More than ten years ago, with the formulation of the national energy conservation and emission reduction strategy, energy storage technology has emerged in the energy field and burst into vitality. In 2009, taking advantage of the industry's eastward trend, China Energy Construction Guangdong Institute was the first in China to carry out research on megawatt-level and 100-megawatt-level energy storage integration technology.
At that time, Zhou Yu, who had just left the campus and joined the Guangdong Academy, was full of energy and joined the research and development of energy storage technology.
Zhou Yu (first right) was put into production at the 500 kV Fengcheng (Shunde II) power transmission and transformation project
"I'm very lucky that the Guangdong Academy has made a forward-looking layout and provided such a good platform to give me the opportunity to participate in the research and project construction of energy storage integration technology." Zhou Yu said.
touches the stone and moves forward step by step. This road of attack is destined to be full of hardships.
In 2011, Zhou Yu served as the principal designer and participated in the construction of the general contracting project of 10 megawatt-class battery energy storage station in Baoqing, Shenzhen. As the first large-capacity battery energy storage station in China, there is neither standard nor experience to follow, and the pressure on the project team can be imagined.
survived countless days and nights, went to manufacturers to conduct extensive research, and read countless domestic and foreign data... Adhere to independent innovation and struggled all the way, Zhou Yu and the project team gnawed this "hard bone" together and made key breakthroughs in large-capacity energy storage integration technology and control and protection.
Baoqing Energy Storage Power Station
In January 2012, the first megawatt-level energy storage power station in China, the Baoqing Energy Storage Power Station, was successfully put into operation. A number of independent innovative key technologies for large-capacity lithium-ion energy storage system were applied in the station, solving the integrated design problems of megawatt-level lithium-ion energy storage stations, and filling many technical gaps in the field of megawatt-level lithium-ion battery energy storage technology at home and abroad.
perseverance, more than 40 projects have tempered
for youth, in their prime, Zhou Yu is not afraid of hardships, and has worked hard in the fields of smart substations, flexible AC and DC power distribution, electrochemical energy storage, etc., and his "battle value" has soared.
In the first 3C green substation demonstration project of the Southern Power Grid, in less than a year, Zhou Yu boldly innovated and overcomes difficulties. After the 110 kV peak substation was put into production, it has become a masterpiece among smart substations.
110 kV peak substation
In the world's largest multi-terminal AC and DC hybrid flexible distribution network interconnection project - Zhuhai Tangjiawan "Internet +" smart energy demonstration project, Zhou Yu is responsible for the secondary technical research and design of flexible DC distribution network and DC microgrid. The world's first multi-voltage AC-DC hybrid distribution network with ±10 kV, ±375 volts and ±110 volts, 3 converter stations, 1 switch station, 1 step-down converter station, 1 DC micronet, nearly 50 volumes... Behind a series of data is Zhou Yu and the design team who have fought side by side, and have not stopped for more than two consecutive months without saying their hard work.
Zhuhai Tangjiawan "Internet +" smart energy demonstration project
To date, Zhou Yu has participated in more than 40 power transmission and transformation projects and scientific research projects, participated in the compilation of 1 international standard, 9 national and industry standards, including "Pilot Research on New Large-scale Energy Storage Power Stations with Large-capacity Energy Storage Power Stations", "Scale Application of Distributed Large Capacity Energy Storage Power Stations for Power Grid Development Operation Model", and the Research Results have been widely used in project construction.
prepares for battle, and technical climbing is endless
Along the way, after years of engineering hardship, Zhou Yu gradually grew into a young backbone of the Guangdong Academy.In March 2020, Zhou Yu was transferred to the Department of Science and Technology Innovation and served as the technical supervisor, focusing on scientific and technological innovation in energy storage technology.
Zhou Yu (second from right) and colleagues
Zhou Yu worked closely with members of the energy storage team, through technology leadership, collaborating with the company's internal resources, getting rid of conventional thinking and path dependence, and exploring an integrated and integrated transformation strategy. In less than a year, she has led a team to carry out more than 10 project development and technical research work in Hong Kong, the United Kingdom, Australia and other places in China.
From a young designer to a technical director who coordinates project development and operation, Zhou Yu has achieved a gorgeous transformation in his career.
In September 2020, Zhou Yu attended the 2020 China Data Center Green Energy Conference and served as a guest speaker to give a special report
. In Zhou Yu's view, technical climbing is endless.
Combined with years of experience in technology and application research, Zhou Yu has deeper thoughts on the current direction of energy revolution and power reform. Promoting the transformation of technological achievements in data center prefabricated modular substations and electrochemical energy storage systems integration technology, and providing customers with one-stop solutions is the new direction of her efforts.
"For many years, we have put a lot of effort into the research of technical solutions and market application analysis of cutting-edge projects. Now, the 'one-stop technical menu' is newly released, hoping to provide new and high value to customers in emerging business fields." Zhou Yu said confidently.
