In an abandoned coal mine reclamation area in Linfen City, it is unusually quiet, and many bigwigs gather here.

Among them are Wang Yuye, general manager of Jiagu, Vice President Lin of CNOOC, Vice President Qian of PetroChina, Vice President Li of Sinopec, and senior officials of the Linfen Municipal Party Committee and a senior official of Jin Province.

After the specific information of Jiagu's "energy forest project" was submitted, it quickly attracted the attention of the provincial government of Shanxi Province, led by senior officials, and convened relevant experts to go to Jiagu's jatropha experimental planting base in Linfen to carry out demonstrations and study the feasibility of establishing a biomass energy raw material base.

China's energy structure is generally characterized by more coal, less oil and less gas. From a national point of view, domestic coal development is actually excessive. As a non-renewable resource, the frenzied exploitation and use of coal can only do bad to China, not good.

In this case, all the resources that can help realize the green energy transition are what the province is eager for.

And nothing could be truer than seeing it with your own eyes.

Above the abandoned coal mine reclamation area, jatropha trees with a height of only about 1 meter are overgrown, and in the chilly autumn wind, the leaves fall off, but the fruits on the branches are clearly visible.

"Really...... It can blossom and bear fruit in Jin Province!" Sinopec's Vice President Li's mouth opened slightly, and he said with a complicated mood.

In Sinopec's relevant research report, jatropha does not grow, bloom and bear fruit everywhere. Not to mention in Jin Province, even in Yue Province, there are jatropha trees that have been planted for many years that have not bloomed, let alone bear fruit.

Compared with the jatropha test base that has broken through the growth limit of the Huai River in the Qinling Mountains, Sinopec's research report is like a joke.

The experts in the same industry were also amazed, especially when they learned that the jatropha tree in front of them had only been planted for more than a year.

In this regard, Chen Jianzhang, a laboratory boss in the same industry, explained: "The standard seedling breeding method of jatropha propagation takes two years for the plant to bear fruit, and the artificial cultivation of clones also takes up to a year to harvest the first fruit. However, the mycorrhizal inoculation method we have developed has greatly accelerated this process, and it only takes 7 months of cultivation to harvest. ”

The so-called "mycorrhizae" is a symbiosis formed by the mutually beneficial symbiosis of plant roots and mycorrhizal fungi. The main function of mycorrhizae is to expand the absorption surface of plant roots and increase the absorption capacity of nutrients.

"It is precisely because of the special mycorrhizal fungus inoculation that our jatropha varieties can decompose hard-to-decompose substances such as cinders as nutrients, which is suitable for the reclamation and restoration of abandoned coal mines and the full use of waste cinders......

The experts suddenly realized, and the leaders seemed to understand, but they also learned that it was true that the jatropha trees in Jiagu could "devour" cinders.

Chen Jianzhang certainly did not hesitate to boast: "As we all know, jatropha is a relatively easy tree species to reproduce, but the varieties are uneven, and there is a lack of high-yield and high-quality varieties that can be popularized and applied on a large scale. Our group's ten jatropha planting test sites across the country have proved that the current jatropha variety is an excellent variety with stable performance and large-scale industrialization, which can also be verified. ”

The biggest problem facing the development of jatropha industry is the problem of improved seeds, and most of the current development and utilization of jatropha resources are still in the utilization stage of wild resources. Chen Jianzhang showed such confidence that no one doubted the superiority of this variety.

Vice President Qian of PetroChina asked: "But these are all small-scale experiments, you know, the problems encountered in large-scale planting of jatropha are not as good as those of small-scale trial planting......

Among the three oil and gas giants present, PetroChina has the largest jatropha planting base, as much as 100,000 mu, and PetroChina has also suffered the most.

For example, wild jatropha and other local tree species exist in the form of sparse shrubs, and are rarely concentrated and distributed in contiguous areas, so the probability of pests and diseases is naturally very low. However, with the large-scale planting of jatropha trees, the probability of pests and diseases in pure plantations has skyrocketed, which has made PetroChina anxious.

Wang Yuye smiled and continued: "Old Qian, what you said is right, but don't forget what our old business in Jiagu is." In fact, in the process of cultivating improved seeds, we have not forgotten to explore and establish a set of preliminary intensive cultivation technology systems such as site control, seedling quality, land preparation measures, density control, pruning and water and fertilizer management......"

Vice President Qian of PetroChina laughed. Only then did he realize that Jiagu started as a planter. In terms of planting experience, the three oil and gas giants present together are not as good as a little finger of others.

Well, in this way, the road to the jatropha industry in Jiagu seems to be unhindered.

When it comes to the processing and refining technology of jatropha to make diesel, the three oil and gas giants are not lacking. In fact, the supply of raw materials has always been the bottleneck restricting the development of biodiesel.

The jatropha planting in Jiagu has 1 year of fruit test, 2~3 years of fruit, and there are decades of output time later. The upfront investment is high, but the cost will be lower and lower after that.

According to the data given by Jiagu, even if the lowest value is taken, the cost of refining 1 ton of biodiesel is roughly below 4,000 yuan, and now, the domestic price of diesel is more than 6,400 yuan per ton......

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This cost is at least 30% lower than the ideal production cost of PetroChina's own investment in the jatropha industry, and in his experience, this production cost, no matter how low the oil price is, is quite competitive.

He can estimate that Vice President Lin of CNOOC and Vice President Li of Sinopec are naturally no exception. The three of them glanced at each other, their eyes flashing - not only is it funny, but it's still very funny!

Then I heard Wang Yuye's faint voice: "We plan to build a 1 million mu jatropha energy forest base and a 50,000 mu jatropha breeding base in Linfen City, as well as a supporting biodiesel refinery, with a planned investment of 2 billion yuan......"

Senior officials of the Linfen Municipal Party Committee and senior officials of Jin Province are all hot, and senior officials of Jin Province are even more pat on their chests and say: "Mr. Wang, you can rest assured, this will be a key project related to the economic transformation of our province, and we will definitely give the most preferential policies......

After the implementation of the excellent performance of Jiagu's jatropha varieties, not only the three major oil and gas giants can see its development prospects, but the government of Jinshan Province is even more overjoyed. The conditions that can be agreed to, they are not discounted at all.

Wang Yuye glanced at several old friends who had fallen silent, and said with a smile: "Thank you for the government's strong support......"

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