Chapter 209: There is a bright future in another village

Chapter 209: There is a bright future in another village

Chapter 209 Another village has a bright future

Just now, the inspection team from Nandian Group came quietly and left quietly without taking away a single page of the contract.

Microbial fuel cell technology and power grid systems are ultimately not meant to be together. In terms of application direction and raw material acquisition, it is not suitable to become part of the power grid's peak regulation.

Although the cost of power generation can be compressed to 0.12-0.15 yuan per kilowatt-hour once microbial fuel cells are scaled up, the cost of power generation is not the first factor for the power grid. Stability is the first factor.

Whether it is stable power generation or stable fuel supply, this is the technology that the power grid likes.

Although microbial fuel cell technology can generate stable electricity if applied to large-scale farms, large-scale farms will not easily sell livestock excrement unless they build their own microbial fuel cell power stations.

In addition, the Southern Power Group also considered another problem. If it is used as a peak-shaving power station, it means that the power station will operate inefficiently for more than half of the time, which will invisibly increase costs.

The power grid is not a power generation company, why should they sacrifice themselves for others?

Build a peak-shaving power station yourself just to save the lives of those new energy power generation companies?
After much deliberation, Nandian felt that it would be better to limit the grid-connected electricity quota of new energy power generation companies, which would reduce costs.

The root cause is that microbial fuel cell technology can be used to shave loads, but it comes at a price, and the power grid does not want to bear this price.

The new energy power generation companies also do not have this idea. It is not that they are arrogant, but that many new energy companies have studied Hailufeng’s technology some time ago.

They found that the power generation capacity of this technology was too small. Although the scale of the battery box could be continuously increased, the premise of increasing the battery boxes was to find a large and stable supply of organic matter. This was the fundamental reason why these new energy companies backed down.

The Nandian team left.

Other new energy companies are deterred.

But this does not mean that other companies will remain indifferent.

In addition to Wen's Group, which adopts a semi-free-range model, other domestic pig farming companies, after studying microbial fuel cell technology, have found that this technology is tailor-made for their large-scale farming industries.

Soon, New Hope Group, Muyuan Foodstuff, and Twin Group all sent professional teams to Hailufeng Company’s headquarters to inspect the technology.

As for other companies, it’s not that they don’t have ideas, but Hailufeng Company has a relevant announcement on its official website stating that the technology will not be cooperated with foreign companies.

Moreover, even if they cooperate, the production bases can only be located in China. At the same time, these production bases must be controlled by Hailufeng Company, and no casual visits or taking things out of them are allowed.

In fact, the electricity-generating bacteria currently in use is the second-generation version improved jointly by Jiang Miao and Lin Shuya. This second-generation electricity-generating bacteria has a special mechanism of self-apoptosis. Once the special nutrients are not supplied, these electricity-generating bacteria will quickly die during the reproduction process.

This mechanism is designed to prevent the leakage of electricity-generating bacteria on the one hand, and to prevent theft on the other.

At the same time, this is also the handle for Hailufeng Company to control other breeding companies.

The core of the entire microbial fuel cell technology is the electricity-generating bacteria that can reproduce rapidly. Without the special strain package produced by Hailufeng Company, the electricity-generating bacteria that have been reproducing in the microbial fuel cell will die on their own after 20 days of reproduction, and there is no way to use these electricity-generating bacteria as strains.

Jiang Miao does not intend to cooperate with foreign companies because he does not intend to aid the enemy.

Microbial fuel cell technology is actually very suitable for areas with backward industrial bases. Even if there are no large-scale farms, stable power generation can be achieved through dead branches and leaves in the forest and straw in the farmland.

Although Hailufeng Company says that the battery box is designed to have a service life of 30 years, in fact, if properly maintained, the system can run for hundreds of years without any problems. As long as the graphite plates, manganese monoxide electrodes, and some electronic components, sensors, etc. are replaced every thirty years, it can continue to be used.

After all, the core component of the battery box is the ceramic inner liner. Unless the ceramic inner liner is hit or bumped, it can be used stably for hundreds of years with basically no major problems.

The plastic shell will age, but the aging time is very long. It will last for at least thirty years without any problems, and it can also be replaced regularly.

One very special thing about microbial fuel cell technology is that other systems of this technology can be simplified or even directly abandoned.

For example, sensors, electronic control systems and the like can be used with just a simple transformer and rectifier system and a battery box.

This means that microbial fuel cells can still be used under very simple conditions.

Therefore, Jiang Miao deliberately made it impossible for the bacteria to reproduce normally and created a lot of special environmental conditions in order to increase the technical difficulty of replicating.

It is undeniable that Jiang Miao's actions will prevent people in other backward areas from obtaining cheap and convenient electricity, but he has never been a person who treats everyone equally, and he has no way to love everyone.

As a normal person, he has normal joys, sorrows, anger and happiness. Naturally, he has preferences and dislikes. This is normal.

Microbial fuel cell technology is suitable for backward areas, but the backwardness of backward areas is not caused by us, and this technology will not make them rich. Instead, it may be stolen by Western forces.

Restricting the spread of technology to foreign countries is what Jiang Miao has been doing.

If ordinary vegetable and fruit seeds are stolen, it is not a big problem. However, if fairy bean seeds or electricity-generating bacteria strains are stolen, the negative impact will be very large.

For example, our neighbors in the southwest have large populations. Once we help them solve their food problems, their strength may increase rapidly.

This is not the result Jiang Miao wants to see.

He has made several preparations to counter these areas.

Although these areas are bad in all aspects, it is undeniable that they do have considerable potential. Even though these areas are like mud at the moment, it is not a reason for us to underestimate them.

Jiang Miao’s attitude towards technology export is very conservative, that is, key technologies should not be exported as much as possible to avoid aiding the enemy.

This world is so realistic.

You treat others as friends, but others treat you as a fool.

Some places are not worth helping. It is better to let them stay like mud in the primeval forests and grasslands and continue their primitive life of slash-and-burn agriculture.

We just need to do our best.

...

1 month 8 day.

Zhang Haitao, who accompanied Gu Haijing and Gu Baiming, father and son, to inspect the biofuel base in Gongping Town, gave them a brief introduction to the base and how the technology was applied.

Gu Baiming, who had taken over the daily management of Seaview Company, asked uncertainly, "Manager Zhang, I have some questions. Can you help me solve them?"

"Mr. Gu, please speak frankly. As long as I know something and it does not involve company secrets, I will tell you everything." Zhang Haitao added some tea to the two people's teacups.

"Then I'll be frank." Gu Baiming immediately expressed his doubts: "Your company's microbial fuel cell technology is indeed good, but why don't you use a large pool similar to a biogas fermentation pool? This should reduce a lot of costs, right?"

When Zhang Haitao heard this, he knew that Gu Baiming was not a professional. He smiled and explained:
"Mr. Gu, it's not that we don't use it, but a battery box with an oversized volume will reduce the effective utilization rate of organic matter. One cubic meter is a relatively suitable volume. This is because the reaction process of microbial fuel cell technology itself requires that the volume of its reaction vessel cannot be too large."

"I see." Upon hearing this, Gu Baiming knew that he was thinking too much. After all, Hailufeng Company must have studied the specifications of the containers to be used, and naturally would not make such a low-level mistake.

He took a sip of tea to ease his inner embarrassment, then changed the subject and asked:
"Manager Zhang, do you think our company can use this technology?"

Zhang Haitao shook his head: "Your company doesn't have that much waste organic matter. If you want to use this technology, unless you have a large and stable source of organic matter, I don't recommend you to build a biofuel power station."

Gu Haijing, who was standing by, also had a distressed look on his face: "Hey! If I hadn't made a lot of money from aquaculture in the past two years, I would have wanted to remove the photovoltaic panels on the farm."

After hearing this topic, Zhang Haitao thought about it for a moment and realized that the other party was most likely worried about the quota for electricity access: "Oh? The power grid doesn't give me the quota for access?"

At this point, Gu Haijing looked helpless: "Yes! The power grid only gives 50% of the quota. Now my company's farms and factories can't digest so much unstable electricity. It can only be wasted. I don't know when the investment cost can be recovered."

Zhang Haitao also looked helpless: "There is no way. Now the new energy power generation companies in the country are almost the same. Some places only want 30% of the quota, or even refuse to connect to the grid."

Gu Haijing also expressed his thoughts: "I originally planned to see if your company's microbial fuel cell technology could adjust the power generation to allow the power grid to provide more online quotas. Now it seems that I thought too much."

Suddenly, Zhang Haitao fell into deep thought.

When Gu Haijing saw this scene, he immediately pulled his son who wanted to speak.

After a while, Zhang Haitao looked up and said, "Sorry, I just thought of something. In fact, your company's situation can be solved."

Gu Baiming couldn't hold back his temper and asked hurriedly, "Oh? What can Manager Zhang do?" "You should know about algae, right?"

"Yes, many of our farms have to clean up the algae regularly."

"Then I wonder how you deal with the wastewater from your farm?"

Gu Baiming answered directly: "We filter it and reuse it. After all, fresh water also costs money."

“What about the sludge after filtering?”

"It is usually piled directly on nearby farmland or pond dams. It is nutritious and very good for fertilizing the fields."

"Our company has actually developed a set of corresponding technologies, but your conditions only allow the use of a simplified version."

"I wonder what technology it is?" Gu Baiming became more and more curious.

"It is to use aquaculture wastewater to grow algae, and then use the algae as fuel for microbial fuel cells."

“This shouldn’t be very effective, right?”

"It's really not high, especially for the simple version, which basically depends on luck. The input-output ratio is very small, and it may even result in losses."

"That's really a pity." Gu Baiming was disappointed.

This is also a common problem currently faced by many new energy + companies. Wind power and photovoltaic power generation are too unstable. The power grid only provides about 30% of the access quota. The rest of the electricity must either be used by themselves or wasted.

But if you use this unstable electricity yourself, the loss will still be very serious even if it is controlled by equipment and power storage systems.

It is better for breeding enterprises. As long as the unstable electricity supply is not too serious, it is barely acceptable.

But for those processing plants that need to ensure precision, they would definitely stay away from this kind of unstable electricity.

The power generation capacity of power generation enterprises is very large, but the grid access quota provided by the power grid is not large.

The fundamental reason is that the power fluctuations of these new energy power generation companies are too large, and the power grid dare not connect them hard, otherwise the power grid will be paralyzed in minutes.

To solve the problem of connecting new energy power generation to the grid, power generation companies must prepare their own power storage systems in order to achieve healthy development.

If we just wait for the power grid to resolve the issue, the power grid will adopt the same attitude - limit the amount of access to the grid.

Because of the limited access to the grid, it is the most cost-effective solution for the power grid. Anyway, if new energy power generation companies waste electricity, it is the loss of the new energy power generation companies, not the loss of electricity for the power grid.

If the power grid provides a guarantee for new energy power generation companies, it will suffer heavy losses.

Moreover, those thermal power and hydropower companies also have many complaints about the new energy power generation companies. Although there are capacity subsidies, in order to take care of photovoltaic and wind power, the thermal power and hydropower companies have resulted in a significant decrease in the effective power generation time each year and a significant increase in the unit power generation cost.

In short, the only way out for new energy power generation companies now is to build their own energy storage systems and ensure the stability of their own power supply, which will be accepted by the power grid.

However, many new energy power generation companies are already heavily in debt, and asking them to invest in energy storage systems is obviously a high-risk investment for many new energy power generation companies.

Therefore, many new energy power generation companies would rather bear the waste of 70% of the electricity than spend money to build energy storage systems.

For example, the Seaview Company in front of us.

When we invested in the construction in the past, we thought that by utilizing the open space and water surface of the farm, we could generate electricity and lower the water temperature, which was killing two birds with one stone.

But now that he has come to his senses, Gu Haijing realized that he has no idea when he can get a payback on this investment, especially after the Internet access quota of the power grid card is used up, which further extends their payback period.

But if the payback period is prolonged, it means that the risk will soar.

After all, photovoltaic panels will age, and their power generation efficiency will become lower and lower over time.

Moreover, as time goes by, the probability of encountering typhoons will become higher and higher. As long as a photovoltaic power plant encounters a typhoon head-on, losses will inevitably be unavoidable.

When Gu Haijing came to his senses, he realized that photovoltaic power generation + ecological farming was a real pitfall.

If Haijing Company had not made a lot of money by following Hailufeng Company in the past two years, its operations would probably have been in trouble.

Since last year, Seaview Company has stopped the construction of photovoltaic projects and turned to aquaculture to reverse its previous loss-making situation.

Just as several people were discussing the worrying future of photovoltaic power generation, Zhang Haitao suddenly received a call from Zhang Xincheng.

Zhang Haitao came back after listening to the phone call and said directly to Gu Haijing and his son: "Boss Gu, our company's Vice President Zhang is looking for you. It should be a good thing for you to go to our headquarters."

"Good news? I'll be there right away." Gu Baiming's face lit up with joy.

However, the experienced Gu Haijing asked, "Manager Zhang, which Vice President Zhang is this?"

After all, there are so many senior executives in Hailufeng Company. If you rush over without asking clearly, it will only cause more trouble.

Zhang Haitao responded: "Sorry, I didn't make it clear. It was Zhang Xincheng who was in charge of the aquaculture division."

As soon as he heard the name Zhang Xincheng, Gu Haijing knew it. After saying goodbye to Zhang Haitao, he hurriedly took his son to Magong Town.

Less than an hour.

The two cars of Gu Haijing and his son arrived at Xiaonanshan near the Cheung Sha Wan Expressway intersection, which is also the new headquarters of Hailufeng Company.

After meeting Zhang Xincheng.

Only then did they know what was going on.

“…So that’s how it is. No problem. I agree to cooperate.” Gu Haijing made the decision right away.

Zhang Xincheng extended his hand: "Then let's have a happy cooperation."

"It's a pleasure working with you. I would like to thank General Manager Zhang and General Manager Jiang for their care." Gu Haijing expressed his gratitude while shaking hands.

Gu Baiming had no objection at all.

Soon the two sides signed a cooperation agreement.

This cooperation project is that Haijing Company will package all the photovoltaic power generation equipment of the Lufeng breeding base and cooperate with Hailufeng Company to establish a photovoltaic power generation enterprise.

90% of the company's shares belong to Haijing Company and 10% of the shares belong to Hailufeng Company, but Hailufeng Company has the controlling rights and Haijing Company has the supervisory rights and dividend rights.

The reason for adopting this model is to avoid some regulatory issues in the power system.

Therefore, this joint venture is nominally a subsidiary of Hailufeng Company.

In this way, the electricity generated by the company can be directly handed over to Hailufeng Company for use without passing through the power grid.

Haijing Company did not suffer any loss either, because the large aquaculture base of Hailufeng Company in Lufeng had huge refrigeration electricity demand, and Haijing Company's surplus photovoltaic electricity could be used for refrigeration. The internal electricity price was 0.15 yuan per kilowatt-hour.

Gu Haijing and his son are willing to accept this electricity price. After all, if the photovoltaic electricity is not sold to Hailufeng Company, it will be wasted.

Of course, Hailufeng Company chose this cooperation not just to help Haijing Company.

Through this cooperation, cheap electricity can be obtained and the investment in building their own power generation facilities can be reduced. In addition, the two companies' breeding bases in Lufeng are separated by a town, less than 30 kilometers away, so an independent cable can be laid.

This is a win-win project.

(End of this chapter)