Chapter 12 "Red heat wave" under "electricity shortage"

According to statistics from the Zhejiang Provincial Department of Water Resources in 2005, the private capital of small hydropower stations in Zhejiang Province has exceeded 10 billion yuan, of which 8 billion yuan has been invested in more than 20 small hydropower projects in Sichuan, and these 20 investment projects, Wenzhou Boss It accounted for more than half. At the same time, the Zhejiang Association of Private Enterprises also has a statistical result: people in Wenzhou, Lishui and Jinhua in the province like to invest in hydropower projects the most, among which people from Wenzhou are the most, and Wenzhou has the most capital.

Smart Wenzhou people, why are they suddenly so interested in the electric power business? Since 2003, China's economic growth rate has increased significantly, and the GDP of Shanghai and other cities has reached the highest value in 10 years.In keeping with this chain reaction, China's energy has also experienced unprecedented tension, and the national power department has come to the conclusion that "electricity demand has reached the highest value in about 30 years." Morgan Stanley economist Xie Guozhong even directly equated China's GDP growth rate with electricity consumption.In other words, if the Chinese economy wants to maintain a high growth rate, the development of electric power is an indispensable cause.

Wenzhou people, relying on their consistent investment sense, immediately discovered the fact of "electricity shortage".So from 2003, Wenzhou capital began to enter Sichuan, Chongqing, Kunming and other places. As for why Sichuan and Chongqing were chosen, Mr. Chen, a Wenzhou businessman, gave a very professional answer: "Sichuan Province is known as the 'Province of Thousands of Rivers', where a quarter of the country's hydropower resources are concentrated, and the hydropower resources are abundant. Resource technology can develop 103 million kilowatts, I want to invest in hydropower stations, of course, start here!"

There are many Wenzhou people who have the same idea as Mr. Xie.There are three water systems in Liangshan Prefecture, Sichuan, the Jinsha River, the Yalong River, and the Dadu River. Therefore, it has become the first choice for Wenzhou businessmen, and many Wenzhou "electricity bosses" gather here.In addition, Mianyang, Kangding and other areas in Sichuan are also "geom and water treasures" for investing in hydropower projects, and there are also many Wenzhou "power bosses". Site selection requires certain professional knowledge. Now everyone knows that the core of Wenzhou's concern is the hydropower industry, so the Sichuan area was chosen.But more laymen are more curious about how Wenzhou people invest in hydropower, how do they make money?

Take small and medium power stations as an example.If people in Wenzhou invest in a small hydropower station with storage capacity, they only need to invest about 10,000 yuan for a hydropower station with an installed capacity of 1 kilowatt, and about 10 million yuan for a small hydropower station with an installed capacity of 1,000 kilowatts.If the electricity boss invests 500 million yuan to build a hydropower station, the electricity bill, if calculated according to the on-grid price of 0.18 yuan per kilowatt-hour, the hydropower station will generate electricity for 300 days a year, and the electricity sales revenue of the hydropower station will reach more than 100 million yuan.In this way, within a few years, the investment cost of the "power boss" will be fully recovered.

If the invested hydropower station has no storage capacity, the investment will be lower. The hydropower station with installed capacity of one kilowatt only needs to invest about 5,000 yuan, so the return will be faster. It is precisely because of the characteristics of high profits and large market of hydropower projects that Wenzhou talents don't hesitate to spend money to invest in this project, and hydropower stations belonging to Wenzhou people have been established in various parts of Sichuan.For example, Wenzhou Communications Construction Group signed a contract with Ganluo County Government to build Ganluo Yutian Power Station, Zhejiang Hongyang Hydropower Development Company invested 100 million yuan to build Tiexi Power Station, Zhejiang Huili Hydropower Construction Co., Ltd. invested 600 million yuan to build Sier, Pingwu County, Mianyang River power station and more.Although these hydropower stations have stagnated due to the rectification of power projects by the National Development and Reform Commission, this has not affected Wenzhou people's enthusiasm for investment in hydropower.

In addition to investing in the Sichuan area, Wenzhou people are also actively investing in local hydropower projects.According to the data released by the Wenzhou Municipal Bureau of Statistics in 2004, in order to alleviate the electricity shortage, Wenzhou private capital invested 9 projects in hydropower projects worth over 100 million yuan, 3 projects worth over 1 billion yuan, and completed power construction with 2.211 billion yuan. The investment amount, as well as the completed projects, have increased by more than 130% compared with last year. These data fully demonstrate that the shortage of electricity has made Wenzhou people very optimistic about this market, and both the intensity and amount of investment in this market can explain the problem.

There is another important factor that promotes Wenzhou capital to flow into the power industry: part of the funds are withdrawn from the property market. Under the situation of "electricity shortage", people start to invest in small and medium hydropower stations. Since 2001, real estate speculation has been a big "job bowl" for Wenzhou people, but the risks in this field are actually very high.Not to mention the repeated adjustments of national policies, even today in 2011, housing prices are still high, which makes some Wenzhou bosses a little timid, worried that investing in the real estate market will become a "buying high", and they might lose money in the future.Since electric power resources are an indispensable source of energy for the country, instead of guarding the property market with fear, it is better to invest in electric power business instead.In this way, part of the funds that originally belonged to the property market flowed into the electric power industry.

Seeing those Wenzhou "electricity" bosses who invested hundreds of millions of dollars before, some people may wonder, are all Wenzhou people so rich?How can it be possible to invest too much capital in the electric power business, and the capital withdrawn from the property market may not be enough. Such worries are unnecessary.The investment in a small hydropower station is only a few hundred thousand. Wenzhou people who are good at teamwork and cooperation can invest in a small hydropower station without any problem.Moreover, some people are willing to provide convenience for Wenzhou people.

In 2004, Dongxi Hydropower Station in Wencheng County, Wenzhou publicly released 39 million yuan of shares to the public. In less than two days, enthusiastic Wenzhou citizens snapped up the 39 million yuan of shares. In the eyes of Wenzhou people, this investment is very cost-effective: one share is only 10,000 yuan, and people with tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands can easily afford a few dozen shares without spending too much. money, so everyone is willing to buy it.More importantly, if you have tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of dollars on hand, you can't do big things, and if you store them in the bank, you won't get much return.It is too risky to use it for real estate speculation.

But investing in hydropower stations is different. Everyone knows that electricity is the "blood" of industry, and it is impossible for a country to develop its economy without electricity.Their investment is sure to make a profit.Take their purchase of shares in a power station as an example. They only need to invest 100,000 yuan to buy 10 shares, and they can make a profit of almost 10,000 yuan a year. Why not do such a good thing?The largest private stock buyer this time invested 3 million yuan in one go and bought 300 shares. If there is no accident, he can make a profit of at least 300,000 yuan a year later, which is not a small profit. On the surface, from 2003 to the present, Wenzhou people's investment in electricity has not seen significant results. In the spring of 2010, Southwest China encountered a once-in-a-century drought, and Wenzhou's hydropower industry suffered a fatal blow; while in Sichuan, it also encountered moderate troubles.These are all troubles that Wenzhou "electricity bosses" who are committed to the hydropower industry did not think about in advance. Nevertheless, as long as there is no sudden change in national policy, Wenzhou people's passion for hydropower will not disappear.Electricity shortage, this is already a very definite social phenomenon.Even in Shanxi, a major coal province, it still faces the threat of power shortage in winter.For example, at 19:00 on November 25, 2010, Taiyuan, the capital of Shanxi Province, was pitch black, and street lights on many road sections had to be turned on every other, suffering from power shortage. Under the current technical conditions, to ensure normal power generation, basically rely on coal resources and water power resources. The use of solar power and biogas power generation has not yet been popularized nationwide. Only coal and water power can save electricity shortages. On the other hand, as we all know, the price of coal is getting higher and higher, and it is obviously less and less cost-effective to use coal to generate electricity.Before 2006, thermal power plants could at least negotiate with small coal mines to obtain electricity.However, with Shanxi Province's rectification of coal resources and the withdrawal of a large amount of Wenzhou capital from coal investment, thermal power plants can no longer find the power provided by small coal kilns. This makes Shanxi, a major coal-producing province, a living The earth broke the "circuit". In the case of a disconnect between the coal industry and the electricity market, hydropower stations are "big companies" that supply electricity. As long as God can provide sufficient rainfall, the future situation of the hydropower industry must be good.Therefore, although the Wenzhou "power bosses" in southwestern my country still have no signs of making a fortune, after this period of time, the future situation must be very good.