Based on the development history of energy geography and its energy transition, this article proposes some ideas for the development of new energy geography from the perspective of geography. Firstly, the definition of new energy geography is provided. Continuing the disciplinary connotation of traditional energy geography, it is defined as the applied geography that studies the spatial and temporal characteristics, exploitation potential and influencing factors, process and pattern of production and consumption, and socio-economic and ecological effects of new energy resources such as wind and photovoltaics. Secondly, the scientific logic of constructing new energy geography is elaborated. We believe that, compared with traditional fossil energy, factors affecting wind and photovoltaic resources and their development and utilization have a high degree of spatiotemporal heterogeneity due to the influence of atmospheric circulation, solar radiation, and underlying surface processes, making them the most geographically characteristic research objects. Thirdly, key geographical characteristics of new energy including scale dependence and regional differentiation are proposed. Scale dependence is reflected in the multi-scale spatiotemporal variation of wind and solar resources, the feedback effects between atmospheric processes at different scales and wind farms, as well as the scale effects on the degree and scope of impacts on ecological environment, economic viability, and social acceptance. As physical entities, new energy infrastructure is always situated in specific geographical environments, exhibiting significant regional differentiation characteristics in terms of the climate and ecological effects of its production and operation under the constraints of atmospheric processes. On this basis, some priority research topics under the framework of new energy geography are proposed, including the underpinning land surface processes mechanism forming the spatiotemporal distribution of wind and solar energy, the geographical spatial characteristics of wind and solar energy production and consumption, the impact of the resilience and robustness of new energy supply on socio-economic systems, the impact of future climate change on new energy systems, the climate effects of large-scale new energy construction, the ecological environment and health effects of new energy construction, and the perception of new energy landscapes and cultures. Finally, the technologies and methods of new energy geography research, including geospatial inversion, climate model analysis, energy simulation, ecological environment response analysis, multi-scale dynamic simulation and artificial intelligence technology, are proposed. 

在回顾能源地理学发展历程, 结合能源转型背景的基础上, 从地理学学科视角, 提出发展新能源地理学的若干构想。首先, 给出新能源地理学的定义。承续传统能源地理学的学科内涵, 将其定义为主要研究风能和太阳能等新能源资源时空特征、开发潜力及影响因素、生产和消费过程与格局及其社会经济和生态环境效应的部门应用地理学。其次, 阐述构建新能源地理学的科学逻辑。与传统化石能源相比, 风能和太阳能资源及其开发利用受大气环流、太阳辐射和下垫面等因素影响, 具有高度的时空异质性, 是最具地理特色的研究本体。再次, 提出包含尺度依存和区域分异在内的新能源关键地理学特征。尺度依存体现在风能和太阳能资源的形成和分布具有多尺度时空特征、不同尺度的大气过程与风电场具有不同的互馈效应, 同时对生态环境、经济性和社会接受度等方面的影响程度和范围具有规模效应。作为一种物理实体, 新能源基础设施总是处于特定的地理环境中, 无论是产生的气候与生态环境效应, 还是受大气过程制约的运行过程, 均呈现显著的区域分异特征。在此基础上, 提出新能源地理学框架下的一些优先研究议题, 主要包括风光能源时空分布特征形成的地球表层过程机制、风光能源生产和消费的地理空间特征、新能源供给的韧性和鲁棒性对社会经济系统的影响、未来气候变化对新能源的影响、大规模新能源建设的气候效应、新能源建设的生态环境和健康效应以及新能源景观与文化感知等。最后, 提出包括地理时空反演、气候模式分析、能源模拟仿真、生态环境响应分析、多尺度动态模拟和人工智能技术在内的新能源地理学研究的技术和方法。