Changshan environmental energy storage project

Can China develop energy storage technology and industry development?

Under the direction of the national “Guiding Opinions on Promoting Energy Storage Technology and Industry Development” policy, the development of energy storage in China over the past five years has entered the fast track.

Why is energy storage important in China?

Energy storage is developing rapidly with the advantages of high flexibility, fast response time, and ample room for technological progress. China encourages energy storage to provide auxiliary power services to meet the needs of new power systems.

How big are energy storage projects?

By the end of 2019, energy storage projects with a cumulative size of more than 200MW had been put into operation in applications such as peak shaving and frequency regulation, renewable energy integration, generation-side thermal storage combined frequency regulation, and overseas energy storage markets.

Will China's major grid companies build pumped hydro storage projects?

China’s major grid companies followed by stating they would not carry out grid-side electrochemical storage investment, leasing, or contract energy management, nor would they construct new pumped hydro storage projects.

What are the challenges facing China's energy storage incentive policy?

The most critical challenge among them is the high level of policy uncertainty. China's energy storage incentive policies are imperfect, and there are problems such as insufficient local policy implementation and lack of long-term mechanisms .

How much energy storage capacity does the energy storage industry have?

New operational electrochemical energy storage capacity totaled 519.6 MW/855.0 MWh (note: final data to be released in the CNESA 2020 Energy Storage Industry White Paper). In 2019, overall growth in the development of electrical energy storage projects slowed, as the industry entered a period of rational adjustment.