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In early autumn, as the summer heat gradually fades, it’s the perfect time to head out into the mountains and countryside. 👋 More than a hundred colleagues from Jueneng Power temporarily stepped away from their busy workstations and collectively “escaped” to Meihua Isle in Jiaxing, embarking on a two-day, one-night team-building retreat.
“Energy Storage and the Electricity Market” has learned that on August 3, the National Development and Reform Commission released the “15th Five-Year Plan for Building a New-Type Power System.” The plan specifies that by 2025, installed capacity of new‑type energy storage will reach 136 million kilowatts; during the 15th Five-Year Plan period, approximately 160 million kilowatts of new‑type energy storage will be added; and by 2030, the nationwide scale of new‑type energy storage will total 300 million kilowatts. Meanwhile, the maximum adjustable capacity of virtual power plants will exceed 50 million kilowatts.
The scorching sun blazes, and waves of heat roll relentlessly. For days now, relentless high temperatures have been putting the project team members on the front lines to the test. To effectively implement heat‑prevention and cooling measures and safeguard the health and workplace safety of frontline workers, the General Administration Department meticulously organized a “Summer Coolness Delivery” care initiative, bringing the company’s heartfelt concern and greetings to every colleague working tirelessly at the project site.
Energy Storage and the Power Market has learned that, recently, the Zhejiang Provincial Energy Administration issued the “Notice on Conducting Dynamic Adjustments to the 2025 New‑Type Energy Storage Project Construction Plan.”
The new‑type power system is a central pillar underpinning the new energy system and a crucial foundation for building an energy‑strong nation. Recently, the National Development and Reform Commission and the National Energy Administration jointly issued the “15th Five-Year Plan for Building a New‑Type Power System” (hereinafter referred to as the “Plan”). The Plan fully implements the new energy security strategy, balances development with security, and articulates the guiding principles for China’s power sector while setting out its key objectives and priority tasks. It serves as a programmatic document for constructing a new‑type power system and advancing high‑quality power development over the next five years and beyond.
China’s installed capacity of new energy continues to expand, but the inherent randomness and volatility of wind and solar generation have resulted in insufficient flexibility in system peak‑shaving, frequency regulation, and reserve resources. Conventional ancillary services rely heavily on coal‑power flexibility upgrades and centralized energy storage, which entail long construction timelines, stringent land‑use constraints, and relatively high overall capital costs.
Recently, the National Development and Reform Commission and the National Energy Administration released the “15th Five-Year Plan for Building a New-Type Power System” (hereinafter referred to as the “Plan”). Centered on establishing a new-type power system that is clean and low-carbon, secure and abundant, economically efficient, demand‑supply coordinated, and flexible and intelligent, the Plan balances development with security, systematically outlines the direction and key priorities for China’s new‑type power system construction during the 15th Five-Year Plan period, and provides clear guidance and pathways for steering high‑quality development in the power sector over this timeframe. As an essential component of the new‑type power system, advanced energy storage plays an irreplaceable role in enhancing grid regulation capabilities, facilitating the integration of renewable energy, and ensuring reliable peak‑load supply. The following provides a brief analysis of the Plan’s measures aimed at strengthening grid regulation and advancing the development of advanced energy storage.
At the meeting of the CPC Central Politburo held on April 28, 2026, General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized the need to strengthen the planning and construction of water networks, new‑generation power grids, computing‑power networks, next‑generation communication networks, urban underground utility networks, and logistics networks. In April, Premier Li Qiang, during an inspection tour in Sichuan, underscored the importance of actively exploring new architectures, technologies, and services to build a new‑type power grid that is secure and reliable, green and low‑carbon, robust and resilient, and intelligent and flexible. Recently, the national energy authority released the “15th Five‑Year Plan for Building a New‑Type Power System” (hereinafter referred to as the “Plan”), setting forth the goal of achieving preliminary completion of the new‑type power grid by 2030, outlining several key tasks for the 15th Five‑Year Plan period, and providing comprehensive guidance for the scientific development of such a power grid.