The “15th Five-Year Plan” for Building a New-Type Power System: Add 80 GW of standalone peak‑shaving and supply‑guarantee energy storage, with an equivalent duration target of 4 hours, and implement three tiers of renewable energy accommodation rates.

Source: Energy Storage and the Electricity Market

“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, the installed capacity of new‑type energy storage will reach 136 million kilowatts, and during the 15th Five-Year Plan period, approximately… of new‑type energy storage will be added. 160 million kilowatts; by 2030, the nationwide installed capacity of new energy storage will reach 300 million kilowatts. ; The virtual power plant’s maximum regulation capacity exceeds 50 million kilowatts.

Deploy a batch of A grid-side standalone new-type energy storage power station capable of playing a pivotal role in peak‑load supply assurance. . Increase Grid-forming Advanced technologies, fully unleashing the potential of next-generation energy storage. Peak regulation, frequency regulation, voltage regulation, accident reserve, ramping, black start and multiple performance indicators. During the 15th Five-Year Plan period, the country will add approximately… of grid‑side standalone new‑type energy storage capacity capable of supporting peak‑load supply. 80 million kilowatts , striving to achieve an equivalent peak duration of 4 hours By 2030, grid‑side standalone new‑type energy storage capable of supporting peak‑load supply will reach 140 million kilowatts 。 
Improve policy mechanisms, promote the retrofitting of existing new‑energy‑integrated energy storage systems that meet the necessary conditions, and continuously enhance their dispatchability. Based on region‑specific targets for new‑energy utilization rates, scientifically determine the scale of self‑use‑oriented advanced energy storage in each region, thereby fully leveraging its role in ensuring the integration of new energy. At new‑energy transmission hubs such as the “Shaguo Huang” base, appropriately plan for advanced energy storage. , with a focus on increasing the share of new energy in the transmission corridor’s power output.
Support the development of smart microgrids and ensure seamless planning integration and coordinated control with the public grid. Deploy and construct a number of… Smart Microgrid Project for Source–Grid–Load–Storage Coordination . Refine relevant technical standards and project access criteria, clearly defining the physical and liability boundaries between smart microgrids and the public grid. Increase the self-consumption ratio of renewable energy within smart microgrids.
Establish a diversified black-start power supply system. Promote the development of black-start contingency plans that enable rapid restoration through multiple pathways, and conduct regular emergency response drills. Explore the application of… “Thermal Power + Energy Storage” , new energy generation, flexible DC, Grid-forming energy storage, microgrids Develop diversified black-start modes and optimize the spatial distribution of black-start power sources.
Scientifically assess the carrying capacity of distribution networks for integrating distributed energy resources, implement targeted upgrades and renovations to distribution infrastructure, and promote a number of projects tailored to local conditions. Medium- and low-voltage distribution networks, transformer districts New‑type energy storage projects with optimized layouts have enabled the dynamic removal of bottlenecks and chokepoints, such as the “red‑zone” constraints on distributed renewable‑energy integration.
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Strengthen construction safety and quality assurance, and enhance on-site safety and quality oversight and management for major and super‑large projects, including large hydropower plants, conventional islands of nuclear power stations, ultra‑high‑voltage transmission and transformation facilities, and “sand‑desert‑wasteland” base projects. Establish a full‑chain quality supervision system for engineering construction and deliver high‑quality, exemplary projects. Bolster the capacity of quality‑supervision agencies and build a robust workforce.
Develop and revise power‑sector safety standards. Formulate and update national and industry standards for grid‑connection entity grid‑related safety management, strengthen risk control across all links—generation, transmission, distribution, and load‑storage—and revise the “Electric Power Safety Work Procedures.”
Enhance the capacity to ensure a reliable power supply, meeting the high‑reliability power needs of various computing‑intensive facilities. Coordinate the allocation of energy resources with the development of computing infrastructure, and jointly plan and deploy computing and power projects, so that robust power supports advanced computing, and advanced computing, in turn, drives further power development. Leverage the growth of computing infrastructure to foster broader economic and technological progress. Integrated source–grid–load–storage system and direct green power connection Develop new models to enable aggregated trading of green electricity and local consumption, thereby increasing the share of green power in computing infrastructure. Strengthen the recovery and utilization of waste heat from computing facilities.
Encourage the widespread adoption of cogeneration units that achieve thermal–electric decoupling through molten-salt thermal storage, hot-water thermal storage, and other methods. Pilot the application of advanced thermoelectric conversion technologies such as high‑parameter heat pumps, explore cutting‑edge high‑temperature thermal storage solutions like phase-change thermal storage and solid‑state thermal storage, and promote integrated operation to enhance flexibility and regulation capabilities. Expand the range of applications to include green‑electricity‑driven production of hydrogen, ammonia, and alcohols, hydrogen‑based energy storage, hydrogen‑fired power generation, and the co‑firing of hydrogen (or ammonia) in conventional coal‑fired power plants.
Promote the shared use of infrastructure resources—such as transmission corridors, utility tunnels, and poles and towers—between the power and transportation sectors; leverage adjacent land for developing new energy sources; optimize the allocation of flexible regulation resources; and coordinate the planning and deployment of transmission networks. Orderly advance the electrification and decarbonization of the transportation sector, and develop shore‑power systems and port microgrids powered by new energy.
 

Establish a capacity market in an orderly manner. Continuously refine the capacity‑pricing mechanisms for coal‑fired, gas‑fired, pumped‑storage, and emerging forms of energy storage, and put in place a reliable capacity‑compensation scheme that provides uniform compensation for the system’s reliable capacity. Once conditions are ripe, actively explore the development of market‑based mechanisms to ensure reliable capacity, and, where appropriate, establish capacity markets in regions that meet the necessary prerequisites.
In addition, to achieve high‑level integration of over 2.8 billion kilowatts of new energy capacity, the plan categorizes regional integration utilization rates into three tiers:
 

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