[China's large-diameter and multi-support TBM Plateau Pearl off the line at CRCC]Recently, the domestic large-diameter multi-support TBM Plateau Pearl, jointly built by CRCC and the 14th Bureau of China Water Resources, rolled off the production line in the Changsha Second Industrial Park of China Railway Construction Heavy Industry. The equipment will be used for construction under extreme conditions such as high altitude, high ground stress, and super hard rock. The excavation diameter of TBM is 10.23 meters, the length of the whole machine is about 185 meters, the total weight is about 2300 tons, and the installed power is 8200 kilowatts. Editor/Ma Xue
On December 22, 2025, the Development and Reform Commission of Hohhot City announced the official launch of the competitive allocation of independent new energy storage projects for 2026. The total scale of this competitive energy storage construction is 300000 kilowatts, and the project can be connected to the 220 kV side of Wuchuan, Kezhen, and Hongquan. The declared project capacity must comply with the relevant regulations of the autonomous region, and all projects included in the scale must be put into operation before the end of 2026. Central enterprises, state-owned enterprises, and eligible private enterprises are welcome to participate in the application. The total assets of participating enterprises must meet the corresponding requirements for energy storage project construction.Editor/Yang Meiling
On December 22, 2025, the Office of the People's Government of Qiannan Prefecture officially issued the "Implementation Plan for High Quality Development of Energy Industry in Qiannan Prefecture (2025-2027)". The plan clearly proposes to actively expand the scale of new energy storage, combine the development needs of new energy with the power grid's consumption capacity, accelerate the implementation of a batch of energy storage projects, coordinate the development of energy storage resources throughout the state, and strengthen cooperation with surrounding areas and advantageous enterprises. By 2027, the cumulative installed capacity of grid connected energy storage in the whole state will exceed 1.3 million kilowatts/2.6 million kilowatt hours, in order to enhance the supply guarantee and regulation and consumption capacity of the power system. Editor/Yang Meiling