[Yunnan: Strive to build 2GW of new energy storage by 2025]On November 29, the Yunnan Provincial Department of Ecology and Environment issued the Yunnan Provincial Climate Change Plan (2021-2025). The document proposes that by 2025, the total installed power capacity of the province shall be over 140 million kW, the installed green energy capacity shall be over 120 million kW, accounting for 86% of the total, and the electricity generated by clean energy will be about 420 billion KWH. It will strive to build a new scale of energy storage of about 2 million kW, support the pilot hydrogen energy industry, and basically build a national clean energy base. Editor/Xu Shengpeng
On June 30, 2026, the excavation of the underground powerhouse of the Nanshankou Pumped Storage Power Station in Golmud, Qinghai, undertaken by Three Gorges Construction, was completed. The power station is the world's largest under construction pumped storage project at an altitude of over 3500 meters, with a total installed capacity of 2.4 million kilowatts. The project has entered the pouring and equipment installation stage, and the first batch of units is planned to be put into operation in 2028. Editor/Min Jing
On June 27, 2026, ENERGY CHINA Gezhouba Group began construction of the country's first integrated zero carbon highway project in Guangxi. Supporting photovoltaic energy storage and heavy-duty truck replenishment network, relying on ecological carbon sinks to achieve net zero carbon operation, in line with the national zero carbon channel construction deployment, and creating a demonstration model for low-carbon transformation of transportation. Editor/Min Jing