[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 6, 2026, the first arch of the underground powerhouse of the largest pumped storage power station under construction in western China, Qinghai Wanrang Pumped Storage Power Station, officially began construction, marking the beginning of the main construction period of the cavern for this giant energy heart rooted in the Qinghai Tibet Plateau. The construction of the underground powerhouse has reached an important milestone, and the project construction has entered a new stage of construction.Editor/Gong Ziwei
On June 4, 2026, China Southern Power Grid Corporation and the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Laos signed a joint construction agreement for the China Laos New Power System Technology Joint Laboratory in Beijing. The China Laos Joint Laboratory of Electric Power will focus on scientific research cooperation in the fields of green energy, digital power grid, power artificial intelligence, energy planning, etc., promote the systematic construction and sharing of China Laos electric power technology standards, collaborate on energy strategy research and think tank cooperation, and strive to create a global benchmark for clean energy cooperation in the South.Editor/Gong Ziwei