[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
China Power Construction Corporation recently released an announcement on its main business operations for January 2026. According to the data, the company signed a total of 661 new projects in January 2026, with a total contract amount of 89.436 billion yuan. Among them, the energy and power business sector has performed outstandingly, with 428 newly signed projects and a total of 59.324 billion yuan in newly signed contracts. According to the announcement, the scope of energy and power business is extensive, covering hydropower, wind power, solar power generation, thermal power, new energy storage, nuclear power, power grid, as well as various types such as hydrogen energy, geothermal energy, ocean energy, biomass energy, etc.Editor/Yang Meiling
In order to promote the large-scale development of solar thermal power generation, the People's Government of Qinghai Province recently issued the "Several Measures for Promoting the Scale Development of Solar Thermal Power Generation in Qinghai Province". The document proposes to support incremental independent solar thermal projects included in the development and construction plan to independently conduct mechanism electricity price bidding one year before the prescribed completion deadline. The policy will comprehensively consider factors such as the comprehensive income of enterprises and the value of green electricity to set a reasonable upper limit for bidding, and set a lower limit for bidding based on the principle of not being lower than the project cost, with a starting lower limit of 0.55 yuan/kWh. The lower limit will moderately decrease year by year, with the goal of achieving comparable prices to coal-fired power by 2030.Editor/Yang Meiling