On May 24, 2023, the Guangdong Provincial Energy Bureau issued the "Implementation Plan for Promoting High-quality Energy Development in Guangdong Province (2023-2025)", which details the goals for coal-fired power and gas-fired power installations.

In order to promote the construction of flexible gas power, comprehensively consider the peak shaving demand, construction conditions, natural gas resource guarantee, etc., and rationally plan the layout and construction of peak shaving gas power in the load center. Guide newly-built gas-electric units to be equipped with FCB functions, with isolated network operation capability and black-start function, to improve disaster resistance support capabilities; actively plan and build disaster-resistance protection power supplies in Shanwei, Zhanjiang, and Maoming cities. In areas with high heat load demand such as industrial parks and industrial clusters, rationally arrange natural gas cogeneration and distributed energy station projects in accordance with the principle of heat-fixed power, and implement centralized heating, power supply, and cooling for the region to achieve efficient energy circulation. use. By 2025, the scale of gas power is expected to reach 55 million kilowatts.

Gradually promote the transformation of coal power from basic power to basic security and system regulation power. Based on my country's coal-based resource endowment, during the 14th Five-Year Plan period, the planning and construction of new coal power projects will be promoted in accordance with the principles of establishing first and then reforming, ultra-supercritical, and not selecting new sites. For the coal-fired power units that have expired in service, combined with the power and heat supply and demand situation and the status of the units, they will be classified and disposed of according to the methods of life extension operation, shutdown without dismantling and conversion to emergency backup, shutdown and demolition. Promote the energy saving and consumption reduction of existing coal-fired power units, heating transformation and flexibility transformation, promote the extensive participation of coal-fired self-owned power plants in power peak regulation, and promote the development of CCUS technology for coal-fired power units and the integration and demonstration application of the whole process system. Editor / Xie Li