[South Africa plans to add 8GW a year to the grid] On June 2, 2023, South Africa's current rollout of solar and wind power to increase the share of solar and wind in the country's energy mix from 7% to 40% by 2030 is the fastest way out of the electricity crisis, according to the South African Presidency's Climate Commission (PCC). It is also the cheapest option to build the energy sector South Africa needs to stick to its global climate commitments. The PCC, which was set up by President Cyril Ramaphosa in 2020 to advise on issues such as a just energy transition, released a set of recommendations on electricity planning in South Africa on June 1. The PCC said South Africa aimed to solve its power crisis by integrating at least 8GW of wind and solar power into the grid annually over the next two to four years. About 2.5GW of new renewable energy projects are now registered with South Africa's national energy regulator. Experience shows that this target is achievable in the first three months of 2023. Ultimately, South Africa will need to add 50 to 60Gw of renewable energy by 2030. Steve Nicholls, head of mitigation issues at the PCC and climate change adviser at the National Business Initiative, said this would take the share of renewables in South Africa's energy mix to about 40 per cent. According to the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, coal-fired power will account for around 80% of electricity generation by 2022, with renewables (excluding hydropower) accounting for 7%. Editor/Xu Shengpeng

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• 2025.11.18 17:23
• [Vanadium liquid flow energy storage exports to Australia]
• In November 2025, the internationalization of China's energy storage industry will add another heavyweight achievement - a leading domestic energy storage technology enterprise officially signed a contract for the Australian 350MW/1200MWh all vanadium liquid flow energy storage project, which is currently the largest single vanadium liquid flow energy storage overseas project in China. The total investment of the project exceeds AUD 3 billion, and it is expected to start construction in the second quarter of 2026. By the first half of 2028, full capacity grid connected operation will be achieved. With core advantages such as long-term stable operation and high safety and environmental protection, it will provide a Chinese solution for the construction of Australia's new power system and become a benchmark model for energy technology cooperation between China and Australia. As a "long-distance runner" in the global energy storage field, all vanadium flow energy storage technology has become the preferred solution for long-term energy storage scenarios due to its unique advantages such as ultra long cycle life, no risk of thermal runaway, and environmentally friendly recyclability. The 350MW/1200MWh project that went abroad this time has a designed discharge time of about 3.4 hours, using independently developed high-power density fuel cells, high flow electrolyte circulation systems, and intelligent energy management platforms. The core technical indicators have reached the international advanced level. The conversion efficiency of the project system exceeds 88%, the charge and discharge cycle life exceeds 15000 times, the service life can reach more than 25 years, and the electrolyte can be 100% recycled without heavy metal pollution throughout the process, perfectly adapting to Australia's strict environmental requirements for new energy projects.Editor/Bian Wenjun

• 2025.11.18 17:20
• [Successful bid for large-scale energy storage EPC project]
• In November 2025, a heavyweight news came from the domestic energy storage industry - a certain energy construction group successfully won the bid for a 500MW/2GWh large-scale energy storage EPC project with its independently developed network type energy storage core technology, full chain engineering service capabilities, and mature commercial landing experience. The total investment of this project exceeds 2.5 billion yuan, and it is located in the northwest region where new energy resources are abundant. It is currently a leading scale grid type energy storage demonstration project in China. After completion, it will become a key support for the coordinated operation of source grid load storage in the new power system, setting an industry benchmark for the large-scale application of grid type energy storage technology. As the core highlight of the project, the grid construction technology completely subverts the traditional "following" operation mode of energy storage, enabling energy storage power stations to have the ability to actively support the power grid. The project adopts lithium iron phosphate energy storage batteries combined with independently developed grid type PCS (energy storage converter), with an energy storage capacity of 2GWh and a designed discharge time of 4 hours, which can achieve "source grid interaction" with the power grid - not only can it quickly respond to power grid frequency and voltage fluctuations, provide millisecond level frequency regulation and peak shaving services, but it can also maintain local voltage stability in case of power grid faults, provide virtual inertia support for new energy units, and fundamentally solve the problem of grid stability caused by high proportion of new energy grid connection. The conversion efficiency of the project system is over 93%, the charge and discharge cycle life exceeds 12000 times, the localization rate of core equipment is 100%, and the technical indicators have reached the international advanced level.Editor/Bian Weenjun