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What is China's energy storage policy?

China is proposing a policy to accelerate energy storage deployments, with its core a target to take the country’s storage capacity excluding pumped hydro to 30GW by 2025 – triple the level of Wood Mackenzie’s current forecast.

Is China's power storage capacity on the cusp of growth?

China's power storage capacity is on the cusp of growth, fueled by rapid advances in the renewable energy industry, innovative technologies and ambitious government policies aimed at driving sustainable development, experts said.

Why is energy storage important in China?

Developing energy storage is an important step in China's transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy, while mitigating the effect of new energy's randomness, volatility and intermittence on the grid and managing power supply and demand, he said.

How much energy storage will China add in 2020?

China had 1.2GW/1.7GWh of new non-hydro energy storage additions in 2020, reaching 2.7GW/4GWh of total deployments by the end of last year. We expect China to add 430GW of new solar and wind capacity in the next five years, which could eventually spur 74GW of new storage capacity if up to 20% of the renewables-storage pairing ratio is applied.

Does China's Energy Strategy resemble 'energy addition'?

Although renewable powers have been deployed at an unprecedented pace, coal power has remained firmly in place, often limiting renewables integration and full utilisation. As a result, China’s energy strategy increasingly resembles ‘energy addition’, rather than a fundamental shift toward clean energy and away from coal.

Will China overtake the US as the energy storage leader?

The new policy could mean that China overtakes the US as the energy storage leader in gigawatt terms by 2030, while requiring $18bn investment to meet its 2025 target. Some uncertainties remain, including project economics, detailed policies and supply chain constraints, but we expect to see more policies backed with strong action to meet the goal.