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Will China expand its energy storage capacity by 2025?

China aims to further develop its new energy storage capacity, which is expected to advance from the initial stage of commercialization to large-scale development by 2025, with an installed capacity of more than 30 million kilowatts, regulators said.

What is the energy system model for Beijing?

The energy system model for Beijing is developed with an open-source MESSAGEix modelling framework, which has been widely used for strategic energy planning and integrated assessment of energy-engineering-economy-environment systems (IIASA Energy Programme 2020; Krey et al. 2020).

How can energy storage technologies address China's flexibility challenge in the power grid?

The large-scale development of energy storage technologies will address China’s flexibility challenge in the power grid, enabling the high penetration of renewable sources. This article intends to fill the existing research gap in energy storage technologies through the lens of policy and finance.

How much energy does Beijing use?

In 2000, Beijing’s total energy consumption was 41.4 million tce (Fig. 2). Coal had a dominating contribution, followed by oil, electricity, and natural gas (Beijing Municipal Bureau of Statistics 2019).

Why is China's energy storage capacity expanding?

BEIJING, July 31 -- China's energy storage capacity is expanding to facilitate the utilization of growing renewable power amid the country's efforts to advance its green energy transition.

How big is China's energy storage capacity?

China's installed new-type energy storage capacity had reached 44.44 gigawatts by of the end of June, expanding 40 percent compared with the end of last year, the National Energy Administration (NEA) said on Wednesday. Lithium-ion batteries accounted for 97 percent of China's new-type energy storage capacity at the end of June, the NEA added.