Banqiao energy storage project starts construction

Will Guizhou become a new energy storage center in 2025?

By 2025, Guizhou aims to develop itself into an important research and development and production center for new energy power batteries and materials. Recently, China saw a diversifying new energy storage know-how. Lithium-ion batteries accounted for 97.4 percent of China's new-type energy storage capacity at the end of 2023.

What is new energy storage?

New energy storage, or energy storage using new technologies such as lithium-ion batteries, liquid flow batteries, compressed air and mechanical energy, is an important foundation for building a new power system in China, enjoying the advantages of quick response, flexible configuration and short construction periods.

How energy storage power stations are being built?

In terms of installed capacity, new energy storage power stations are now being built in a more centralized way and large scale with longer storage duration period, said the administration.

What is Nanjing's grid-scale energy storage station?

The grid-scale storage station in Nanjing is an epitome of China's prospering energy storage industry as the country has put the emerging industry on a pedestal.

Will China build a new energy storage system?

Technicians inspect wind farm operations in Hinggan League, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, in May 2023. WANG ZHENG/FOR CHINA DAILY China has been stepping up construction of new energy storage in recent years to build a new power system in the country amid its green energy transition, said authority.

How many white battery cartridges are in Nanjing's energy storage station?

NANJING, Feb. 14 -- At an energy storage station in eastern Chinese city of Nanjing, a total of 88 white battery cartridges with a storage capacity of nearly 200,000 kilowatt-hours are transmitting electricity to the city's grid.