
On March 21, 2022, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and the National Energy Administration (NEA) jointly released the Implementation Plan for the Development of New Energy Storage Technologies during the 14th Five-Year Plan Period (the 14 th FYP for Energy Storage), which calls for a wider ecosystem of government and private entities to build the energy storage sector and emphasizes the role of market forces, including generation utilities and independent service providers, in investing in storage projects. [pdf]
Total investment in building energy storage projects has exceeded 100 billion yuan since 2021, making the sector a “new driving force” for China’s economic development, said Bian Guangqi, an NEA official.
Figure 2: Cumulative installed capacity of new energy storage projects commissioned in China (as of the end of June 2023) In the first half of 2023, China's new energy storage continued to develop at a high speed, with 850 projects (including planning, under construction and commissioned projects), more than twice that of the same period last year.
China’s energy storage sector nearly quadrupled its capacity from new technologies such as lithium-ion batteries over the past year, after attracting more than 100 billion yuan (US$13.9 billion) in direct investment over the past couple of years.
[WANG ZHENG/FOR CHINA DAILY] 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.
Throughout 2020, energy storage industry development in China displayed five major characteristics: 1. New Integration Trends Appeared The integration of renewable energy with energy storage became a general trend in 2020.
Of this global capacity, China’s operational energy storage project capacity totaled 32.7GW, a growth of 4.1% compared to Q2 of 2019. Global operational electrochemical energy storage project capacity totaled 10,112.3MW, surpassing a major milestone of 10GW, an increase of 36.1% compared to Q2 of 2019.

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According to incomplete statistics from CNESA DataLink Global Energy Storage Database, by the end of June 2023, the cumulative installed capacity of electrical energy storage projects commissioned in China was 70.2GW, with a year-on-year increase of 44%.
According to the alliance, China's energy storage sector has seen unprecedented growth, with the operational capacity of new energy storage systems surging to 34.5 gigawatts, marking an annual growth rate of 166 percent year-on-year.
Li added that China's dominance in energy storage technology, particularly in battery cell production, places it in a leading position to shape global storage standards. At the end of the first half, power storage capacity in China surpassed 100 GW, reaching 103.3 GW, a 47 percent year-on-year increase.
China has added 21.5 GW of storage capacity so far this year, which is three times the amount added during the same period in 2022, accounting for 47 percent of the global increase, it said. China's momentum in energy storage reflects a blend of strategic policy support, technological innovation and strong industry partnerships, said Li.
Global operational electrochemical energy storage capacity totaled 9660.8MW, of which China’s operational electrochemical energy storage capacity comprised 1784.1MW. In the first quarter of 2020, global new operational electrochemical energy storage project capacity totaled 140.3MW, a growth of -31.1% compared to the first quarter of 2019.
New energy storage also faces high electricity costs, making these storage systems commercially unviable without subsidies. China’s winning bid price for lithium iron phosphate energy storage in 2022 was largely in the range of USD 0.17-0.24 per watt-hour (Wh).

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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.
Promote business and government partnerships that strengthen the energy storage industry in China and abroad. Manage demonstration projects to show policymakers how energy storage is the key to China's transitioning economy.
The installation of electrochemical energy storage in China saw a steep increase in 2018, with an annual growth rate of 464.4% for new capacity, an amount of growth that is rare to see. Subsequently, the lowering of electrochemical energy storage growth in China in 2019 compared to 2018 should be viewed rationally.
Subsidies of at least 0.169 yuan/kWh to trigger energy storage technology investment. Energy storage technology is one of the critical supporting technologies to achieve carbon neutrality target. However, the investment in energy storage technology in China faces policy and other uncertain factors.
In 2017, China released its first national policy document on energy storage, which emphasized the need to develop cheaper, safer batteries capable of holding more energy, to further increase the country’s ability to store the power it produces (see ‘China’s battery boost’).
The answer lies in developing stronger energy-storage infrastructure. Hong Li is an adviser on China’s national planning committee for energy-storage development. Together with engineers and policymakers, the committee is working on a five-year research and development plan that will begin next year.
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