Recently, the State Power Investment Corporation and the China Three Gorges Renewables Corporation have launched bidding on three wind power energy storage projects in Hunan province, marking the official launch of the first batch of renewables energy + energy storage projects in Hunan Province.
In March 2020, the development department of the State Grid Hunan Electric Power Co., Ltd. issued a “Notice on the Primary Selection of Energy Storage Project Sites,” which showed that 28 companies in Hunan had committed to developing renewable projects with a total 388.6MW/777.2MWh of energy storage installation capacity. Three of these 28 projects have now begun the bidding process, they include: the Hongtangying wind power plant 10MW/20MWh energy storage demonstration project in Dao County, the State Power Investment Hunan Longshan Dalingshan wind power project paired with 10MW/20MWh energy storage capacity, and the Hunan Channel Phase II 10MW/20MWh capacity energy storage project.