China Update Featured October 12, 2026 Chen Haisheng: Toward the 300 GW Goal — How Can New-Type Storage Walk Steadily and Far During the 15th Five-Year Plan Period October 12, 2026 Read more → October 12, 2026 October 7, 2026 Seven Departments Issue the “15th Five-Year Plan” for the New Battery Industry: All-Solid-State Batteries to Reach Initial Scale-Up, Storage Application Scenarios to Expand Further October 7, 2026 Read more → October 7, 2026 September 7, 2026 National Standard for Virtual Power Plants Officially Takes Effect September 7, 2026 Read more → September 7, 2026 September 7, 2026 NEA Deploys Major Tasks: Accelerating R&D and Application of Flexible Grid-Forming, Long-Duration Energy Storage and Other New Grid Technologies September 7, 2026 Read more → September 7, 2026 August 27, 2026 CNESA Releases 2026 H1 Energy Storage Data: New Installations Down 18%, Sending New Signals for the Industry August 27, 2026 Read more → August 27, 2026 April 15, 2025 CNESA Visits UK to Foster Industry Collaboration: China and UK Explore New Opportunities in Energy Storage Development April 15, 2025 Read more → April 15, 2025 May 19, 2024 Construction Begins on China's First Independent Flywheel + Lithium Battery Hybrid Energy Storage Power Station May 19, 2024 Read more → May 19, 2024 May 16, 2024 China's First Vanadium Battery Industry-Specific Policy Issued May 16, 2024 Read more → May 16, 2024 August 22, 2023 Major Breakthrough: Successful Completion of Integration Test on World First 300MW Advanced Compressed Air Energy Storage System Expander August 22, 2023 Read more → August 22, 2023 August 20, 2023 "Penghui Energy Signed an Agreement with Canadian Company for 5.1GWh Energy Storage Cell Cooperation" August 20, 2023 Read more → August 20, 2023