CHINA STATE PLANNER and the National Energy Administration issued the 15th
Five-Year Plan for new energy system construction, calling for accelerated new
grid development. The plan prioritizes outbound transmission from clean-energy
bases, optimization of sending-end generation mix, and upgrades to channel
capacity, utilization efficiency and clean-power share. It targets roughly 40 GW
of enhanced interregional complementary capacity across Central–South,
Central–East, North China–East China and Central–Northwest corridors and seeks
to consolidate a national grid framework based on regional synchronous grids
with asynchronous interconnections. Distribution networks should be transformed
into efficient source–grid–load–storage allocation platforms; by 2030 the plan
aims to support about 900 GW of distributed clean-energy connections. The plan
also pushes faster smart-grid rollout, intelligent dispatch systems to improve
renewable consumption, and development of smart microgrids and direct
green-power connections where appropriate.
