CHINA STATE PLANNER and the National Energy Administration issued the “15th
Five-Year New Energy Storage Implementation Plan”, backing new storage
integrated with emerging power models and encouraging exploration of thermal and
hydrogen storage for non-electric use of renewables. The plan supports deploying
storage in source–grid–load–storage integration, green-power direct connections,
smart microgrids, incremental distribution networks for renewable access, and
virtual power plants to enhance self-peak and self-balancing capabilities. It
also calls for coordinating storage with EV charging infrastructure and
PV–storage charge/discharge integration, promoting rational storage allocation
and actively exploring vehicle–grid interaction (V2G) applications.
