National Energy Administration Power Department director Du Zhongming said fixed-asset investment in China’s national power grid will exceed CNY5 trillion during the 15th Five-Year Plan period. The NEA will focus on three priorities: build a new grid architecture integrating backbone transmission, distribution and microgrids to strengthen resilience, enable vehicle-grid interaction and accelerate large-capacity charging and charging-and-swapping facilities for electric heavy trucks to meet charg

National Energy Administration Power Department director Du Zhongming said fixed-asset investment in China’s national power grid will exceed CNY5 trillion during the 15th Five-Year Plan period. The NEA will focus on three priorities: build a new grid architecture integrating backbone transmission, distribution and microgrids to strengthen resilience, enable vehicle-grid interaction and accelerate large-capacity charging and charging-and-swapping facilities for electric heavy trucks to meet charging demand for over 110 million EVs; push breakthrough technologies including grid-forming technologies, long-duration storage and transmission solutions for large 100% renewable generation bases, and deploy AI-enabled grid projects; and roll out new services to optimize renewable grid connection and power delivery and materially enhance system balancing and flexibility.