The State Council issued the 15th Five-Year Carbon Peak Action Plan, directing
measures to boost the power system’s ability to absorb and manage renewable
generation. It calls for faster build-out of interprovincial and interregional
transmission, accelerating UHV outbound corridors to add more than 80 GW of
west‑to‑east transfer capacity and advancing province-to-province power
mutual‑aid projects. The plan supports local consumption of renewables via
green‑power direct links, nearby incremental distribution access and green
direct‑supply models, and promotes generation‑grid‑load‑storage integration. It
orders enlargement of system flexibility resources — accelerate pumped storage
construction, scale up new‑type storage with emphasis on long‑duration storage —
and mobilize demand‑side flexibility through virtual power plants and
participation of adjustable loads and distributed distributed resources in
system regulation.
