The Gushanliang 300 MW/1,200 MWh grid-forming hybrid energy storage station in Ordos, Inner Mongolia, supplied by Sineng Electric, has completed full-process testing and entered commercial operation.
According to Sineng, the project combines lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries with all-vanadium redox flow batteries. Integrated with grid-forming control and an AI-based operation system, the station is designed to provide rapid response alongside long-duration discharge capability.
Sineng Electric was recently named one of the 7 shortlisted candidates in CGN New Energy’s 9 GW solar inverter framework procurement (see China Solar PV News Snippets).
Hiconics Technology, a new energy and industrial automation subsidiary of Midea Group, announced a private placement plan to raise up to RMB 1.65 billion. Of this, RMB 436.96 million will fund PV grid-connected inverter R&D and industrialization; RMB 292.30 million will support residential energy storage system development; and RMB 183.81 million will be invested in distributed rooftop PV projects in Anhui and Hubei, as well as at Midea factory sites.
Remaining funds will be used for a high-voltage inverter manufacturing project and working capital. Hiconics said it will bank on Midea’s brand and channel network to strengthen its integrated ‘Solar PV EPC + Inverter’ offering and expand residential storage capacity.
Late last year, Midea Group established the New Energy Business Division (see China Solar PV News Snippets).
The Shandong Provincial Development and Reform Commission has released a pricing policy to encourage local renewable energy consumption, covering direct supply of green power, source-grid-load-storage integration, and smart microgrids.
Eligible projects are exempt from system backup fees and additional transmission and distribution (T&D) usage charges for grid-drawn electricity, paying only standard T&D tariffs. For self-generated and self-consumed electricity, all fees are temporarily waived except government funds and surcharges.
The Jilin Provincial Energy Bureau has issued new measures to support distributed PV, increasing the annual grid export cap for general commercial and industrial (C&I) projects operating under the ‘self-consumption with excess to grid’ model from 20% to 50%. Generation beyond the cap will not be settled by the grid.
The policy encourages PV-plus-storage deployment, granting priority grid access to projects with user-side storage, especially those achieving energy self-balance. It also supports large C&I projects in participating in spot markets and green power trading through virtual power plant (VPP) aggregation and related integrated models.
