Recently, there has been heavy news in the field of pumped storage construction in China - a certain enterprise has successfully won the bid for a pumped storage project with a total amount of 9.758 billion yuan. This is another important achievement for the enterprise in the field of energy storage infrastructure, once again confirming its technological accumulation and market recognition in the field of pumped storage.

As the "stabilizer" and "regulator" of the new power system, pumped storage projects have multiple functions such as peak shaving and valley filling, emergency backup, etc., and are key infrastructure for promoting the green transformation of energy. The landing of this nearly 10 billion scale project not only expands the business scope of the winning bidder, but also provides strong support for optimizing the energy structure and improving the stability of power supply in the local area. At the same time, it reflects China's firm determination to accelerate the construction of energy storage infrastructure and strive for the "dual carbon" goal.

From an industry perspective, the winning bid for the 9.758 billion yuan pumped storage project is not an isolated case, but a microcosm of the accelerated investment in domestic energy storage infrastructure. According to industry data, since 2024, the total bidding amount for publicly announced pumped storage projects in China has exceeded 100 billion yuan. The project distribution has extended from traditional energy provinces to new energy rich regions, and the construction pace has significantly accelerated. This is not only an inevitable choice to meet the demand for grid regulation after large-scale integration of new energy, but also an important path to achieve the "dual carbon" goal.

For the winning bidder, the implementation of this large order not only means a further expansion of revenue scale, but also promotes its technological transformation and capacity release. The relevant person in charge of the enterprise revealed that they will rely on the existing core technology team for pumped storage to integrate intelligent construction plans into the project construction, such as using BIM technology to optimize the layout of the power station, introducing unmanned monitoring systems to improve operation and maintenance efficiency, and striving to build the project into a benchmark project in the industry. From the perspective of regional development, the project is expected to reduce coal consumption by hundreds of thousands of tons per year and carbon emissions by over one million tons after completion. At the same time, it can also drive the development of related industries such as building materials supply, equipment manufacturing, and labor

employment in the local area, injecting green energy into the local economy.

With the continuous implementation of domestic pumped storage planning, similar scale projects will continue to emerge in the future, and industry competition will shift from "price competition" to comprehensive strength competition of "technology+service+full cycle operation". For more enterprises, how to break through key bottlenecks in technology research and development, improve efficiency in project management, and reduce costs in later operation and maintenance will become the core key to seizing market share.Editor/Bian Wenjun