At the end of 2025, heavy news came from China's pumped storage construction market: the Core Engineering Bureau under China Electric Power Construction Group won the core bid sections of three major pumped storage power stations in Shanxi, Guizhou, and Hebei provinces in just three days, with a total bid amount exceeding 22 billion yuan. This series of intensive bidding not only consolidates China Power Construction's leading position in the domestic pumped storage engineering field, but also marks the comprehensive entry of a batch of national "14th Five Year Plan" key energy projects with a total installed capacity of 3.8 million kilowatts into the construction fast lane.

The projects awarded this time are all key projects of the regional energy strategy. On December 10th, HydroChina Seventh Engineering Group Co., Ltd. bid 137 million yuan to become the first candidate to win the bid for the construction period of the 1.4 million kilowatt pumped storage power station in Anziling, Xinglong, Hebei Province. On December 12th, two days later, Hydropower 14th Bureau and Hydropower 4th Bureau respectively won the bid: the former won the water transmission and power generation system project of Guizhou Huadian Fuquanping 1.2 million kilowatt pumped storage power station for 767 million yuan, and the latter won the core bid of the same type of section of Shanxi Huadian Puxian 1.2 million kilowatt pumped storage power station for 501 million yuan.

The strategic positioning of the three major projects is clear, with a total investment of over 22 billion yuan

These three major projects have a total investment of over 22 billion yuan and a total installed capacity of 3.8 million kilowatts, each with important strategic significance. Among them, the total investment of the Anziling project in Xinglong, Hebei is 8.132 billion yuan, with an installed capacity of 1.4 million kilowatts. It is an important clean energy hub serving the peak shaving needs of the Beijing Tianjin Hebei power grid. It is expected to officially start construction in April 2026 and be fully completed in October 2028, with the fastest progress. The total investment of the Puxian project in Shanxi Province is 8.84 billion yuan, with an installed capacity of 1.2 million kilowatts. It is one of the 100 major projects promoted during the 14th Five Year Plan period in Shanxi Province and is expected to be fully put into operation by 2030. The total investment of the Fuquanping project in Guizhou exceeds 6 billion yuan, with an installed capacity of 1.2 million kilowatts. It is the first pumped storage project approved in Guizhou Province based on the national medium and long-term plan for pumped storage, filling the gap of Huadian Group in this field in Guizhou. The first unit is planned to generate electricity in December 2030.

The winning projects are all "core lifelines", and the technical challenges are arduous

The bidding sections won by China Electric Power Construction are all core projects that determine the efficiency and safety of pumped storage power stations, with extremely high technical barriers. For example, the Fuquanping project in Guizhou requires the construction of a water transmission system connecting the upper reservoir and underground powerhouse in a complex karst landscape, facing severe challenges such as excavation and support of caverns and installation of high-pressure pipelines. On the basis of the comprehensive implementation of control projects such as "Two Caves and One Road" in Puxian, Shanxi, the water transmission and power generation system project will directly accelerate the construction of underground power plants. The progress of the construction period of the Anziling project in Xinglong, Hebei, including key facilities such as ventilation and safety tunnels, and access tunnels, will directly determine the starting point of the entire project. Keywords: Hydroelectric New Energy, Hydroelectric New Energy News

Accelerating project progress and outlining a new vision for the national energy storage network

The intensive launch of these projects and the opening of core engineering bids clearly outline the grand vision of China's pumped storage construction accelerating. From Guizhou in the southwest to Shanxi in the north, and then to Hebei adjacent to Beijing and Tianjin, these power stations not only serve the peak shaving needs of the local power grid, but also jointly build a more flexible and reliable national level clean energy storage and regulation network through grid interconnection. Their construction progress, especially the Anziling project in Xinglong, Hebei, which is expected to be completed in 2028, will significantly enhance the power guarantee capability of the Beijing Tianjin Hebei region and provide solid energy storage support for the construction of China's new power system. The consecutive large orders of China Power Construction Corporation are a vivid footnote to the deepening of this national strategy. Editor/Yang Beihua