On January 1, 2026, the domestic new energy infrastructure market welcomes another bidding boom! Recently, four benchmark projects covering energy storage, wind power, photovoltaics, and smart energy in Shandong, Hebei, and Henan have announced their winning bids, with a total investment scale exceeding 3.5 billion yuan. This batch of projects covers the entire scenario from large-scale centralized energy bases to distributed smart energy applications, which not only demonstrates the strong development vitality of the new energy industry, but also injects strong impetus into the construction of China's new power system and the green transformation of energy structure.

The rural revitalization energy storage station project in Tangyi Town, Liaocheng City, Shandong Province, has been selected as the first contractor. This project is a key supporting project for rural energy upgrading, located in Tangyi Town, Dongchangfu District, Liaocheng City, with a total area of 27000 square meters. It is planned to construct a 150MW/600MWh high-capacity energy storage power station. The project adopts high safety lithium iron phosphate batteries, with 10 energy storage inverter containers and 40 energy storage battery containers arranged in the form of outdoor prefabricated cabins. The rated charging and discharging rate is 0.25C. After completion, the expected annual charging and discharging capacity can reach 80 million kilowatt hours, which can effectively stabilize the peak and valley load fluctuations of the regional power grid and ensure stable electricity consumption for rural industries and people's livelihoods. The total investment of the project is 550 million yuan, and it is planned to be completed within 12 months. In the end, China Gezhouba Group Electric Power Co., Ltd. won first place with a bid of 518.8 million yuan, while China Energy Engineering Group Northwest Electric Power Construction Engineering Co., Ltd. and China Power Construction Group Shandong Electric Power Construction First Engineering Co., Ltd. ranked second and third with bids of 684 million yuan and 648 million yuan, respectively.

The winning list of two major new energy projects in Hebei Province has been announced simultaneously. The bidding dust for the EPC general contracting of the 98.5MW wind power project in Beishan, Weixian has been settled. The project covers the wind farm area, 35kV collection line, a 220kV substation, and 31 kilometers of transmission line, with a total investment of about 607 million yuan and a total construction period of 365 calendar days. The bidding scope covers the entire process of procedure handling, survey and design, equipment procurement, construction and grid connection. The consortium led by CITIC Heavy Industry Machinery Co., Ltd. (including China 22MCC Group Co., Ltd. and China Power Engineering Consulting Group Zhongnan Electric Power Design Institute Co., Ltd.) won the first place with a bid of 542 million yuan. Runjian Co., Ltd., in conjunction with Shandong Electric Power Engineering Consulting Institute Co., Ltd., and China Construction Second Engineering Bureau Co., Ltd., in conjunction with China Power Engineering Consulting Group North China Electric Power Design Institute Co., Ltd., followed closely behind with a bid of 56.32023 million yuan and 59.10902 million yuan, respectively.

Good news also came from the photovoltaic track, as the 260 MW photovoltaic power generation project of Huaneng Laiyuan has been confirmed to be constructed by China Nuclear Industry 24 Construction Co., Ltd., with a winning bid amount of 926.7341 million yuan. The project is located in Laiyuan County, Baoding City, with a planned installed capacity of 260000 kilowatts and a DC side capacity of over 300MWp. It uses high-efficiency N-type components with a capacity to distribution ratio of 1:1.15, which can improve the power generation and revenue level of the photovoltaic power station. A new 220 kV booster station will be built to support the project, which will be connected to the power grid through approximately 20 kilometers of transmission lines, and a 52 MW/104 MWh energy storage system will be constructed simultaneously to achieve the coordinated operation of "photovoltaic energy storage integration". The project is scheduled to start construction at the end of August 2025 and be fully connected to the grid by the end of October 2026. Once put into operation, it will deliver a large amount of clean electricity to the Beijing Tianjin Hebei region.

The bidding for distributed smart energy projects in Henan region has also been successfully opened. The second phase of the first section of the Yexian integrated wind and solar new energy smart street lamp construction (Phase I) and the construction of new stations (Phase II) project were won by China Railway 16th Bureau Group Third Engineering Co., Ltd. (consortium member: Zhicheng Jianke Design Co., Ltd.), with a design rate of 1.495%, a construction cost rate of 99.66%, and a planned construction period of 24 months. The project will construct a smart street light system that integrates wind power generation, photovoltaic power generation, energy storage, lighting, monitoring, communication and other functions. Each set of street lights will be 30 meters high and have both energy production and livelihood service functions. The surplus electricity can be connected to the grid for sale, achieving "one pole for multiple uses, one goal for multiple benefits".

With the successful bidding results of this batch of projects, China's new energy infrastructure construction is entering the substantive construction stage comprehensively, from centralized energy storage power stations, wind and solar bases, to distributed smart energy facilities. The implementation of these projects will not only bring considerable investment and employment opportunities to the local area, but also accelerate the transformation of regional energy structure towards green and low-carbon, laying a solid foundation for high-quality economic and social development with green energy. Editor/Bian Wenjun