As wind power rotates on the Gobi Desert and photovoltaics shine on rooftops, a wave of clean energy is sweeping across the land of China. However, how to safely and efficiently transmit and consume these dispersed green electricity has become a necessary question for the future. At the beginning of 2026, the National Development and Reform Commission and the National Energy Administration jointly issued the "Guiding Opinions on Promoting High quality Development of the Power Grid", which is like a carefully drawn navigation map, pointing out the direction for the ten-year leap of China's power grid, aiming to build a strong smart grid that can carry 30% of new energy and ensure that every kilowatt hour of green electricity can find its way home.

Build a new power grid platform by 2030

The Guiding Opinions have set a clear timetable for the core goal: by 2030, a new type of power grid platform will be initially built with the backbone power grid and intelligent distribution network as solid foundations, and smart microgrids as flexible supplements. The direct purpose of this top-level design is to systematically support the proportion of new energy generation in the total power generation in the country to reach about 30%. To achieve this grand blueprint, the construction of the power grid will be matched with a series of hard core indicators: the scale of West East power transmission is expected to exceed 420 million kilowatts, with a net increase of about 80 million kilowatts compared to the current level; The inter provincial power mutual assistance capacity will also be increased by about 40 million kilowatts. These specific figures not only set a runway for energy investment in the next five years, but also mark a new stage in the development of China's power grid, shifting from ensuring traditional energy use to actively supporting and serving the high proportion of new energy access.

Collaboration of Three Networks and Scale Expansion

The construction of a new type of power grid is not a single dimensional expansion, but a collaborative evolution of the backbone network, distribution network, and microgrid. For centralized new energy bases, especially the "Shagehuang" large-scale wind and solar bases in northwest and southwest China, the main power grid will usher in a new round of peak construction of ultra-high voltage transmission channels, aiming to open up the "main artery" of green power transmission and ensure that large-scale clean power can cross mountains and rivers and be delivered to load centers. At the same time, facing the booming development of distributed photovoltaics and decentralized wind power, the distribution network is undergoing a profound identity transformation - from the traditional "passive unidirectional" distribution network to an "active bidirectional" intelligent interactive system. The guidance requires accelerating the construction of a flexible and intelligent new distribution system, achieving a leapfrog growth in its capacity from the current approximately 500 million kilowatts, and providing a physical foundation for the doubling of distributed new energy in the next decade. Smart microgrids serve as a key supplement to enhance the spontaneous self use and reliable power supply capacity of local new energy in industrial parks, remote rural areas, and islands. Keywords: New Energy Latest News, New Energy Latest Reports

Technical breakthroughs and security protection

The realization of the grand blueprint cannot be achieved without the solid support of technological innovation and security system. The Guiding Opinions clearly require focusing on key core technology research and development, including collaborative planning and scheduling operation technologies for backbone networks, distribution networks, and microgrids, as well as large-scale engineering applications of network construction technologies. Especially for the technological adaptation of special scenarios such as "Shage Wilderness" and the innovative pilot of 100% new energy large-scale base long-distance transmission, it will become the forefront of technological breakthroughs in the next five years. At the security level, the document establishes a risk prevention and control mechanism that covers the entire process of the power grid, and scientifically divides the security responsibility boundaries between the power grid and various grid connected entities. This combination of punches aims to fundamentally resolve the operational risks brought by the high proportion and intermittent integration of new energy, build a solid defense line for the stable and reliable operation of the entire power system, and eliminate the worries of large-scale development of new energy. (This article is from the official website of Jian Dao www.seetao.com. Reproduction without permission is prohibited, otherwise it will be prosecuted. Please indicate Jian Dao website+original link when reprinting.) Jian Dao website new energy column editor/Gao Xue