[China's new energy storage installed capacity exceeds 130 million kilowatts] On January 30, 2026, Bian Guangqi, Deputy Director of the Energy Conservation and Technology Equipment Department of the National Energy Administration, announced at a regular press conference that by the end of 2025, the installed capacity of new energy storage in China had reached 136 million kilowatts/351 million kilowatt hours, an increase of 84% from the end of 2024 and more than 40 times from the end of the 13th Five Year Plan. The average energy storage time had increased to 2.58 hours. From a regional distribution perspective, North China and Northwest China have become the growth cores, with installed capacity accounting for 32.5% and 28.2% of the country's total, respectively. In 2025, the newly installed capacity in the two regions will be 21.88 million kilowatts and 19.66 million kilowatts respectively, accounting for a total of 66.8% of the country's total new capacity.Editor/Yang Meiling

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