[State Grid Gansu releases its 15th Five Year Plan for the power grid]At the press conference on March 2, 2026, State Grid Gansu Electric Power Company announced the latest progress of the 15th Five Year Plan as a pioneer of the power grid. It is reported that Gansu ranks first in the northwest in terms of approved construction scale in the field of pumped storage, and four projects have entered the main construction phase. Of particular note is that the installed capacity of new energy storage in Gansu Province has exceeded 7.9 million kilowatts in the first year of the 15th Five Year Plan.Editor/Yang Meiling
On April 16, 2026, the Wenyu section of the Hangzhou Taizhou high-speed railway officially started static acceptance, and the main project was basically completed. The main line of this section is 37 kilometers long, with a designed speed of 350 kilometers per hour and a bridge tunnel ratio of 90.34%. The Lijiashan Tunnel is a controlled project for the entire line. After acceptance, it will be transferred to joint debugging and testing, and is expected to be opened within the year. At that time, it will end the history of Yuhuan not being connected to railways and help Zhejiang build a 1-hour high-speed railway transportation circle. Editor/Cheng Liting
The rotor of Unit 3 of the Dashixia Water Conservancy Hub in Xinjiang has been successfully lifted, and the project has entered the final assembly and commissioning stage. The project has the world's tallest 247 meter concrete faced gravel dam with a total installed capacity of 750000 kilowatts. It is planned to be fully put into operation in the second half of 2026, benefiting 650000 households and 6.8 million acres of downstream irrigation areas. Editor/Cheng Liting