On May 14, 2026, Cao Siyang, Director of Inner Mongolia Energy Bureau, wrote an article to set the energy market for 2026: adding 30 million kilowatts of new energy installed capacity, generating over 300 billion kilowatt hours of electricity, and synchronously deploying 7 million kilowatts of energy storage and computing coordination.

By 2026, the installed capacity of new energy in Inner Mongolia has exceeded 120 million kilowatts, accounting for over 18% of the national total and ranking first in the country for three consecutive years. On May 14th, Cao Siyang, Secretary of the Party Group and Director of the Energy Bureau of the Autonomous Region, published an article in Inner Mongolia Daily titled "Vigorously Developing Modern Energy Economy and Building a National Important Energy and Strategic Resource Base", setting a clear roadmap for the energy development of the entire region.

Shage Wilderness Base accelerates comprehensively

The article anchors the goal of peaking carbon emissions and focuses on improving the quality and efficiency of new energy development. Within this year, we will add 30 million kilowatts of new energy installed capacity and exceed 300 billion kilowatt hours of new energy power generation. We strive to start construction on all six approved Shagehuang bases before the end of the year, and simultaneously promote the preliminary work of three bases, namely Xilingol Power Transmission to Beijing, Chifeng Power Transmission to Jiangsu, and Hulunbuir Power Transmission to Hebei. We will actively strive for the rolling inclusion of a new batch of bases in national planning.

Orderly promote the construction of photovoltaic sand control projects, promote new consumption models such as direct connection of green electricity and incremental distribution networks, explore the replacement of existing loads of green electricity in national zero carbon parks, data centers, electrolytic aluminum, etc., and promote the main source of new electricity consumption to be met by new energy sources.

7GW energy storage+collaborative computing

The article also emphasizes the strengthening of the development and application of various new energy storage technologies, and the layout and construction of 7 million kilowatts of new energy storage projects in key nodes of the power grid and areas rich in new energy. Deepen the collaboration between computing and electricity, promote the construction of power infrastructure in the zero carbon data park of the Helingeer cluster, promote the mutual benefit of wind and solar resources, optimize the electricity market mechanism, and provide sufficient, stable, efficient, and green power guarantee for the computing industry. Keywords: new energy installation, new energy development

In the first quarter of 2026, Inner Mongolia's new energy power generation has exceeded 78 billion kilowatt hours, a year-on-year increase of 26%, and the construction progress of the Shagehuang base has exceeded expectations. Cao Siyang's appointment marks Inner Mongolia's transition from scale expansion to quality and efficiency, and a new stage. Under the dual carbon target, this grassland is redefining the focus of China's energy map.Editor/Cheng Liting