At noon in the Gobi Desert, photovoltaic panels turn scorching sunlight into rolling currents; After nightfall, the fires in the park and the lights of thousands of households in the city finally reach their peak electricity consumption. The moment when wind and light produce the strongest output is often not the moment when electricity is most scarce. The problem of not wasting excess electricity and having enough electricity to cope with shortages is an unavoidable challenge for Turpan, an energy highland.

On September 21, 2026, the answer was to start construction in Shanshan County. Yuanpai (Xinjiang) Energy Development Co., Ltd. has laid the foundation for the 200000 kW/800000 kWh electrochemical independent energy storage power station project in Shanshan County, and the autonomous region level key project with a total investment of 750 million yuan has entered the substantive construction stage. Zhang Hao, a member of the Standing Committee of the County Party Committee, attended the groundbreaking ceremony and delivered a speech. The heads of relevant county units, enterprise representatives, and project guests witnessed this moment together.

Super power bank on the Gobi Desert

This is an electrochemical independent energy storage power station with a power output of 200000 kilowatts and a capacity of 800000 kilowatt hours, with a storage time of up to 4 hours, using a grid construction technology route. Simply put, it is like a huge power bank: it stores electricity during peak periods and releases it when power is tight, completing a charging and discharging cycle within a day. Compared to conventional energy storage, grid type equipment can actively support grid voltage and frequency, providing stable support for high proportion new energy access. Xinjiang has put into use the first set of energy grid type SVG in Turpan, and this technology is becoming a key puzzle for the new power system.

Connect to the Loulan Power Grid

The project will synchronously support the construction of Turpan Hengxi 220 kV energy storage and boosting station. It is planned to connect two 220 kV lines π to Loulan 750 kV substation, and is expected to be completed and put into operation in June 2027. The Loulan 750 kV power transmission and transformation project is a key project to strengthen the power grid in eastern Xinjiang. It is of great significance for Turpan to promote leading industries such as silicon-based new materials, green new energy, petroleum and natural gas chemical industry, coal and electricity chemical industry, etc. Shanshan has grown into a well-known hub for the silicon industry. The planned power load for future expansion projects in the park exceeds 3 million kilowatts. An energy storage power station on a desert desert affects the power supply safety of the load center in eastern Xinjiang.

Why did Luozi Shanshan fall

Turpan is known as a wind reservoir and a fire island, with an economically exploitable photovoltaic technology capacity of 98 million kilowatts. With the first batch of 200000 kilowatts of photovoltaic integration project in Shanshan County of State Power Investment Corporation connected to the grid, the installed capacity of new energy in Turpan power grid has reached 10.17 million kilowatts, ranking among the 10 million kilowatt level new energy bases. The larger the scale, the more important the regulation. By the end of 2025, the installed capacity of new energy storage in Xinjiang power grid will reach 2015.04 million kilowatts/705.376 million kilowatt hours, ranking among the top in the country; In 2026, Xinjiang will further improve the capacity pricing mechanism on the power generation side, and incorporate independent new energy storage on the grid side into institutionalized compensation, providing investors with clearer income expectations.keywords:New energy information network

After being completed and put into operation in June 2027, this power station will undertake the core functions of peak shaving and frequency regulation, peak shaving and valley filling, and consumption of new energy, helping to achieve dual control of regional energy consumption and carbon emissions, accelerating the green transformation and upgrading of local industries, and becoming another practice to implement the construction of a new regional power system and promote the implementation of dual carbon goals.Editor/Yang Meiling