The energy consumption and carbon emissions of high energy consuming industries constrain green development. Guangdong has coordinated over a thousand renovation projects and released a three-year carbon reduction plan with photovoltaic energy storage as the focus.

Introduce a tough plan to clarify the three-year carbon reduction target

On September 24, 2026, six departments jointly issued a three-year action plan for energy conservation and carbon reduction, supporting a reserve list of 1206 projects, and numerous energy storage photovoltaic projects on the power and user sides were put into storage. The plan sets hard targets for the end of 2028: the average energy efficiency benchmark capacity of the eight key industries will increase by 20 percentage points, the coal-fired power industry will increase by 15 percentage points, the PUE of data centers will be below 1.3, and inefficient capacity will be basically eliminated; Accumulated coal savings of 4 million tons of standard coal and carbon reduction of 12 million tons over three years.

Classification and implementation of policies for various industries, with cement enterprises supporting photovoltaic energy storage to explore the value of waste heat; Installing energy and heat storage on coal-fired power units with a capacity of over 300000 kilowatts, combined with technologies such as CCUS and green ammonia co firing, can reduce carbon emissions per kilowatt hour by 10% to 20%; Ceramic, textile, cement and other manufacturing enterprises are simultaneously laying out optical storage supporting facilities.

Diversified energy storage projects cover the commercial scenarios of thermal and electrical engineering

The transformation of thermal power storage frequency regulation on the power side is accelerating, and Guangdong Electric Power Shaoguan, Bohe, and Yunhe Power Plants have respectively deployed semi-solid energy storage systems of different scales for unit grid frequency regulation. The equipment is uniformly controlled and connected to the provincial energy storage supervision platform. Batch promotion of user side industrial and commercial photovoltaic energy storage projects, with ceramic, cement, and textile enterprises supporting photovoltaic energy storage to achieve energy conservation and carbon reduction, and some enterprises piloting green hydrogen; Hengyun Power Plant will build a new cogeneration unit and synchronously configure photovoltaic energy storage supporting facilities to reduce costs and increase efficiency.

Multiple policy guarantees promote the implementation and effectiveness of transformation

Guangdong is building a comprehensive support system for funding, electricity prices, carbon markets, and regulation. Strive for special funds at all levels and implement tax incentives, and implement a differential electricity price of 0.1 yuan per kilowatt hour for enterprises that do not meet energy efficiency standards; The emission reduction from enterprise transformation can be used for carbon replacement in the two high projects, relying on carbon finance and transformation finance to reduce the financing pressure on enterprises. Keywords: energy conservation and carbon reduction, energy storage, photovoltaics

Strict energy efficiency time limit control will be implemented throughout the province, and all enterprises will complete energy efficiency upgrades by the end of 2028, with production capacity being shut down after the deadline; Establish a provincial-level intelligent monitoring platform for energy consumption and carbon emissions, and issue monthly warnings on the progress of renovation. At the same time, promoting contract energy management and introducing social capital, state-owned enterprises take the lead in completing the transformation, and non compliant enterprises cancel energy-saving financial subsidies.Editor/Huang jiali