In September 2026, at the China International Intelligent Manufacturing and Power Industry Development Forum of the 2026 Beijing Service Trade Fair, the International Academician Science and Technology Innovation Center, Beijing Power Industry Association, and relevant parties in Kazakhstan signed a cooperation agreement for a 7GW photovoltaic storage charging and power generation project. The total investment of the project is about 8 billion US dollars, equivalent to 53.7 billion yuan, making it one of the largest collaborations in the field of green energy between China and Kazakhstan in recent years. The value of this order lies in four areas: the phased construction of seven solar energy storage charging and power generation clusters, the construction of 2500 to 4000 kilometers of private power grids, the deployment of 12 to 18 GWh energy storage systems, and the construction of a power purchase agreement combination covering the industrial, data center, and telecommunications fields. Electricity generation, transmission, storage, and sales are interconnected.

Adequate communication and coordination have been carried out before signing the contract

Signing a contract is not a last-minute decision. Before signing the contract, the implementation plan has been fully communicated and coordinated with the competent departments of Kazakhstan, the power grid system operator KEGOC, the unified renewable energy purchasing agency, large industrial users, and local governments. The day after signing the contract, both parties held talks on matters such as project launch, inspection in Kazakhstan, and the establishment of a joint venture company. Next, a project joint command center will be established to collaborate with domestic energy investment institutions and construction units to jointly promote the establishment of project operation companies. However, the project is still in the stage of signing and implementation preparation, and the specific site, investment subject, government approval, grid connection plan, PPA signing, financing loop, and EPC procurement arrangement are yet to be clarified. The big order is just the beginning, the real test is still ahead.

China Kazakhstan new energy cooperation has already laid the foundation

China and Kazakhstan have already laid the groundwork in the field of new energy. The Karaganda 500MW wind storage project invested by China Energy Engineering Corporation, with supporting 150MW/300MWh energy storage, is one of the largest single wind power projects in Kazakhstan; The Milne 1GW wind power project led by Farview Technology, with supporting 300MW/600MWh energy storage; The Pavlodar 1GW wind power supporting energy storage project, a collaboration between State Power Investment Corporation and local companies, has a total investment of approximately 1.2 billion US dollars and is planned to be put into operation in 2029. These projects are like stepping stones, exploring for larger scale collaboration. Keywords: New energy news and information, photovoltaics, energy storage

Operation of China's Energy Storage Offshore System

By September 2026, the energy storage orders signed by Chinese companies had exceeded 230 GWh. Sunshine Power has signed a two-year framework agreement with be. storage, with an expected cooperation scale of 1.6GWh. Recently, overseas energy storage orders have approached 2.6GWh. Yiwei Power, a subsidiary of Yiwei Lithium Energy, signed a supply framework agreement with Fluence, agreeing to produce and deliver 206GWh batteries from 2027 to 2031. At the same time, it has agreed with China Railway Beijing Bureau to cooperate on energy storage projects with a scale of no less than 5GWh in the next three years. Guoxuan High Tech has secured a core 6GWh energy storage order in Saudi Arabia, and Huawei's battery energy storage system technology has been recognized by three Thai companies. Zhongke Haina and South Korea's VOLTA have entered into a 5-year long-term supply agreement for 10GWh sodium ion batteries. From Kazakhstan's 7GW solar energy storage and charging blueprint to the surge of orders exceeding 230GWh in September, Chinese energy storage companies are transforming their overseas expansion from a single breakthrough point to a systematic operation.Editor/Gao Xue