Recently,Fujian, Huaihe Energy and CATL signed a contract at the table. A state-owned energy company in Anhui Province, which focuses on coal-fired power, has placed its energy storage and zero carbon scenarios during the 15th Five Year Plan period on a battery giant. From Huainan mining area to Shanghai energy storage demonstration project, from photovoltaic in coal mining subsidence areas to cross regional virtual power plant aggregation, this cooperation path points to a more comprehensive positioning: traditional energy enterprises are no longer just purchasers of energy storage equipment, but are becoming organizers of zero carbon scenarios and operators of power flexibility.

Strategic agreement signing

According to the agreement, during the 15th Five Year Plan period, both parties will leverage the advantages of industrial chain synergy, promote investment and development of wind power, photovoltaic and multi energy complementary projects, and jointly build new energy storage power stations and other power infrastructure. Energy storage power stations are not isolated, they are embedded between multiple scenarios such as virtual power plant operation, source grid load storage coupling, zero carbon mines, zero carbon industrial parks, and zero carbon logistics, forming a complete chain from power infrastructure to end use energy scenarios. The agreement also includes intended directions: collaborative exploration and development of Shanghai energy storage demonstration projects, promotion of microgrids, virtual power plants, and green power trading, exploration of cross regional energy linkage, and related projects are still in the early planning stage

The virtual power plant has been operational

The trump card of Huaihe Energy is not in coal mines, but on the power side. Its joint-stock company has an integrated resource structure for selling electricity, and holds dual licenses for virtual power plants and electricity sales. According to publicly available research information from listed companies, as of the first half of 2026, the Huaihe Energy Virtual Power Plant has an aggregated scale of 282000 kilowatts and an adjustable load of 26600 kilowatts. It has been called upon 12 times in the first half of the year, generating a total revenue of over 1.6 million yuan. The scale is not large, but it means that Huaihe Energy has already implemented a closed-loop system of aggregating loads, accepting calls, and obtaining profits, and has practical operational experience in organizing distributed resources to participate in power system regulation. When such a company talks about energy storage cooperation with CATL, it brings not only the project site and funds, but also a set of operational scheduling and trading capabilities to the negotiating table. Keywords: New energy news and information, enterprise cooperation, energy storage

Zero carbon scenario reconstruction

Based on the zero carbon technology combination that has been verified in multiple scenarios by CATL, both parties are expected to carry out deep collaboration in energy storage and other fields. Taking the energy storage side Tianheng sodium electricity system as an example, the system has a cycle life of 15000 times, a capacity retention rate of over 92% at minus 20 degrees Celsius, and a maximum energy of over 30MWh per set. The design of separating the energy and power compartments supports flexible configuration for 1 to 8 hours. On the scene side, Ningde Times' commercial vehicle charging and swapping network and energy storage supporting technology can be integrated with the mining scene of Huaihe Energy, combined with the photovoltaic resources in coal mining subsidence areas, to promote the construction of charging and swapping infrastructure for mines and heavy truck logistics, as well as the landing of zero carbon industrial parks. The coal mining subsidence area of a coal enterprise belongs to the ecological restoration burden from a traditional perspective, but relying on the combination of photovoltaic, energy storage, charging and swapping, it is expected to be developed into a valuable site resource for zero carbon mines and zero carbon logistics. When the role of coal-fired power shifts from being the main source of electricity to regulating and supporting, energy storage becomes a variable that must be captured from the increment that can be achieved. Huaihe Energy chooses to undertake this variable through industrial synergy, and whether the path can be achieved is worth continuous observation.Editor/Gao Xue