A series of energy storage power stations have landed one after another on the vast desert and Gobi Desert. Xinjiang, relying on its abundant wind and solar resources, has launched a diversified energy storage layout, laying a solid buffer zone for the smooth integration of large-scale new energy into the grid and giving the country more confidence in ensuring energy supply.

As of the end of September 2026, the installed capacity of new energy storage in Xinjiang power grid has reached 25.115 million kilowatts, with an additional 4.964 million kilowatts added during the year, ranking first in the country in terms of installed capacity.

As a strategic guarantee base for China's energy resources, Xinjiang continues to accelerate the construction of the Shagehuang large base and simultaneously promote diversified new energy storage layouts. At present, an energy storage industry system has been formed with the coordinated development of multiple technological routes such as lithium iron phosphate, vanadium flow, sodium ions, flywheels, supercapacitors, and compressed air. The technology types are complete and the application scenarios are rich, providing stable, reliable, and diverse regulatory support for large-scale new energy grid integration and consumption. The Shache Xinhua Photovoltaic Industrial Park Energy Storage Station, located in Shache County, Kashgar Prefecture, is the largest electrochemical energy storage station in the country.

Activate energy storage regulation efficiency

Building energy storage requires more efficient utilization. State Grid Xinjiang Electric Power actively serves the large-scale development of new energy storage, and the regulatory value of energy storage resources is being continuously released. In 2025, the cumulative charging capacity of new energy storage in Xinjiang's power grid will be 9.1 billion kilowatt hours, a year-on-year increase of 103%, and the equivalent utilization hours will be 1733 hours, an increase of 44 hours from the previous year. From January to September 2026, the new energy storage capacity of Xinjiang power grid will have a charging capacity of 10.71 billion kWh and a discharging capacity of 9.0 billion kWh, with 1163 hours of energy storage utilization, including 1361 hours of independent energy storage utilization.

Defend the bottom line of power grid safety

The higher the proportion of new energy, the more stable the power grid needs. The development of grid based energy storage has become a key factor in ensuring the safe and stable operation of Xinjiang's high proportion new energy grid. Keywords: Xinjiang New Energy Storage, New Energy Consumption

At present, the installed capacity of grid type energy storage in Xinjiang has reached 6.61 million kilowatts, ranking among the top in China. Xinjiang has comprehensively improved the short-circuit support capability of the power grid by operating 99 distributed phase-shifting cameras, 9 grid type energy storage units, and 10 grid type static reactive power generators. State Grid Xinjiang Electric Power continues to play a role in energy storage regulation, accelerating the grid connection of 2 million kilowatts of new energy storage projects in 9 regions, while increasing the proportion of grid construction and long-term energy storage, and promoting efficient power generation and utilization of new energy.Editor/Min Jing