On April 22, 2023, Hebei Province announced the first batch of projects under its 2025 Annual Development and Construction Plan for Wind and Solar Energy. This initial list includes a total of 50 projects with a combined capacity of 4.48 GW. Among these, there are 27 wind power projects with a total capacity of 2.76 GW and 23 solar power projects with a total capacity of 1.72 GW. All projects are required to be connected to the grid by the end of June 2028.
According to the application requirements for these projects, all are market-oriented grid connection projects. The scale of each project has been allocated based on factors such as the remaining resources in each city and the development progress of approved projects. Applications must follow one of three configurations: multi-energy complementarity, source-grid-load-storage, or a standardized configuration of 20% capacity with 4 hours of storage. If all projects adopt the 20%/4h storage configuration, the estimated storage demand could reach 896 MW / 3584 MWh.
Leading project owners include the State Energy Group, China Huadian, and China Huaneng, securing project scales of 910 MW, 644 MW, and 350 MW respectively. These projects could correspond to storage requirements of 182 MW / 728 MWh, 128.8 MW / 515.2 MWh, and 70 MW / 280 MWh respectively. Other companies such as China National Nuclear Corporation, China Datang, JinkoSolar, China Energy Engineering Corporation, China General Nuclear Power Group, China Three Gorges Corporation, and JA Solar Technology have also obtained varying scales of development.
In terms of allocation by city, Cangzhou, Tangshan, and Baoding have the highest project capacities, with market-oriented projects of 900 MW, 770 MW, and 670 MW respectively. This corresponds to potential storage scales of 180 MW / 720 MWh, 154 MW / 616 MWh, and 134 MW / 536 MWh.
The original policy details can be found in the official announcement.
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