The National Development and Reform Commission and the National Energy Administration have deployed plans to accelerate the development and construction of pumped hydro energy storage projects during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period

The notice pointed out that accelerating the development of pumped hydro energy storage is important for accelerating the construction of new power systems, promoting the large-scale and high-proportion development of renewable energy, achieving the goal of carbon peak carbon neutrality, and ensuring the safety of the power system. It plays an important role in stabilizing operation, improving energy security, promoting the expansion of effective investment, and maintaining stable and healthy economic and social development. The "14th Five-Year Plan" is a critical period for implementing the "Medium and Long-term Development Plan for Pumped Hydropower Storage (2021-2035)" and accelerating the high-quality development of pumped hydropower storage. It is of great significance to do a good job in the development and construction of pumped storage energy projects during the "14th Five-Year Plan".

The notice requires that the development and reform commissions and energy bureaus of all provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) should regard the development and construction of pumped storage energy projects as current important energy work, and strengthen organizational management and overall coordination. Organize the project unit to do the preliminary work of the project, urge the local government where the project is located to establish a working mechanism, and actively support and cooperate with the project unit to carry out the work. While accelerating project approval, we will strengthen departmental coordination, promote the acceleration of project land use, environmental impact assessment and other approval procedures, and start construction of projects that meet the conditions to start construction as soon as possible.

The notice requires that the central energy enterprises responsible for the development and construction of pumped storage energy projects must optimize and improve internal processes, improve the efficiency of project investment decision-making, bidding and other work, and speed up the investment of funds, manpower and other elements. , support project approval and start of construction. In the planning and implementation of the power grid, power grid enterprises should do a good job in connecting with the construction of pumped storage energy projects in various provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities), and accelerate the construction of grid-connected projects based on the design of the project access system.

The notice emphasizes the need to make good use of the land security coordination mechanism for major national projects and increase land security for qualified pumped hydro energy storage projects. In the entire process of pumped storage energy projects, including preliminary work, project construction, operation and management, we must strictly implement ecological environmental protection laws, regulations and related requirements, implement ecological protection measures, and achieve coordinated development with the ecological environment. With the two-part electricity price as the main body, the electricity price is formed through a competitive approach, the capacity electricity price is included in the transmission and distribution price recovery, and pumped storage power stations are promoted to participate in the market as independent entities.

The notice emphasizes strengthening the management of the pumped hydro energy storage industry and establishing a dispatching and coordination mechanism., coordinate to solve major problems. Give full play to the role of industry organizations and strengthen industry training, education and capacity improvement. Strengthen the coordination of industrial chains such as project investment, design, construction, and equipment manufacturing. In areas where large-scale wind power and photovoltaic bases are located, the planning and construction of pumped storage energy storage must be well connected and coordinated with the planning and project layout of large-scale wind power and photovoltaic bases and transmission channels to promote the transmission of electricity.

The notice emphasizes that all units must fulfill their responsibilities in accordance with the requirements, increase their efforts, carry out work promptly, and accelerate the development and construction of pumped hydro energy storage projects. The development and reform commissions and energy bureaus of all provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) are requested to follow the principle of verifying as much as possible and developing as much as possible, to accelerate the approval of pumped hydro energy projects in 2022, ensure that a batch of projects are approved before the end of 2022, and do a good job in coordinating with The connection of the follow-up annual approval work of the "14th Five-Year Plan" will promote the sound, fast, large-scale and high-quality development of pumped hydro energy.