Recently, the National Development and Reform Commission issued an opinion to promote and implement the accelerated improvement of the pumped-storage price mechanism. It proposes to form electricity price in a competitive way, give full play to the role of the electricity price signal, mobilize the polarity of all areas, and accelerate the development of pumped-storage power plants and give full play to the comprehensive Benefits create more favorable conditions. According to the Qinghai Provincial Energy Bureau, 11 pumped storage power plant projects in Qinghai Province have been included in the national "14th Five-Year Plan" key implementation plan, with a total installed capacity of 18.7 million kilowatts. These projects will meet the needs of new power system construction and large-scale high-proportion new energy development, and help carbon peak and carbon neutral goals.

According to reports, a pumped storage power station is a hydropower station that uses electricity to pump water to a high place for storage and release water to generate electricity when the power system is insufficient. This type of power station has multiple functions such as peak regulation, frequency regulation, energy storage, and accident backup, which can ensure the safe and stable economic operation of the power system, increase the consumption of new energy power, and are important to promote the adjustment of energy structure and promote the high-quality and sustainable development of the power system. significance.

Previously, in order to do a good job in the planning and selection of pumped-storage power stations, the Qinghai Energy Bureau actively coordinated with relevant units, comprehensively considered boundary conditions such as ecological red lines and grid requirements, and scientifically and rationally determined recommended sites. Among them, 11 projects such as Guinan Warang and Golmud Nanshan Pass were included in the national "14th Five-Year Plan" key implementation plan.

The scale of new energy has expanded and new requirements have been placed on land use. It is necessary to coordinate the development of new energy and pumped storage with the use of land resources and environmental protection, better solve the relationship between development and protection, and help the transformation and transformation of energy structure. The "dual carbon" goal has been achieved. In the next step, the Qinghai Provincial Energy Bureau will formulate a mid- and long-term plan and implementation plan for pumped storage as soon as possible, and actively promote project construction. At the same time, the main investment entities of pumped-storage power plant projects will be determined through bidding and market bidding, and social capital will be encouraged to invest in the construction of pumped-storage projects, and the planned key implementation projects will be started as soon as possible. Editor/Xu Shengpeng