Five things powering China's energy storage boom

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An electricity storage facility under construction in Minle county in northwest China's Gansu province in November 2022. (Feature China/Future Publishing via Getty Images)

LU YUTONG and MO YELIN, Caixin

China's energy storage sector is growing rapidly, with planned capacity based on newly published tenders of projects topping 19 gigawatts for the first five months of this year, up 93.5% from the same period last year, according to a report released late last month by Haitong Securities.

By 2027, China is expected to have a total new energy storage capacity of 97 GW, with a 49.3% compound annual growth rate from 2023 to 2027, the report said, citing data from industry group the China Energy Storage Alliance (CNESA). New energy storage systems in China are largely based on lithium-ion battery technology.

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