Guangdong Launches 2026 Bidding for New Energy Projects with Eligibility Criteria

The MIIT and the NDRC recently jointly issued the "15th Five-Year Plan for the Development of the Electronic Information Manufacturing Industry." The plan proposes consolidating the advantages of the energy electronics industry. It calls for continued coordinated development of energy electronics technologies such as "PV, energy storage, terminals, and information." It also calls for further promoting the iterative upgrading of high-efficiency crystalline silicon PV cell technology, developing next-generation high-efficiency PV cell technologies such as perovskite tandem cells and supporting equipment and materials, developing and promoting highly reliable and intelligent PV modules and intelligent O&M technologies for PV systems, and expanding "PV+" application scenarios. It aims to enhance the innovation capability of the entire industry chain for new-type batteries, consolidate the competitive advantages of lithium batteries, continue to promote the industrialisation of solid-state batteries, sodium-ion batteries, flow batteries, and fuel cells, drive the intelligent, green, and integrated development of new-type batteries, and support the application of new-type batteries in scenarios such as smart terminals, NEVs, ships, aviation, intelligent robots, construction machinery, and agricultural machinery. It also calls for accelerating the R&D and supply of key power electronics technologies, improving the supply capability of key core devices and components, and enhancing the efficient integration and precise control of ESS.

Bangladesh's Energy Minister Iqbal Hasan Mahmood said on Monday that the country plans to install 10,000 megawatts of solar power capacity over the next five years. He said the government is also offering incentives to solar and lithium battery investors, including a five-year tax holiday.

On the afternoon of September 8, the Changfeng County government signed a cooperation agreement with CALB, officially settling the CALB Hefei Research Institute in the area. The project includes a pilot line, R&D laboratories, and an experimental testing center, and will carry out R&D and experimental testing of lithium batteries and related products.