[SMM PV Flash] China Power Construction 80 MW PV Project Announced

On September 17, the Suichang Branch of the Lishui Municipal Ecology and Environment Bureau in Zhejiang Province issued a public notice regarding the acceptance of the environmental impact assessment documents for the Huaneng Suichang 1.5 million kW agrivoltaic complementary PV power generation project. According to the notice, the project is located on garden plots in six townships of Suichang County, Lishui City, Zhejiang Province: Dazhe Town, Shilian Town, Jinzhu Town, Hushan Township, Jiaotan Township, and Caiyuan Township. It is to be constructed by the Clean Energy Branch of Huaneng (Zhejiang) Energy Development Co., Ltd., with a total investment of 5,186,042,300 yuan. The planned scale of the PV plant for this project is an AC-side installed capacity of 1,491.3 MW and a DC-side installed capacity of 1,514.71894 MW. The power generation system adopts a block-based generation and centralized grid connection approach, with all generation units using string inverters and a centralized step-up scheme.

Recently, the Gansu Badain Jaran Desert base 11 million kW new energy project of Longyuan Power, a subsidiary of CHN Energy, officially received project approval from the group company, laying the foundation for the project's lawful and compliant development. The project is located in Jinta County, Jiuquan City, and Gaotai County, Zhangye City, Gansu Province. It is a key project of the national desert-Gobi-wasteland large-scale wind and PV base, as well as an important supporting power source project for the "Longdian into Sichuan" ±800 kV UHVDC transmission project. The project is planned to have a total installed capacity of 11 million kW, including 4.3 million kW of wind power and 6.7 million kW of PV power generation. Public information shows that the base project is also equipped with 4 million kW of peak-shaving thermal power, 1.4 million kW/5.6 million kWh of energy storage, and an additional 200,000 kW of solar thermal power, achieving cross-provincial power consumption through UHV transmission channels.

Low Carbon has unveiled early-stage plans for the 500 MW West Oxfordshire Energy Park, combining solar generation with battery storage and associated electrical infrastructure; the storage capacity has not yet been disclosed. Public consultation is planned for early 2027, and the project will require a Development Consent Order as a Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project. If approved, the development could generate electricity equivalent to the annual demand of around 145,000 homes and avoid up to 154,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions each year.