Clearly, the predominant types of energy storage installations in China at present are still mandated installations for renewable energy and standalone energy storage. The primary driver behind the surge in domestic energy storage installations is the mandatory installation requirements.
China’s energy storage capacity accounted for 22% of global installed capacity, reaching 46.1 GW in 2021 [ 5 ]. Of these, 39.8 GW is used in pumped-storage hydropower (PSH), which is the most widely used storage technology.
Furthermore, the sustained growth in the demand for utility-scale Energy Storage Systems (ESS), driven by challenges in the consumption of wind and solar energy, is noteworthy. TrendForce predicts that China's new utility-scale installations could reach 24.8 gigawatts and 55 gigawatt-hours in 2024.
The large-scale development of energy storage technologies will address China’s flexibility challenge in the power grid, enabling the high penetration of renewable sources. This article intends to fill the existing research gap in energy storage technologies through the lens of policy and finance.
While energy storage development is accelerating in China and other higher-income countries, the share of investment volume in storage technologies out of all forms of clean energy investments is very small.
Of these, 39.8 GW is used in pumped-storage hydropower (PSH), which is the most widely used storage technology. The share of novel energy storage technologies represents only 12.5% of the total installed capacity in China, where electrochemical storage is the most technically viable technology, followed by fast-growing compressed-air storage.
China''s role in scaling up energy storage investments
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