The city of Ulanqab in Inner Mongolia, China, has assigned five independent storage projects to developers including Datang and China Resources New Energy.
Ulanqab, in China’s Inner Mongolia autonomous region, has selected five companies to develop 1.1 GW/4.4 GWh of independent new energy storage projects, according to an announcement released by the Ulanqab Municipal Development and Reform Commission in July.
The projects will be built in Chahar Right Rear Banner and Siziwang Banner, two county-level areas under Ulanqab’s administration. They are structured as five four-hour independent storage stations, with individual project sizes of either 200 MW/800 MWh or 300 MW/1,200 MWh.
Two 200 MW/800 MWh projects will connect to the Sudun 500 kV substation, while another two projects of the same size will connect to the Hongliang 500 kV substation. The largest single project, at 300 MW/1,200 MWh, will connect to the Ruisheng 500 kV substation.
The selected implementation entities include Datang (Siziwang Banner) Wind Power Co., Ltd., which will develop the 300 MW/1,200 MWh Ruisheng project. China Resources Runke New Energy (Chahar Right Rear Banner) Co., Ltd. was selected for one of the Sudun-connected 200 MW/800 MWh projects.
