Minle County Accelerates New Energy Industry Development, Strives for National Recognition

Strategic Insights -

Minle County in Gansu Province, China, has actively leveraged the opportunities in the new energy industry, using the construction of new energy projects as a key driver for comprehensive development and green transformation of its economy and society. By providing policy guidance and planning, the county has compiled and completed a series of planning documents, including the "Minle County 14th Five-Year Plan for New Energy Industry Development" and the "Minle County New Energy and New Energy Equipment Manufacturing Industry Quality Upgrade Implementation Plan." This has attracted numerous new energy companies and laid a solid policy foundation for new energy project development.

Key Takeaways:

  • Minle County has completed and connected to the grid the 200,000-kilowatt photovoltaic project at Sanduntan, Chunhe Minle, China Power Investment Corporation, generating approximately 445 million kilowatt-hours of electricity annually and saving 186,800 tons of standard coal annually.
  • The county is actively promoting the development of the new energy industry, attracting multiple new energy companies, and laying a solid policy foundation for new energy project development through policy guidance and planning.
  • Minle County has established a working mechanism, including a dual-insurance system and a "red, yellow, and blue" early warning system, to integrate the efforts of multiple departments and achieve a "one-stop" approach to project procedures.
  • The county has innovated project development and approval procedures, significantly reducing the average processing time for preliminary procedures for new energy projects to 30 working days.
  • Gansu Province has completed the first and largest single-unit grid-side shared energy storage power station, a 150MW/300MWh shared energy storage power station, and an 800-megawatt high-efficiency photovoltaic module production line.
  • The booming new energy industry has driven economic growth, increased employment, and attracted a large number of talented individuals, injects strong impetus into the high-quality development of the county's economy.
  • Minle County aims to become a nationally recognized comprehensive energy base, with the green new energy industry becoming a "new engine" driving the high-quality development of the county's economy.

Statistics:

  • 445 million kilowatt-hours of electricity generated annually from the completed photovoltaic power generation projects under the 14th Five-Year Plan.
  • 186,800 tons of standard coal saved annually from the completed photovoltaic power generation projects under the 14th Five-Year Plan.
  • 600,000 tons of carbon dioxide emissions reduced annually from the completed photovoltaic power generation projects under the 14th Five-Year Plan.
  • 30 working days as the average processing time for preliminary procedures for new energy projects.
  • 150MW/300MWh as the capacity of the first and largest single-unit grid-side shared energy storage power station.
  • 800 megawatts as the capacity of the high-efficiency photovoltaic module production line.

Sources:

  • http://www.gsml.gov.cn/zwdt/bmdt/202508/t20250829_1445489.html