By Che Pan and Eduardo Baptista
BEIJING, June 25 (Rtrs) – China will encourage the direct connection of green power to data center projects in its latest blueprint for building a new energy system from 2026 to 2030, the National Development and Reform Commission and the National Energy Administration said in a document released on Thursday.
Key details include:
• China will support green power direct connection projects in emerging industries including data centers, energy-intensive industries subject to green electricity consumption requirements and export-oriented companies that need traceability for green power use.
• China will encourage industrial parks, zero-carbon parks and distribution networks to expand multi-user green power direct-connection models.
• By 2030, China’s power grid is expected to have the capacity to integrate 900 million kilowatts of new energy.
• China will accelerate the development of smart grids, build intelligent dispatch systems and improve the grid integration and consumption of renewable energy.
(Reporting by Che Pan and Eduardo Baptista; Editing by Thomas Derpinghaus)
