A landmark document! The logic of new‑energy development has shifted: the focus is no longer on assembling individual components, but on system integration.

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On November 12, the National Energy Administration issued the “Guiding Opinions on Promoting the Integrated and Coordinated Development of New Energy” (the full text is attached), which calls for transforming the development, construction, and operation models of new energy and, through integrated and coordinated development, enhancing the absorption and utilization of new energy.

 

This aligns with and reinforces the National Development and Reform Commission’s earlier “Guiding Opinions on Promoting the Consumption and Regulation of New Energy,” reflecting a shift in China’s approach to new‑energy development during the 15th Five‑Year Plan period—from an emphasis on quantitative growth to qualitative advancement; from standalone wind and solar grid integration to complementary multi‑energy systems; from electricity generation to holistic industrial‑chain coupling; and from electricity‑based applications to non‑electric uses. It places greater emphasis on the “development plus industrialization” dimension.

 

The “Guiding Opinions on Promoting the Integrated and Coordinated Development of New Energy” (hereinafter referred to as the “Opinions”) points out that, as the scale of new energy continues to expand and its share of total electricity generation rises, system integration and accommodation pressures are steadily mounting, while securing land‑use and other resource‑related prerequisites is becoming increasingly challenging. There is an urgent need to transform the approaches to new‑energy development, construction, and operation, so as to achieve integrated and coordinated development.

 

The “Opinions” propose that, By 2030, integrated and synergistic development will have become a key approach to new‑energy growth, with significantly enhanced reliability in replacing conventional energy sources and markedly improved market competitiveness. This will provide robust support for the comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development, while ensuring a safer, more reliable supply of clean energy to accelerate the advancement of Chinese‑style modernization.

 

The “Opinions” categorize the integrated and synergistic development of new energy into three dimensions: multidimensional integrated development of new energy, coordinated development between new energy and multiple industries, and diversified non-electric applications of new energy, and set forth corresponding policy measures for each.

 

With regard to accelerating the multidimensional, integrated development of new energy, the “Opinions” stipulate:

 

First, enhance the level of diversified, complementary development of new energy sources; optimize the power‑source mix and the storage‑to‑generation ratio at “desert, gobi, and荒” new‑energy bases; actively advance integrated hydropower–wind–solar development in major river basins; and promote complementary development of centralized new‑energy projects within provinces, integrating wind, solar, gas, and storage. Second, strengthen intensive and multifunctional land use for new‑energy development, encouraging compact site selection and cluster‑based deployment to achieve shared utilization of site space, infrastructure, and ancillary capacity. Third, advance the cross‑sectoral integration and multi‑field development of distributed new energy, fostering its application in transportation, buildings, agriculture, and rural areas. Fourth, implement coordinated, joint optimization and control of diverse new‑energy sources, encouraging their seamless integration across dispatching and operation, market participation, and asset management, thereby enhancing system compatibility and market competitiveness.

 

With regard to vigorously promoting the coordinated development of new energy and multiple industries, the “Opinions” stipulate:

 

First, accelerate the “green‑for‑green” approach across the new‑energy industry chain, enhancing the integration of green electricity in new‑energy equipment manufacturing and improving spatial agglomeration efficiency, while supporting the development of low‑carbon and zero‑carbon industrial parks that feature complementary energy sources and a high degree of self‑sufficiency. Second, coordinate the synergistic optimization and upgrading of new‑energy sectors with traditional industries, leveraging new‑energy resources to guide the rational allocation of major productive forces and infrastructure, and encouraging traditional industries to increase their use of renewable power through process improvements, strategic energy‑storage deployment, and green product design, thereby establishing a new industrial energy‑use system aligned with the characteristics of new energy. Third, actively promote the integrated and mutually reinforcing development of new energy and emerging industries, advancing coordinated planning between new‑energy hubs and computing‑power facilities, fostering the seamless integration of power and computing networks, and facilitating the joint spatial planning and cluster‑based growth of emerging sectors such as advanced materials, high‑end equipment manufacturing, and energy conservation and environmental protection, all in tandem with new‑energy initiatives.

 

In actively promoting the diversified non-electric utilization of new energy, the “Opinions” stipulate:

 

First, we will focus on elevating the coordinated development of wind, solar, hydrogen, and energy storage, enhancing integrated control and self‑balancing capabilities across these sectors, and advancing low‑grid‑connectivity and off‑grid hydrogen production. Second, we will steadily build a comprehensive green hydrogen–ammonia–alcohol (hydrogen‑based energy) industrial base, scientifically plan the green hydrogen–ammonia–alcohol industry and its transport infrastructure, and promote the application of green hydrogen–ammonia–alcohol in coal chemical processing, metallurgy, shipping, and other sectors. Third, we will systematically advance new‑energy‑based heating and cooling through diverse approaches such as geothermal energy, biomass, and renewable‑electricity‑driven district heating, while unlocking and leveraging the flexible regulation potential of thermal systems.

 

Recently, a series of policies have been rolled out to support new energy, providing policy guidance for its integration with manufacturing, non‑electric applications, and industrial‑chain transformation, thereby driving the expansion of the green economy and industrial upgrading.

 

For the new‑energy industry, this means that companies developing renewable energy must not only invest in and build projects such as wind, solar, energy storage, and hydrogen (the development side), but also address transmission, grid connection, load matching, and industrial support (the consumption side). This, in turn, creates new opportunities for initiatives like green‑power direct supply, source‑grid‑load‑storage integration, and diversified non‑electric applications.

 

 

The original text is as follows:

 

 

National Energy Administration

Guiding Opinions on Promoting the Integrated and Coordinated Development of New Energy

 

Guoneng Fa Xineng [2025] No. 93

 

To the Energy Bureaus of all provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the central government; to the Development and Reform Commissions of relevant provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the central government, and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps; to all dispatched agencies; and to relevant power enterprises:

 

Since the launch of the 14th Five-Year Plan, guided by the “dual carbon” strategic goals, China’s new‑energy sector has achieved leapfrog development. The installed capacity of new energy has, for the first time in history, surpassed that of thermal power, marking entry into a new stage of growth. At the same time, as the scale of new energy continues to expand and its share of total electricity generation rises, system integration and accommodation pressures are mounting, and securing land and other key resources is becoming increasingly challenging. There is an urgent need to transform the approaches to new‑energy development, construction, and operation, and to pursue integrated, synergistic development. In this context, the following recommendations are put forward to promote the integrated and coordinated development of new energy.

 

I. General Requirements

 

Guided by Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, we will comprehensively implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the resolutions of all plenary sessions of the 20th Central Committee, fully, accurately, and comprehensively apply the new development philosophy, and deeply advance the new energy security strategy. We will uphold systematic integration and holistic development, coordinate the large-scale deployment of new energy with its high‑level absorption, strengthen integrated development across multiple energy sources, and enhance supply reliability and system stability. We will prioritize technological innovation and industrial synergy, accelerate the commercial application of cutting‑edge technologies, promote the coordinated optimization and upgrading of new energy and related industries, and open up new avenues for their coupled development. We will expand application scenarios and diversify uses, broaden non‑electric applications of new energy, foster new models and business forms in new‑energy production and consumption, bolster the autonomy of new‑energy development, strengthen its market competitiveness, and create an upgraded blueprint for new‑energy growth.

 

By 2030, integrated and synergistic development will have become a key approach to new‑energy growth, with significantly enhanced reliability in replacing conventional energy sources and markedly improved market competitiveness. This will provide robust support for the comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development, while ensuring a safer, more reliable supply of clean energy to accelerate the advancement of Chinese‑style modernization.

 

II. Accelerate the promotion of multidimensional integrated development of new energy sources

 

(1) Enhance the level of diversified, complementary development of new energy sources. Optimize the power‑source mix and energy‑storage allocation at “desert‑gobi‑wasteland” new‑energy bases; tailor the deployment of dispatchable resources such as concentrating solar power to local conditions; appropriately manage the demand for newly built coal‑fired capacity at these bases; and encourage approaches like molten‑salt thermal storage coupled with peak‑shaving and on‑site production of green ammonia for co‑firing, thereby strengthening deep synergies between new energy and coal power and increasing the share of green electricity in the base’s output. Support regions with suitable conditions to fully leverage the supportive and regulating roles of concentrating solar power, pumped‑hydro storage, and advanced energy‑storage technologies, and explore the development of 100% renewable‑energy bases. Capitalize on hydropower’s large rotational inertia, rapid start‑stop capabilities, and precise regulation to actively advance integrated water–wind–solar development across major river basins. Explore the establishment of new integrated water–wind–solar bases that use pumped‑hydro storage and advanced energy‑storage systems as regulating resources, driving large‑scale, high‑quality development of nearby wind and solar projects. In line with regional resource endowments and system‑level regulation needs, promote complementary development among wind, solar, gas, and storage within provincially concentrated new‑energy projects.

 

(II) Strengthen the intensive and integrated utilization of space for new‑energy development. Enhance the site‑selection process for large‑scale new‑energy bases—such as those in sandy, gobi, and desert areas, as well as hydropower‑wind‑solar complexes—while guiding the co‑location of wind and solar projects within the same sites to achieve shared use of land, transmission and transformation facilities, and ancillary regulation capacity. Promote, in an orderly manner, the upgrading and retrofitting of wind‑power and photovoltaic projects to improve land‑use efficiency. Encourage mining areas to leverage idle land, subsidence zones, and other underutilized resources to develop photovoltaic and wind power. Advance the clustered development of offshore wind power, adopting an intensive layout for submarine cable corridors and landing points, and encouraging the shared use of transmission infrastructure. Explore ways to integrate marine energy development and utilization with various maritime activities, thereby enhancing the three‑dimensional efficiency and economic returns of marine‑space development and utilization.

 

(3) Promote the integrated development of distributed new energy across multiple sectors. Advance the integrated development of transportation and energy, encouraging the construction of integrated facilities that combine new energy systems with local energy consumption at highway service areas, roadside slopes and terminals, railway stations, airports, ports, and other transportation hubs. Actively deploy technologies such as flexible aggregation and access, smart microgrids, and vehicle‑to‑grid (V2G) interactions to increase the share of on-site generation and utilization, facilitate the large-scale deployment of new‑energy‑powered heavy trucks, and develop supporting infrastructure for refueling and battery swapping. Also encourage the integrated development of photovoltaic systems with buildings, promoting the simultaneous planning, design, and construction of PV installations alongside building projects, advancing low‑carbon energy use and clean heating in buildings, and constructing “PV‑storage‑direct‑flexible” next‑generation structures. Deepen the rural energy revolution: while strictly adhering to land‑use policies, leverage new models and business formats to integrate decentralized wind power, distributed photovoltaics, hydropower, and other rural resources, thereby enhancing the capacity for autonomous and reliable electricity supply in rural areas and fostering local and nearby consumption and utilization of new energy. Support the development of complementary multi‑energy systems based on ocean energy in island regions and similar areas, strengthening the ability to ensure stable absorption and utilization of ocean energy.

 

(4) Promote integrated, aggregated operation of new energy. Continuously improve the accuracy of new‑energy power‑generation forecasting, actively adopt advanced grid‑forming technologies, and advance coordinated, joint optimization and control across multiple types of new energy sources, thereby comprehensively enhancing the observability, measurability, adjustability, and controllability of new energy and building a portfolio of system‑friendly new‑energy power plants. Encourage integrated dispatch of new energy with co‑located energy storage, explore substantive joint operations between new energy and other power sources under specified conditions, and develop holistic market‑participation strategies to bolster market competitiveness. Strengthen digital transformation and upgrading; while ensuring compliance with cybersecurity requirements for power‑monitoring systems, advance centralized monitoring and integrated operation, maintenance, and repair for all substations within new‑energy bases, thus improving operational efficiency. Accelerate the large‑scale development of virtual power plants and enhance the aggregation and coordination of distributed power resources.

 

III. Vigorously Promote the Coordinated Development of New Energy and Multiple Industries

 

(5) Accelerate the promotion of a “green‑for‑green” approach across the new‑energy industry chain. In regions rich in new‑energy resources, enhance the integration of green electricity into new‑energy equipment manufacturing and improve spatial agglomeration efficiency, thereby establishing more competitive new‑energy manufacturing hubs. Strengthen collaborative innovation throughout the upstream and downstream value chain and explore the development of an integrated, synergistic new‑energy industrial system. Advance green manufacturing across the entire value chain by greening the extraction and processing of raw materials, the production of key components, and product‑manufacturing processes. Support new business models—such as direct green‑electricity supply, smart microgrids (integrating generation, grid, load, and storage), and the connection of new‑energy sources to incremental distribution networks—as well as green‑certificate and green‑electricity trading mechanisms in industrial parks centered on new energy. Build low‑carbon and zero‑carbon parks characterized by complementary multi‑energy systems and high degrees of self‑sufficiency, fostering synergistic pollution reduction and carbon mitigation within industrial parks and achieving a higher share of “green‑for‑green” production.

 

(6) Coordinate and advance the synergistic optimization and upgrading of new energy and traditional industries. Actively guide high‑energy‑consumption industries to relocate to regions rich in new‑energy resources and capable of supporting such development, leveraging new‑energy endowments to optimize the spatial allocation of major productive forces and critical infrastructure, thereby achieving local consumption of “west‑generated, west‑used” electricity. Guide key sectors—including petroleum and petrochemicals, chemicals, steel, and nonferrous metals—based on regional resource endowments and industrial foundations, to systematically enhance their load‑regulation capabilities through process‑flow optimization, retrofitting and upgrading of captive power plants, and the strategic deployment of energy‑storage facilities, thus jointly reducing energy‑use costs and enabling the efficient integration of new energy. Encourage other traditional industries to adopt green product design and implement flexible production‑process transformations, collaboratively lowering the carbon footprint across the entire product life cycle and strengthening their green competitiveness. By optimizing the spatial planning and fostering coordinated operations between new energy and traditional industries, we will establish a new industrial energy‑use system that is well aligned with the characteristics of new energy.

 

(7) Actively promote the integrated and mutually reinforcing development of new energy and emerging industries. In conjunction with the “East Data, West Computing” project, coordinate the green‑power demand of computing infrastructure with the endowment of new‑energy resources, advance joint planning between new‑energy bases and computing facilities, and explore the construction of computing centers near offshore wind‑farm sites. Systematically tap the spatiotemporal flexibility of computing loads, foster the coordinated operation of power and computing networks, and provide green‑power support for accelerating the establishment of a nationwide integrated computing network. In regions rich in new‑energy resources and underpinned by a robust manufacturing base, facilitate the coordinated spatial deployment and cluster‑based development of emerging industries—such as advanced materials, high‑end equipment manufacturing, and energy conservation and environmental protection—alongside new energy, thereby expediting the formation of a new industrial ecosystem driven by innovation.

 

IV. Actively Promote Diversified Non-Electric Applications of New Energy

 

(8) Focus on elevating the coordinated development of wind, solar, hydrogen, and energy storage. Strengthen research and development in key technologies such as wide‑range, fast‑response dynamic operation of electrolytic hydrogen production and coordinated control of multiple electrolyzers, thereby enhancing electrolyzer performance and improving the regulation range, response speed, and accuracy of water electrolysis for hydrogen production to better accommodate the fluctuating characteristics of new energy sources. Optimize the wind–solar mix, rationally deploy electricity‑storage and hydrogen‑storage facilities, and develop integrated, adaptive, self‑regulating systems that combine renewable power generation with hydrogen production and storage, as well as hydrogen‑use load management, to enhance the level of coordinated optimization and self‑balancing capabilities across wind, solar, hydrogen, and storage. Promote the development of weak‑grid‑connected and off‑grid hydrogen‑production models powered by renewable energy.

 

(9) Steadily develop integrated industrial bases for green hydrogen, ammonia, and methanol (hydrogen‑based energy). Support localities in planning and building hydrogen‑based energy industries—such as green hydrogen, ammonia, and methanol, as well as sustainable aviation fuel—aligned with their green development needs and resource endowments. Focus on regions with strong potential for wind and solar development and abundant biomass and water resources to strategically site integrated renewable‑energy‑driven hydrogen, ammonia, and methanol production hubs. Coordinate supply and demand, scientifically plan infrastructure such as transmission pipelines, refueling stations, and transshipment ports, and systematically advance the construction of inter‑provincial and inter‑regional transport networks. Encourage large-scale green hydrogen, ammonia, and methanol production at “desert, gobi, and barren land” sites and at major wind‑solar‑hydropower complexes; promote their application in key sectors like coal chemical engineering and metallurgy; and foster coupled industrial development. In coastal areas, encourage exploration of offshore wind‑to‑hydrogen‑and‑ammonia technologies and the development of green marine fuel‑refueling services.

 

(10) Promote the orderly deployment of new‑energy‑based heating and cooling applications. Encourage industrial parks with strong heat (and cold) demand—such as those in textiles, pharmaceuticals, papermaking, and food processing—to establish multi‑energy‑coupled integrated energy supply stations centered on new energy, leveraging renewable‑electricity‑driven heating, heat‑pump heating (and cooling), and photovoltaic–solar‑thermal integration. Conduct a thorough assessment of the potential of new‑energy heating resources, strategically plan geothermal heating systems, enhance the cascaded utilization of geothermal energy, and, based on local conditions, develop direct‑use green‑electricity heating models. Actively explore the efficient, complementary use of multiple heat sources—including geothermal, wind and solar, biomass, and conventional fossil fuels—and promote the seamless integration of new‑energy heating with existing heating infrastructure. Leverage the flexible regulation capabilities of district heating systems to advance joint optimized dispatch and operation of new energy and thermal networks, and investigate the coupled application of new‑energy heating with long‑term thermal storage technologies such as those utilizing rock masses or water bodies.

 

V. Strengthening Organizational Support

 

(11) Actively and orderly organize project development. The National Energy Administration will give priority to supporting regions with high shares of new energy in their power mix to launch integrated and synergistic new‑energy projects. Provincial energy authorities shall strengthen overall coordination and ensure the availability of necessary resources throughout the project planning and implementation phases; they should rationally size projects in their development plans, enhance inter‑departmental collaboration to pool efforts, and promptly track and monitor project construction and operation. The National Energy Administration’s dispatched agencies and local energy authorities, in accordance with their respective responsibilities, will reinforce oversight of grid connection, grid‑related safety, and other relevant areas. The National Energy Administration will compile and disseminate best practices from exemplary projects.

 

(12) Optimize project investment and development management. Streamline the approval (filing), grid connection, and power business license‑obtaining procedures for new‑energy integration and convergence projects, and encourage one‑stop processing of all related formalities. Encourage local authorities to, based on their specific circumstances, explore multi‑party cooperation mechanisms for new‑energy–industry integration projects. Study the possibility of providing support to eligible new‑energy integration and convergence projects through special-purpose bonds issued by local governments.

 

(13) Optimize the power dispatching mechanism. On the premise of ensuring grid safety and stability, promote coordinated and optimized dispatching for “desert‑Gobi‑wasteland” projects, hydropower‑wind‑solar‑and offshore renewable energy bases, and other such initiatives. Actively advance the aggregation and coordinated control of distributed resources through mechanisms such as virtual power plants, and encourage integrated projects that combine new energy with industry to enhance multi‑element coordination among generation, grid, load, and storage, as well as self‑balancing capabilities. Refine and improve technical standards, operational rules, and performance‑evaluation criteria for grid connection and dispatching across various project types, clearly defining the regulatory relationships and delineating the respective rights and responsibilities of each component.

 

(14) Enhance market trading and certification mechanisms. Support “desert‑, gobi‑, and barren‑land” as well as hydropower‑wind‑solar new‑energy bases in participating in electricity market transactions under an integrated model. Promote multi‑year green power purchase agreements and refine the market participation and transaction‑settlement mechanisms for new‑energy–industry integration projects. Actively explore ways to ensure fair access for such integrated projects to both the electricity‑energy market and the ancillary services market. Advance the improvement of a reliable capacity‑compensation mechanism and examine the inclusion of eligible new‑energy integration projects within its scope. Furthermore, explore the establishment of certification frameworks for non‑electric energy carriers such as green hydrogen, ammonia, and methanol, and progressively refine green‑rating standards, certification rules, and labeling systems.

 

National Energy Administration