China''s role in scaling up energy storage investments
To deliver on China''s domestic and international climate commitments, this article makes three policy recommendations: (1) moving forward with a carbon pricing agenda that
This study explores the challenges and opportunities of China's domestic and international roles in scaling up energy storage investments. China aims to increase its share of primary energy from renewable energy sources from 16.6% in 2021 to 25% by 2030, as outlined in the nationally determined contribution .
This implies a major shift in energy storage investors to state-owned enterprises (SOEs) from power grid companies such as China Energy, Huaneng, Huadian, and State Power Investment Corporation (SPIC) .
This supports utility-scale energy storage plants for power peak load management by offering cost reductions to power grid companies through T&D tariffs, renewable energy development funds (i.e., 0.019 yuan/kWh), and miscellaneous expenses.
The International Energy Agency (IEA) finds that investments in battery energy storage are expected to reach $20 billion by 2022, primarily owing to grid-scale development, accounting for 70% of the total investment flows .
By 2025, the large-scale commercialization of new energy storage technologies 1 with more than 30 GW of installed non-hydro energy storage capacity will be achieved; and by 2030, market-oriented development will be realized .
After record growth in 2024, U.S. battery energy storage systems (BESS) could grow from more than 26 gigawatts (GW) of capacity—enough to power 20 million homes—to anywhere from 120 GW to 150 GW by the end of 2030, depending on the range of projections.

To deliver on China''s domestic and international climate commitments, this article makes three policy recommendations: (1) moving forward with a carbon pricing agenda that
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After record growth in 2024, U.S. battery energy storage systems (BESS) could grow from more than 26 gigawatts (GW) of capacity—enough to power 20 million homes—to
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