China Huaneng's Kubuqi 10-GW Sand, Gobi, and Desert Base Supporting Coal Power Project Breaks Ground

en.Wedoany.com Reported - Huaneng's Kubuqi 10-GW "Sand, Gobi, and Desert" (Shagehuang) base supporting coal power project has officially commenced construction in Dalad Banner, Ordos City, Inner Mongolia. This is the first "Shagehuang" base supporting coal power project approved and started during China's "15th Five-Year Plan" period. As a key project under the national "15th Five-Year Plan" for electric power, its completion will effectively ensure the stable operation of the UHV transmission channel from Western Inner Mongolia to Shanghai.

Huaneng's Kubuqi "Shagehuang" base is primarily located in the Kubuqi Desert area of Dalad Banner, Ordos City, with a total installed capacity of approximately 15 GW and a total investment of about 63.8 billion yuan. The project adopts an "integrated wind-solar-thermal-storage" development model, leveraging desert wind and solar resources to construct wind power, photovoltaic, and energy storage facilities. Specifically, it plans to build 12.5 GW of new energy, including 4.5 GW of wind power and 8 GW of photovoltaic, along with 2.64 GW of supporting peak-shaving coal power (four 660 MW clean coal power units) and 9 GWh of new energy storage.

The base will transmit large-scale clean electricity through the newly built UHV transmission channel from Western Inner Mongolia to East China (Shanghai). Once operational, the base is expected to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by over 17 million tons annually, effectively enhancing the power supply security of Shanghai and the East China region, and promoting green transformation and the achievement of the "dual carbon" goals.

In February 2026, the power supply plan for the Kubuqi "Shagehuang" base transmitting electricity to Shanghai and Jiangsu was officially approved by the National Energy Administration. In March 2026, the four 660 MW supporting coal power units of Huaneng's Kubuqi "Shagehuang" base received approval from the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Energy Administration, marking the base's entry into the substantive development phase and making it the first "Shagehuang" base project approved during China's "15th Five-Year Plan" period.