Recently, the China Energy Engineering Group Hami "Solar (Thermal) + Storage" 1,500MW base project, located in Barkol Kazakh Autonomous County, Xinjiang, has fully resumed construction. According to reports from Tianshan Net-Xinjiang Daily, the project is seizing the golden construction period with all personnel and machinery in place. It is scheduled to be ready for grid connection by June 2026, with full capacity grid connection targeted for October 2026.
As a key project of the second batch of national "Desert-Gobi-Wasteland" large-scale wind and solar power bases, the China Energy Engineering Group Hami "Solar (Thermal) + Storage" 1,500MW base project has a total installed capacity of 1,500MW, including 1,350MW of photovoltaic (PV) power and 150MW of concentrated solar power (CSP) with 8 hours of thermal storage. The project is being constructed under an Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) contract by Northwest Electric Power Design Institute Co., LTD, of China Power Engineering Consulting Group (CPECC Northwest), an executive vice chairman unit of the CSTA. Leveraging Hami City's vast desert and Gobi land resources and abundant solar energy, the project rationally configures thermal storage-type CSP generation to effectively utilize flexible power regulation on the generation side, reduce the need for grid-side regulation support, and improve renewable energy consumption levels. Upon completion, the project is expected to generate 3 billion kWh of electricity annually, save 868,000 tons of standard coal per year, and reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 2.256 million tons annually—delivering significant ecological benefits and supporting the region's green, low-carbon, and high-quality development.
