Recently, POWERCHINA Guizhou Electric Power Engineering Co., Ltd. (abbreviated as "POWERCHINA Guizhou") was formally approved as a member of the China Solar Thermal Alliance (abbreviated as the "CSTA") following a vote at the CSTA's Council Chair Joint Meeting.
Building on over sixty years of expertise in energy engineering, combined with the latest national policy guidance for the solar thermal industry, multi-scenario solar thermal application technologies, and practical experience under complex operating conditions, POWERCHINA Guizhou will leverage the CSTA's industry-academia-research platform to deepen its presence in the solar thermal non-electric power segment and contribute to the high-quality development of China's clean energy industry and the achievement of the "dual carbon" goals.
The solar thermal industry is currently receiving strong national policy support. The "Opinions of the National Development and Reform Commission and the National Energy Administration on Promoting the Large-Scale Development of Solar Thermal Power Generation" (Fa Gai Neng Yuan [2025] No. 1645) explicitly recognizes the core value of solar thermal power in long-duration energy storage, stable output, and high-temperature heat production. It places particular emphasis on encouraging the diversified application of solar thermal in non-electric power scenarios, charting a clear path for the large-scale, market-oriented development of the industry, and providing authoritative policy backing for the development of segments such as solar thermal heating and comprehensive heat utilization.
Founded in 1958, POWERCHINA Guizhou has been dedicated to the power and new energy sectors for more than six decades. Starting from traditional thermal power and grid design, the company has kept pace with the nation's energy transition, gradually expanding into clean energy businesses such as wind power, energy storage, and solar thermal. It has now evolved into a comprehensive full-chain energy service provider integrating survey and design, engineering construction, system integration, technology R&D, and O&M services. With complete qualifications and a professional technical team of nearly 800 people, the company has completed its transformation and upgrading into a zero-carbon integrated energy solutions provider, precisely positioning itself in the new solar thermal non-electric power track.
Closely aligned with national policy guidance and market demand, POWERCHINA Guizhou has moved beyond the traditional single-mode CSP model, focusing on five core scenarios: industrial heating, clean heating, agricultural drying, thermal energy storage and heat supply, and comprehensive utilization of medium- and low-temperature thermal energy. By addressing pain points such as zero-carbon industrial heat supply, clean heating in northern China, energy-efficient agricultural drying, and cross-season thermal storage, the company delivers highly adaptable, highly stable, and cost-effective integrated solutions, building a full-cycle professional service system.
Relying on its nationwide project footprint, POWERCHINA Guizhou has already advanced solar thermal non-electric power projects in Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang, Liaoning, and Qinghai, primarily addressing carbon emissions in the heating sector. The institute focuses on the large-scale non-electric utilization of solar energy, with core R&D efforts centered on key solar thermal collection and storage technologies and equipment. It aims to achieve breakthroughs in critical areas such as the optimization of thermal storage material performance, the improvement of collector efficiency, and system thermal management strategies, committed to developing core equipment and system solutions with independent intellectual property rights.
Joining the CSTA represents a strategic move by POWERCHINA Guizhou to respond to the national deployment of solar thermal industry development and empower industry upgrading. It is also an authoritative recognition by the industry of the company's technical strength and project delivery capabilities in the solar thermal non-electric power field. Through the CSTA platform, POWERCHINA Guizhou will promote multi-dimensional collaborative development: on the technical front, it will join forces with industry research institutions to tackle common technical challenges in large-scale non-electric solar energy utilization, continuously optimizing the efficiency of collection and storage systems and multi-energy complementary dispatch strategies; on the industrial front, it will connect with high-quality upstream and downstream resources, jointly build benchmark projects, expand large-scale application scenarios, and accelerate the translation of technological achievements into engineering applications; at the industry level, it will actively participate in the formulation of technical standards related to non-electric solar thermal utilization, precisely align with industrial policy guidance, and continuously enhance its core competitiveness and industry influence.
Going forward, POWERCHINA Guizhou will continue to capitalize on policy dividends, deepen its presence in the comprehensive utilization of medium- and low-temperature thermal energy, and advance technological innovation and industrialization of projects. With zero-carbon thermal energy solutions adaptable to complex operating conditions, it will empower industrial energy efficiency, rural heating, and modern agricultural development, contributing POWERCHINA's strength to the nation's energy transition and the large-scale development of the solar thermal industry.