Zhuhai's first PEDF architectural demonstration scenario project is set to settle in the Zhuhai National Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone (Tangjiawan). The project contract was signed on April 20, during a new energy industrial development conference held by Zhuhai Hi-tech Construction Investment.

PEDF stands for photovoltaics, energy storage, direct-current, and flexibility. The project's signing marked another step forward in the city's efforts to form a 20-billion-yuan ($3-billion) new energy industrial cluster.

Contract signing ceremony [Photo by Wu Changfu / Guanhai App]

Striving to be an open and integrated platform for cooperation in the new energy industry, the conference featured the functions of industrial exchanges, promotion of industry 5.0 space projects, investment attraction, and resource matchmaking. 

The conference attracted more than 40 high-quality new energy enterprises from both in and outside of Guangdong province.

Gangwan New Energy signed contracts with counterparts, including Rich Solar Energy and Zhuhai Pilot Technology, to settle the PEDF architectural demonstration scenario in the Gangwan No 2 Super Industrial Community. Once the scenario develops into a marketable application, it will fill the demand in Zhuhai.

Upon operation, the scenario is expected to generate green photovoltaic electricity at 773,600 kilowatts per hour, reducing annual carbon emissions by 43 percent. 

Xue Fei, deputy director of the Hi-Tech Zone's administrative committee, noted that the conference had gathered outstanding new energy enterprises in Tangjiawan, helping to form core pillars for the high-quality and leapfrog development for Tangjiawan's new energy industry. 

Chen Jianfu, of Guangdong Power Grid, noted that Zhuhai has good momentum in the development of its new energy and power storage industries. Chen went further to suggest that Tangjiawan should cast its eyes towards the four aspects: political support, market layout, local planning, and testing and certification consulting services. By doing so, it will boost the development of its new energy industry. 

As of now, Tangjiawan is home to 35 upstream and downstream enterprises managing new-style energy storage, with 100 more expected to be introduced in the next five years. Tangjiawan has achieved a total output value of 20 billion yuan ($3 billion), building a cluster of energy storage enterprises in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.

Standard and customized factories that were built by Zhuhai Hi-tech Construction Investment, such as the Gangwan No 7 Super Industrial Community project, will continue to provide high-quality development industrial spaces for enterprises involved in new-style energy storage.