Jiuquan is rapidly building its new energy storage industry, using rich wind and solar resources and a solid renewable manufacturing base. The city now ranks first in Gansu province for installed capacity, supporting infrastructure, and technological innovation.

Local authorities have made energy storage a central tool for optimizing the energy mix, cutting industrial power costs, and easing peak grid pressure. Policies rolled out in recent years have paired capacity expansion with resource guarantees, curbing disorderly construction and fostering technological upgrades while extending the manufacturing supply chain.

The sector is diversifying its technology portfolio, with projects in lithium iron phosphate batteries, vanadium redox flow batteries, zinc–bromine flow batteries, compressed air energy storage, hydrogen–lithium hybrid systems, sodium-ion batteries, and hydrogen energy storage, as well as production of separators, lithium supplements, and energy storage converters.

In the first half of 2025, the city's energy storage facilities charged 665 million kilowatt-hours — 40.5 percent of the provincial total — helping to ease peak-hour demand. They also save renewable power producers more than 200 million yuan ($27.88 million) annually, cut 123,000 metric tons of standard coal consumption, and reduce emissions of carbon dioxide and sulfur dioxide by 1 million tons.