APEC会议召开前夕，由中国南方电网公司牵头编制的《构建适应高比例新能源的新型电力系统推荐解决方案》发布。该方案是APEC“中国年”能源领域五项东道主自主贡献成果之一。
《构建适应高比例新能源的新型电力系统推荐解决方案》
该方案立足APEC区域能源发展实际，从技术、政策、协作三个维度构建系统性推荐框架，围绕新能源发展趋势、新型电力系统建设路径、区域能源协同发展等核心议题，形成可参考、可组合、可扩展的新型电力系统建设思路。方案充分吸纳中国高比例新能源接入电力系统的成熟实践经验，兼顾不同经济体发展阶段与资源禀赋差异，为亚太各经济体稳妥推进能源转型、提升电力系统安全稳定运行水平提供务实路径指引。
在技术维度，方案提出“源网荷储协同、数智赋能”的整体思路，贯穿电源、电网、负荷、储能和数智化五大环节。
电源侧聚焦新能源友好并网与主动支撑技术，推动构网型控制、电压/频率支撑和故障穿越等技术研发应用，促进新能源从“跟随电网运行”向“主动支撑电网”转变，同时支持风光水火储多能互补系统发展。
电网侧强调柔性直流输电技术对广域资源优化配置的支撑作用，加强配电网关键技术研究与智能微电网部署，推动配电网由被动型网络向主动型、智能化网络转型。
负荷侧注重挖掘需求响应潜力，探索规范化、可推广的需求响应运行模式，并通过虚拟电厂技术提升分布式资源聚合与调控能力。
储能侧推动电化学储能、抽水蓄能、氢能储能等多元技术协同布局，构建覆盖秒级至季节级的灵活资源体系，同时完善储能运行管理技术体系，保障安全稳定运行。
数智化方面，推动电力基础设施与数智基础设施协同规划建设，促进人工智能技术在新能源功率预测、源网荷储协同运行、系统安全评估等领域的深度应用。
这一技术方案强调源网荷储各环节的协同优化与数智技术的全域赋能，体现了系统思维与整体观。
在政策维度，方案提出“稳健支撑、普惠包容”的政策路径，强调政策引导在电力系统转型中的基础性作用。
一方面，围绕新能源发展实践开展适应性能源政策研究，优化资源开发、投资建设与技术应用环境，鼓励通过市场机制引导创新技术投资，促进关键技术研发与产业化应用。
另一方面，将电力服务全民可及性作为重要目标，推动分布式能源与微电网在偏远地区灵活应用，保障不同区域和群体均能以可负担方式获得安全、稳定、清洁的电力服务。
这一政策路径将效率导向与公平导向有机统一，既关注新型电力系统“建得起来”，更关注其“行得稳、走得远”，使能源转型成果切实惠及广大民众。
在协作维度，方案提出“互鉴共赢、互联互通”的跨区域协作思路。
主张APEC各经济体在尊重发展阶段差异和自主选择的基础上，加强规划、运行、市场等方面的经验交流与知识共享，减少重复试错。
同时探索跨境电力互联与资源互补合作的潜在路径，支持具备条件且有需求的经济体开展清洁能源互补、分时互济和备用共享等合作。
这一协作框架秉持自愿、灵活、非约束性的原则，既不追求统一模式，也不作硬性承诺，而是致力于将各经济体的资源禀赋、技术经验和制度优势转化为区域协同能力，体现了开放包容的合作理念。
该方案在国家能源局指导下，由中方参与APEC能源合作伙伴网络成员单位南方电网能源发展研究院牵头编制，依托APEC能源自筹基金项目落地实施，是APEC“中国年”能源领域五项东道主自主贡献之一。
China Southern Power Grid shares China’s practical solutions for building new-type power systems
Ahead of the APEC summit, China Southern Power Grid (CSG) took the lead in developing the Recommended Solutions for Developing New-Type Power Systems Adapted to High Penetration of Variable Renewable Energy, one of the five host-economy voluntary contributions in the energy sector for the 2026 APEC “China Year.”
Grounded in the realities of energy development across the APEC region, the recommended solutions set out a systematic framework of recommendations across three dimensions—technology, policy and cooperation. Focusing on key issues such as trends in renewable energy development, pathways for building new-type power systems, and coordinated regional energy development, they provide a flexible and scalable set of approaches to building new-type power systems that economies can draw on and combine as appropriate. The recommended solutions draw extensively on China’s proven experience in integrating high levels of variable renewable energy into power systems, while taking into account differences among economies in their stages of development and resource endowments. They provide practical guidance for Asia-Pacific economies to advance their energy transitions in a steady and orderly manner and enhance the safe and stable operation of their power systems.
From a technical perspective, the solutions set out an integrated approach featuring “source-grid-load-storage coordination and digital-intelligence technological solutions,” spanning five key areas: generation, grids, loads, energy storage, and digital intelligence.
On the generation side, the solutions focus on grid-friendly integration of variable renewable energy and active grid-support technologies. They promote the development and application of technologies such as grid-forming control, voltage and frequency support, and fault ride-through, enabling variable renewable generation to shift from “grid-following operation” to “actively supporting the grid.” They also support the development of complementary energy systems integrating wind, solar, hydropower, thermal power and energy storage.
On the grid side, the solutions highlight the role of flexible DC transmission technology in supporting optimal resource allocation across wide areas. They call for strengthened research into key technologies for distribution networks and the deployment of smart microgrids, facilitating the transition from passive distribution networks to active, intelligent ones.
On the load side, the solutions focus on unlocking the potential of demand response, exploring standardized and replicable demand response operating models, and leveraging virtual power plant technologies to enhance capabilities for aggregating and controlling distributed energy resources.
On the energy storage side, the solutions promote the coordinated deployment of a diverse range of technologies, including electrochemical energy storage, pumped-storage hydropower and hydrogen storage, to build a flexible resource system spanning timescales from seconds to seasons. They also call for strengthening the technologies and systems for energy storage operation and management to ensure safe and stable operation.
In terms of digital intelligence, the solutions promote the coordinated planning and development of power infrastructure and digital-intelligence infrastructure, while promoting the deeper application of artificial intelligence in areas such as variable renewable generation forecasting, coordinated operation of source-grid-load-storage systems, and power system security assessment.
This technical approach emphasizes coordinated optimization across generation, grids, loads and energy storage, as well as system-wide empowerment through digital-intelligence technologies. It reflects systems thinking and a holistic perspective.
From a policy perspective, the solutions propose a policy pathway centered on “robust support and inclusive development,” highlighting the fundamental role of policy guidance in the transformation of power systems.
On the one hand, the solutions call for research into energy policies tailored to practical needs in renewable energy development and for a more enabling environment for resource development, project investment and implementation, and technology deployment. They also encourage the use of market mechanisms to channel investment towards innovative technologies and promote the research, development and commercial deployment of key technologies.
On the other hand, the solutions identify universal access to electricity services as a key objective, promoting the flexible deployment of distributed energy resources and microgrids in remote areas to ensure that people across different regions and population groups have affordable access to safe, reliable and clean electricity services.
This policy pathway brings together the goals of efficiency and equity. It focuses not only on ensuring that new-type power systems can be successfully developed, but, more importantly, on enabling them to operate reliably and remain sustainable over the long term, so that the benefits of the energy transition are shared broadly across society.
From a cooperation perspective, the solutions propose a cross-regional cooperation approach centered on “mutual learning, mutual benefit and connectivity”.
They call on APEC economies, while respecting differences in development stages and national circumstances, as well as each economy’s right to make its own choices, to strengthen experience sharing and knowledge exchange in areas such as planning, operation and markets, thereby reducing the need for repeated trial and error.
At the same time, they explore potential pathways for cross-border power interconnection and cooperation on resource complementarity, while supporting economies that have both the necessary conditions and the need to cooperate in areas such as clean energy complementarity, mutual power support at different times, and reserve sharing.
This cooperation framework follows the principles of voluntary, flexible and non-binding cooperation. Rather than seeking a one-size-fits-all model or requiring binding commitments, it aims to translate the resource endowments, technological expertise and institutional strengths of individual economies into regional coordination capabilities, reflecting an open and inclusive approach to cooperation.
Under the guidance of China’s National Energy Administration, the CSG Energy Development Research Institute, a member of China’s network for participation in APEC energy cooperation, led the development of the solutions, which were implemented through an APEC self-funded project. They constitute one of the five host-economy voluntary contributions in the energy sector for the 2026 APEC “China Year.”
