The National Energy Administration issued key industry standards such as the Guidelines for the Assessment of the Carrying Capacity of Distributed Generation Access to Power Systems.

Recently, the National Energy Administration issued Announcement No.7 of 2025, focusing on standardizing the planning and construction of energy projects and safety production management, improving the technical requirements of important products, promoting the development of new technologies, new industries and new formats, and supporting energy conservation, efficiency improvement and carbon emission management, and issued a number of key industry standards.

1. Comprehensive technical specifications

(1) Guidelines for

assessing the carrying capacity of distributed generation access to power systems This standard is applicable to the calculation of the carrying capacity of distributed generation access to power systems and the assessment of the open capacity. It specifies the overall requirements, system-level bearing capacity calculation, equipment-level bearing capacity calculation, bearing capacity calculation results check, open capacity evaluation and grading of distributed generation access power system. The release and implementation of the

standard is an important measure to improve the policy of new energy consumption and regulation, which will further enhance the lean level of the assessment of the carrying capacity of distributed new energy access to the power system, release the ability of the distribution network to accept and allocate distributed new energy, serve the large-scale and high-quality development of new energy, and promote the better consumption of new energy.

(2) Standards

for the Implementation of Safety Production Standardization in Power Generation Enterprises, Standards for the Implementation of Safety Production Standardization in Hydropower Enterprises, Standards for the Implementation of Safety Production Standardization in Gas-fired Power Generation Enterprises, Standards for the Implementation of Safety Production Standardization in Coal-fired Power Generation Enterprises,

standards will help standardize the work of safety production standardization in power generation enterprises, and strengthen and improve the supervision and management level of safety production in power generation enterprises.

(3) Operation and maintenance procedures

for special transmission channels This standard is applicable to the operation and maintenance of special transmission channels, stipulating the general requirements for operation and maintenance and the technical requirements for monitoring and early warning, maintenance, key sections, joint provention and control, emergency disposal, data account, etc. The release and implementation of the

standard will further enhance the lean, intelligent and digital level of operation and maintenance of special transmission channels, standardize the operation and maintenance guarantee system, improve the standard system construction, and comprehensively guarantee the safe operation of large power grids.

(4) The Standard for

the Construction of Basic Geographic Information Database of Electric Power Engineering is applicable to the construction of Basic Geographic Information Database of Electric Power Engineering. It specifies the data content, data structure design, system design, database construction, system integration and testing, acceptance, maintenance and updating of the basic geographic information database of electric power engineering. The release and implementation of the

standard will standardize the construction method of the basic geographic information database of electric power engineering and strongly support the digitization of electric power engineering.

(V) Technical Specification

for Excavation and Mining of Continuous Miner This standard is applicable to the excavation and mining construction of continuous miner in coal mines, and specifies the terms and definitions, general principles, applicable conditions, technical requirements for roadway excavation, working face mining, filling mining and ventilation of continuous miner excavation and mining technology. The promulgation and implementation of the

standard will help standardize the application of continuous miner in coal enterprises for safe and efficient excavation and mining, and promote the iterative upgrading of equipment and the progress of excavation and mining technology.

2. Important product standards

(1) Clean low-carbon hydrogen evaluation standard

This standard is applicable to the evaluation of hydrogen products with energy as the main purpose of use according to the life cycle assessment method, and stipulates the evaluation methods and requirements of low-carbon hydrogen, clean hydrogen and renewable hydrogen. The release and implementation of the

standard will help guide hydrogen production enterprises to accurately define the accounting boundary, emission source, accounting method and data acquisition method of product carbon footprint, and realize the life cycle carbon footprint evaluation of domestic hydrogen products under the unified evaluation method and requirements. At the same time, by formulating the requirements of low-carbon hydrogen, clean hydrogen and renewable hydrogen, we will guide the transformation of high-carbon emission production processes to green and clean processes, and encourage the development of clean and low-carbon hydrogen production processes.

(2) Green synthetic

ammonia This standard is applicable to the evaluation of green products of synthetic ammonia fuel, and specifies the evaluation requirements and methods of green products of synthetic ammonia. The release and implementation of the

standard will fill the gap in the field of green product evaluation of synthetic ammonia in China, effectively meet the needs of green product evaluation and grading of synthetic ammonia in China, lead the green low-carbon transformation of synthetic ammonia industry, promote the development of carbon trading market in the field of synthetic ammonia, and better serve the management of the industry.

(3) Green Methanol

This standard is applicable to the product evaluation of green methanol fuel use, and specifies the terms and definitions, evaluation requirements and evaluation methods of green methanol. The issuance and implementation of the

standard will help standardize the technical requirements in the field of methanol green product evaluation, serve the needs of methanol green product evaluation and grading in China, lead the green low-carbon transformation of methanol industry, promote the development of carbon trading market in the field of methanol, and provide standard support for the formulation of relevant national policy documents.

(4) B24 Heavy Marine Fuel Oil

This standard is applicable to B24 heavy marine fuel oil for marine diesel engines and their boilers. It specifies the requirements, test methods, inspection rules, packaging, transportation, storage, delivery acceptance and safety of B24 heavy marine fuel oil prepared by blending fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) and petroleum-based residual fuel oil. The promulgation and implementation of the

standard will effectively serve the production and marketing of bio-fuel in China, lead the green transformation of the fuel industry, and provide technical reference for the formulation of relevant policy documents.

3. Comprehensive standards

for new technologies, new industries and new formats (1) General technical conditions

for inspection robots of photovoltaic power stations This standard is applicable to inspection robot systems of photovoltaic power stations, and specifies the classification, composition, technical requirements and test methods of inspection robot systems of photovoltaic power stations. The promulgation and implementation of the

standard will effectively fill the standard gap in the field of inspection robots for photovoltaic power plants, unify technical specifications, help to improve the level of intelligent operation and maintenance of photovoltaic power plants, ensure the safe and efficient operation of power plants, and help the intelligent upgrading and safe and efficient operation of new power systems. Further consolidate the standardization and intelligent development foundation of the new power system.

(2) Test Guidelines for

Assessment of Deep Peak-shaving Capacity of Coal-fired Generating Units This standard is applicable to coal-fired generating units with a capacity of 300 MW and above. The release and implementation of the standards for pure condensing generating units, heating units, and the implemented

standards for electricity/heat will provide standard support for tapping the deep peak shaving capacity of generating units, alleviating the phenomena of wind, water, and light curtailment, and promoting the consumption of renewable energy.

(III) Code for

Design of Gas-insulated Metal-enclosed Transmission Line This standard is applicable to the design of Gas-insulated Metal-enclosed Transmission Line (GIL) with AC rated voltage of 110kV ~ 1000kV. It specifies the site and route selection, wiring and equipment selection, terminal field and layout, overvoltage protection and grounding, secondary system, civil design, auxiliary facilities, etc. of GIL. The release and implementation of the

standard will provide technical basis for GIL design, standardize technical requirements and promote engineering application.

4. Standards

for energy conservation, efficiency improvement and carbon emission management (1) Quantification methods and evaluation standards

for carbon emissions in the whole life cycle of wind power projects This standard is applicable to the quantification and evaluation of carbon emissions in the whole life cycle of wind power projects. It specifies the boundary and scope, quantification method, data collection and evaluation index of carbon emission quantification in the whole life cycle of wind power projects (including onshore wind power and offshore wind power). The release and implementation of the

standard will provide technical basis and reference for accurate accounting of carbon emission data of wind power projects from the perspective of the whole life cycle.

(2)

This standard is applicable to the quantification method, system boundary, data collection requirements and evaluation index of life cycle carbon emissions of centralized photovoltaic power generation projects. The release and implementation of distributed " standards will provide technical basis for the quantification of carbon footprint and low-carbon management of photovoltaic power generation projects, and help the green and low-carbon development of the industry.

(3) Technical Specification

for Energy Consumption Evaluation of Coal-fired Power Plants This standard is applicable to the technical evaluation of energy consumption status of coal-fired power plants with a single unit capacity of 100MW and above, stipulates the overall requirements and evaluation index system for the evaluation of energy consumption status of coal-fired power plants, and stipulates the value rules of evaluation index. The rules for the formation of evaluation results are described. The promulgation and implementation of the

standards will help to optimize and improve the energy consumption level of coal-fired power plants, support the upgrading and transformation of environmental protection facilities, and help coal-fired power plants achieve the goal of double carbon.