{"id":464182,"date":"2026-05-28T10:11:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T10:11:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/464182\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T10:11:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T10:11:14","slug":"china-plans-to-embed-ai-in-energy-infrastructure-to-optimise-power-grid-efficiency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/464182\/","title":{"rendered":"China plans to embed AI in energy infrastructure to optimise power grid efficiency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">With victory in the global race to build artificial intelligence capacity heavily dependent on resilient power systems, China is urging domestic enterprises to launch pilot projects that integrate the cutting-edge technology into the energy sector.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">To support the plan, Beijing has released an official list of application scenarios ranging from smart grids to autonomous coal mines. Energy enterprises would be able to partner with artificial intelligence providers and jointly submit proposals for state-backed pilot projects, the National Energy Administration (NEA) announced on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Attendees at a Tuesday conference, where the scenario list was released, included state-owned giants such as <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/topics\/petrochina?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">PetroChina<\/a>, State Grid Corporation of China and China Energy Investment Corporation, as well as prominent private firms including <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/topics\/alibaba-cloud?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Alibaba Cloud<\/a>, Tencent Holdings and Envision Group.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Alibaba Cloud is the AI and cloud computing unit of Alibaba Group Holding, owner of the South China Morning Post.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement comes as <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/economy\/china-economy\/article\/3339668\/ai-boom-needs-electricity-western-grids-are-strained-power-chinas-power?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">soaring electricity demand<\/a> from energy-intensive AI computing becomes a growing constraint worldwide. In China, the government is responding by accelerating efforts to embed the technology directly into energy infrastructure, aiming to manage surging power consumption through greater efficiency.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The definitive list of 51 \u201chigh-value\u201d application scenarios spanned eight core sectors, including power grids, renewables, hydropower, thermal power, coal, oil and gas.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cBy spelling out these explicit application scenarios, the government is pushing the industry to move from conceptual rhetoric to concrete implementation, marking a highly significant step forward,\u201d said Lin Boqiang, dean of the China Institute for Studies in Energy Policy at Xiamen University.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With victory in the global race to build artificial intelligence capacity heavily dependent on resilient power systems, China&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":464183,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[345,2944,343,344,5560,1657,216001,216003,110095,85,46,182760,77334,74903,5733,5959,91743,125,12791,182759,216002],"class_list":["post-464182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-ai","tag-alibaba-cloud","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificialintelligence","tag-beijing","tag-china","tag-china-energy-investment-corporation","tag-china-institute-for-studies-in-energy-policy","tag-envision-group","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-lin-boqiang","tag-national-energy-administration","tag-petrochina","tag-shanghai","tag-south-china-morning-post","tag-state-grid-corporation-of-china","tag-technology","tag-tencent-holdings","tag-xiamen-university","tag-zhang-lei"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=464182"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464182\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/464183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=464182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=464182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=464182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}