Nanshan District, Shenzhen: A subsidy of 200 yuan/kWh will be given to projects such as flow batteries based on the installed capacity.

On March 26, the People's Government of Nanshan District, Shenzhen, issued the "Special Support Measures for Promoting the High-Quality Development of the New Energy Industry in Nanshan District".

The Measures propose to provide a project subsidy of 200 yuan/kWh based on the installed capacity for new energy storage demonstration projects such as sodium-ion batteries, flow batteries , and flywheel energy storage, with a maximum of 1 million yuan for a single project.

The following is the original text

Nanshan District’s special support measures to promote high-quality development of the new energy industry

Chapter I General Provisions

Article 1 These measures are formulated in accordance with the Implementation Plan for Promoting High-quality Development of New Energy in the New Era, the Guiding Opinions on Promoting High-quality Development of New Energy Storage Industries in Guangdong Province, the Action Plan for Cultivating and Developing New Energy Industry Clusters in Shenzhen (2022-2025), and the Several Measures for Shenzhen to Support the Accelerated Development of Electrochemical Energy Storage Industry, etc., in order to seize the development opportunities of the new energy industry, accelerate the creation of a world-class new energy storage industry center, implement the national, provincial and municipal strategic deployment on the development of new energy, promote the high-quality development of the new energy industry in Nanshan District, and cultivate new growth points for industries in Nanshan District.

Article 2 The District Development and Reform Bureau, District Science and Technology Innovation Bureau and District Enterprise Service Center are the competent departments for these measures. The District Leading Group for Special Funds to Promote High-Quality Industrial Development, the District Development and Reform Bureau's sub-item funds, the District Science and Technology Innovation Bureau's sub-item funds and the District Enterprise Service Center's sub-item funds approval task force are the decision-making and approval agencies for these measures. Relevant departments shall perform their duties in accordance with relevant regulations.

Article 3 These measures apply to enterprises and institutions with independent legal person status that are registered, have tax and statistical relations in Nanshan District; social organizations such as industry associations, private non-enterprises, etc. that are registered, have tax and statistical relations in Nanshan District; and entities that are registered in Nanshan District and can be regarded as legal entities according to the relevant regulations of the National Bureau of Statistics. The above entities should engage in the research and development, production and services of new energy-related industries and related fields such as new energy storage, charging facilities, nuclear energy, smart grid, photovoltaics, natural gas, wind power, hydrogen energy, etc.

Article 4 In principle, the applicants for this measure should comply with the relevant conditions such as "place of registration", "independent legal person", "the amount of funding for a single support project of each unit shall not exceed RMB 10 million in principle" stipulated in the "Nanshan District Special Fund Management Measures for Promoting High-quality Industrial Development" and these measures. However, the applicants for Article 5 are not subject to the total control limit of "the amount of funding for a single support project of each unit shall not exceed RMB 10 million in principle" stipulated in the "Nanshan District Special Fund Management Measures for Promoting High-quality Industrial Development".

Chapter II Policy Measures

Article 5 Increase efforts to attract new energy enterprises.

We will introduce enterprises around key areas such as energy storage batteries and systems, smart photovoltaics, natural gas trading, charging facilities, high-efficiency power electronic devices, integrated energy solutions, hydrogen energy, and offshore wind power operation and maintenance. Based on conditions such as scale and contribution, we will provide a one-time settlement reward of up to 100 million yuan, and provide a one-time resettlement subsidy of up to 6 million yuan to the core talents of the enterprises.

Article 6: Cultivate the development and growth of new energy enterprises.

To ensure the development of new energy SMEs. For enterprises that have been established for less than 5 years (calculated based on the time of first application), have received a total financing amount of more than 100 million yuan in the past 3 years, and have not enjoyed policy-based industrial housing in Nanshan District, a subsidy of 30% of their actual rent will be given, with a maximum annual subsidy of 2 million yuan, and the continuous subsidy period shall not exceed 3 years.

Article 7 Supports the construction of innovative carriers.

Support the construction of innovative carriers in the new energy field, and reward enterprises and institutions that undertake the construction of innovative carriers such as provincial and municipal engineering research centers and enterprise technology centers with 1 million yuan and 500,000 yuan respectively.

Article 8 Supporting technological breakthroughs.

Support enterprises in this jurisdiction to focus on energy storage fields such as battery materials, power chips, power devices, control systems, charging facilities such as charging modules, liquid-cooled supercharging cables, smart grid fields such as small intelligent equipment, power electronic chips, power digital solutions, photovoltaic fields such as micro-inverters, grid-based photovoltaic storage systems, new generation of solar power, hydrogen energy fields such as green hydrogen production, hydrogen transportation and storage, and core components of fuel cells, and wind power fields such as intelligent operation and maintenance of offshore wind power to carry out technological innovation. Leading units that have obtained funding for major science and technology projects (key projects) from the municipal science and technology administrative department will be given funding of up to 60% of the municipal funding amount, with a maximum funding of 6 million yuan per project.

Article 9 Supports industry-university-research cooperation in new energy.

Encourage new energy enterprises to deeply integrate with local universities and research institutes in terms of equity, research and development, etc. Support the transformation of new energy technology achievements such as photovoltaic storage technology, new generation battery technology, thin film batteries, perovskite batteries, liquid cooling super charging systems, wireless charging technology, silicon carbide devices, and virtual power plant intelligent equipment, and provide support of up to 2 million yuan at 30% of the actual project equipment investment.

Article 10 Industrial talent support.

Rewards will be given to professional and technical personnel, senior managers, and core backbones of production positions in enterprises undertaking key projects at or above the municipal level in the field of new energy. The maximum number of applicants shall not exceed 3% of the number of registered employees at the end of the previous year for which the award is applied, and shall not exceed 10 people. The maximum reward for a single person shall not exceed RMB 150,000. Those who have already received relevant support from the "Nanshan District Talent Development Support Measures" will not be rewarded repeatedly.

Article 11. Support for new technology demonstration.

Support the implementation of new product demonstrations within the jurisdiction and provide support to project construction investment entities that meet the requirements.

(I) For new energy storage demonstration projects such as sodium-ion batteries, flow batteries, and flywheel energy storage, a project subsidy of RMB 200/kWh will be provided based on the installed capacity, with a maximum of RMB 1 million for a single project.

(II) Demonstration applications of hydrogen fuel cell drones are encouraged. For enterprises or units in the district that purchase hydrogen fuel cell drones produced in the district for the first time, a one-time subsidy of 20% of the purchase amount will be given, with a maximum of RMB 1 million.

(III) A one-time reward of RMB 1 million will be given to projects that are the first major technical equipment in the energy field that are recognized at the national or provincial level. For enterprises or units in the district that purchase the first equipment products newly recognized in the district for the first time, a one-time subsidy of 20% of the first purchase amount will be given to the purchaser, with a maximum of RMB 3 million.

Article 12 Support for new energy scenarios.

Create new energy comprehensive application projects. Encourage upstream and downstream enterprises in the district to work together to build photovoltaic storage super charging and vehicle-grid interactive integrated demonstration station projects around landmark buildings, core business districts, port terminals, industrial parks, etc. in the district. For projects that meet the requirements, a maximum of 3 million yuan of support will be provided at 20% of the corresponding purchase amount. This policy does not duplicate subsidies with Articles 11 and 13.

Article 13 Digital energy technology support.

Enterprises in the zone are encouraged to develop derivative businesses of digital energy services. For industrial parks, commercial buildings, etc. that purchase energy digital intelligent management platforms developed by enterprises in the zone, the actual purchasing owners or park operators will be given support of no more than 500,000 yuan at 30% of the actual investment. For energy-consuming equipment or stations equipped with intelligent control terminals and connected to virtual power plants (including charging stations, building air conditioners, cold stations, 5G communication base stations, etc.), a single project will be given support of up to 500,000 yuan at 10% of the actual transformation investment.