According to a disclosure on the Ministry of Natural Resources' land market website dated August 31, land for the Renqiu Zhihong 100MW/400MWh new-technology-route 'LFP + sodium-ion battery' independent storage pilot project has completed auction transfer, with the contract signed on August 30, 2026. The disclosure shows the project site is west of Liujiabo Village, Majiawu Town, Renqiu City, Hebei Province, with a supplied area of 3.3335 hectares (about 50 mu), auction-based transfer, 50-year land use term, and a transaction price of CNY 21.3011 million; the land use right holder is Cangzhou Zhihong New Energy Development Co., Ltd., approved by the Renqiu Municipal People's Government. The disclosure also lists the agreed land handover date of October 9, 2026, construction start of October 9, 2027 and completion of October 9, 2029.
The project is labeled in the disclosure as a 'new-technology-route LFP + sodium-ion battery independent storage pilot,' combining LFP and sodium-ion chemistries within one storage station. From an industrial-chain perspective, lithium-sodium hybrid configurations are becoming a typical path for sodium to enter grid-side independent storage: LFP provides base capacity while sodium-ion cells contribute wide-temperature and high-rate characteristics for frequency regulation and ancillary services - a capacity-ratio design that has appeared in provincial renewable-plus-storage policy documents (such as '90% LFP + 10% sodium' configurations). If built as planned, this project would be another grid-side sodium deployment in Hebei Province, forming a contrast with the all-sodium 100MW/200MWh independent storage project filed in Huzhou, Zhejiang (disclosed August 28).
Land transfer is a prerequisite step - transfer does not equal construction start; the disclosed start date is October 9, 2027, and actual progress still depends on filing, environmental assessment, grid-connection approval and investor funding; the specific LFP/sodium capacity ratio and the sodium cell/system suppliers have not been disclosed; policy support tied to the 'independent storage pilot' status (capacity pricing, ancillary compensation) is subject to formal Hebei provincial documents.