The invention discloses an energy-saving cooling method and an energy-saving cooling system for reducing exhaust steam pressure of an air-cooled unit in a power plant, which are used for solving the problem that power output of the air-cooled unit is blocked in summer. According to the method, the exhaust steam pressure of the air-cooled unit is reduced by setting refrigerating equipment and adopting the following measures: (a), the working solution of a water-ring vacuum pump is cooled by chilled water prepared by the refrigerating circulating equipment through a cooler, and the temperature of the working solution is reduced to a set value; (b), the industrial desalted water is cooled by the chilled water prepared by the refrigerating circulating equipment through the cooler, one part ofthe cooled industrial desalted water is used for evaporative cooling of the outlet air of an axial flow fan of the air-cooled unit through a nozzle, and the other part of the cooled industrial desalted water enters a steam turbine exhaust pipeline; and (c), the condensed water is divided into two parts through a condensed water pump, wherein one part of the condensed water enters a steam turbine heat regenerator and is delivered to a boiler, and the other part of the condensed water is cooled by the chilled water prepared by the refrigerating circulating equipment through the cooler, enters the steam turbine exhaust pipeline and is mixed with the exhaust steam to absorb latent heat of vaporization. By the improvement, the exhaust steam pressure of the air-cooled unit in the power plant can be effectively reduced, and safe and economic operation of the unit in summer is ensured.