The ultra-high voltage transmission line worth USD 4.86 billion will send more than 36 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) per year of electricity from Gansu province in the west to Zhejiang in the east, passing through four other provinces on the way.
Aug 11, 2024
The State Grid Corporation of China has broken ground on a 2,370-km-long electric transmission line worth USD 4.86 billion.
As per local media reports, the ultra-high voltage transmission line would send more than 36 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) per year of electricity from Gansu province in the west to Zhejiang in the east, passing through four other provinces on the way.
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A forecast by the China Electricity Council estimated the figure to represent about 0.4 percent of China’s expected 9.82 trillion kWh of electricity demand this year.
The reports said the investment was part of a strategy to send power from China’s vast renewable energy-rich western region to its power hungry and densely developed eastern provinces.
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The Chinese state-owned electric utility corporation planned to spend more than USD 84.28 billion on grid investments this year, an increase of USD 9.99 billion from last year, they added.
