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An employee works on the dam of the Nam Tha 1 Hydropower Station in Bokeo province, Laos, in 2019. [Photo/Xinhua] China Southern Power Grid, one of the country''s two major power grids, is stepping up interconnection and international power trade in Southeast Asia to promote optimal allocation of clean energy while injecting green power into regional
Can China decarbonize the southern power grid by 2060?
Decarbonization of the Southern Power Grid in China is feasible by 2060 but requires converting a large cropland area to support solar and wind energy; expansion of hydropower will impact the transboundary rivers according to a power system optimization model set up for 2020–2060.
Does China's Southern Power Grid have a digital power network?
"China Southern Power Grid also has two major pilot projects on power trading in Guangdong and Yunnan provinces, which provide both challenges and opportunities for the country's in-depth digitalization of its power networks," he added.
How efficient is China's battery energy storage system?
In an interview with China Central Television, Gao Like, a manager at the Guangxi branch of China Southern Power Grid, said that the energy conversion efficiency of its sodium-ion battery energy storage system exceeds 92%. It’s comparable to the efficiency of common lithium-ion battery storage systems, at 85-95%.
Which river basins feed the China Southern power grid (CSPG)?
b The map illustrates the river basins whose hydropower dams feed the China Southern Power Grid (CSPG). These basins are the Mekong, Nujiang, and Red (transboundary) and the Yangtze, Pearl, Qionglei and Southeast Guangxi Coastal river basins (QSGCRB). All riparian countries in which the transboundary basins ow are shown on the map.
Does China have a digital power grid?
[Photo provided to China Daily] China Southern Power Grid has pledged to continue investing in digital power grid construction, including a digital grid across Guangdong, Yunnan, Guizhou and Hainan provinces and the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region.
Will a digital power grid help China achieve a carbon peak?
A digital power grid will better facilitate the consumption of power increasingly produced by clean energy while further facilitating China's ambition to achieve a carbon peak by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2060, he said.
