Economic Daily: Green Electricity Connects the West and the East
The implementation of a series of cross-regional resource allocation projects, such as the West-East Power Transmission, South-to-North Water Diversion, West-to-East Gas Transmission, North Grain South Transport, and East Data West Calculation, has allowed resources like electricity, water, natural gas, grain, and computing power to flow between regions. This further optimizes resource allocation and improves resource utilization efficiency, playing an important role in accelerating the construction of a modern industrial system supported by the real economy. Starting today, this edition launches a series of reports titled 'Focus on Resource Arteries', highlighting new achievements, progress, and changes in cross-regional resource allocation.
Using the wind and light of the desert to illuminate the lights and scenery of 'Sanxiang'. On June 11, the construction of the State Grid Ningxia-Hunan ±800 kV UHVDC project began. As the first UHVDC project for power delivery in the 'Shagehuang' area, this project will be able to transmit over 36 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity from Ningxia to Hunan each year after it is put into operation, strongly promoting the development and delivery of new energy and large-scale optimization of resource allocation, opening a new chapter in the energy development and utilization of 'Shagehuang'.
Since the reform and opening up, the West-East Power Transmission project, as a major national strategic deployment, has developed from nothing to something, and its scale has grown from small to large. Especially after the comprehensive development of UHV transmission, it has played an important role in optimizing the energy and power structure in East and Central China, ensuring power supply, and promoting coordinated economic and social development between the eastern and western regions. In the new situation, the West-East Power Transmission project not only bears the heavy responsibility of ensuring energy supply but also carries the realization of the 'dual carbon' goals. It is necessary to further leverage the advantages of UHV transmission, promote the West-East Power Transmission with high quality, fully ensure economic and social development, and serve the construction of a beautiful China.