China Southern Power Grid Südliches Energiespeicherprojekt

China Southern Power Grid invests in, constructs and operates power grids in Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou and Hainan, Hong Kong and Macao SARs and South-East Asian countries Its 1 million square kilometre power supply area serves 272 million people.. The company is a leader in UHVDC and VSC-HVDC.

What is China Southern power grid?

China Southern Power Grid (“Southern Grid”) is one of China’s two major state-owned power distributors that serve five southern provinces: Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou and Hainan. The region has witnessed a rapid build-up of power generation capacity, from 275 GW in 2015 to 350 GW in 2020.

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.

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.

How much money will China's power grid invest in Hainan?

[Photo/Xinhua] China Southern Power Grid, one of the country's two major power grid operators, vows to invest 27 billion yuan ($4.15 billion) in the upcoming five years in Hainan to come up with a 500-kilovolt transmission grid that covers the whole island, a new type of power system with new energy as the major contributor.

Will China build a power system with new energy?

It plans to build a power system with new energy as a pillar in China's Guangdong province, the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, Yunnan province, Guizhou province and Hainan province, said the company. The five regions currently have a new energy installed capacity of 50 million kilowatts, which will be improved by 2030.

How to simulate the long-term development of the CSPG's electricity system?

To simulate the long-term development of the CSPG’s electricity system, we used an open-source power system modeling platform (GridPath) 26, 53.