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State Grid Corp takes lead by building Brazil hydropower plants with UHV technology

State Grid Corp of China, which runs the majority of the nation's electricity distribution network, has big plans to play a key role in the clean energy industry in South America.

"The company's landing ultra high-voltage electricity transmission projects in Brazil marks a major breakthrough in China's 'going global' strategy in the field of UHV technology," said Li Lequan, deputy director of State Grid International Development Co Ltd, SGCC's subsidiary for global operations.