Body mulls grids to link continents

An Asia-based group of entrepreneurs aims to build a transcontinental supergrid that links the continents by 2050.

The Global Energy Interconnection Development and Cooperation Organization, a China-led organization, plans to put intercontinental grids in place in each continent by 2030, after setting up a China-wide super grid by 2020.

The project is for globally interconnected smart grid based on ultrahigh-voltage technology. The power can be generated, transmitted and consumed on a massive scale worldwide, from whenever there's a big power load to somewhere else in the world where demand matches a generation spike.