Direct current project to ease clean energy needs in Greater Bay Area
Work on China Southern Power Grid's 24.25 billion yuan ($3.59 billion) Wudongde DC (direct current) Project, the world's first multi-end flexible ultrahigh voltage direct current power transmission (UHVDC) project, is progressing steadily and expected to start operations by 2020, a company official said.
The project spans 16 cities in South China, three power converter stations in Kunming, Yunnan province, Liuzhou in the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, and Huizhou in Guangdong province and power transmission lines traversing 1,452 kilometers.
When completed, the project is expected to bolster the clean energy requirements of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. In addition, it will transmit another 20 billion kWh of clean power every year from Yunnan province and Guangxi to the Greater Bay Area. This will cut coal usage in the Greater Bay Area by about 6.31 million metric tons.
