| China builds world's biggest power grid: report ( 2003-09-22 20:14) (Xinhua)
 
 
  
 China has set up the biggest power grid in the world with a combined 
installed power capacity of 140 million kilowatts, and a span of 4,600 
kilometers across 14 provinces and municipalities, Beijing Daily reported 
Monday.
 China's two important power grids, the North China Power Grid and Central 
China Power Grid, were successfully connected on Friday for the first time, and 
the interconnected grid operated smoothly, according to the report.
 The interconnected power grid outstrips the Far East Power Grid in Russia in 
capacity, the newspaper said, citing sources from state-owned North China Power 
Group which runs the North China Power Grid.
 The sources said the connection of the two grids will help the power sector 
to optimize its electrical power resources, enable the two grids to support each 
other in distribution of electricity, and improve operation safety of the power 
grids.
 The two grids are capable of transmitting 200,000 to 600,000 kilowatts of 
electricity to each other.
 The connection was made possible thanks to a 210-km, 500-kv transmission 
line, which links the Xin'an Transformer Substation of the North China Grid in 
Handan City, Hebei Province in north China, with the Huojia Transformer 
Substation of the Central China Power Grid in Xinxiang City of Henan Province, 
central China, according to the newspaper.  |