#China

China, Sichuan: China is building an ultra-high voltage substation at the highest altitude in the country so far.

China: A section of the 750 kV UHV power transmission project in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region successfully crossed the Dushanzi Grand Canyon in Karamay.

State Grid Xinjiang Electric Power Co has begun construction of a 750 kV power transmission project in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.

The State Grid Corporation of China has commenced the construction of a new UHV power transmission line and a pumped-storage hydropower plant.

Chinese energy company CHINT has developed a FR3® fluid-filled 750 kV transformer in cooperation with Cargill.

China has fully operationalized a major domestic power transmission project that sends electricity from resource-rich western regions to energy-consuming areas in the east.

China is to build a renewable energy project in Inner Mongolia, estimated at $11 B.

Jiangsu Daelim Electric Co. Ltd has successfully obtained the transformer UL/cUL certification in 2022.

The global low-carbon policies has been tightening up and China has set the goal of “carbon peaking by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2060”.

The first converter transformer using China-made on-load tap changers has successfully been put into operation.

China’s State Power Investment Corporation (SPIC) said it has commissioned the world’s first commercial offshore floating solar power plant.

China, Shandong, Jinan: Shandong Power Equipment Company (SPECO) has successfully developed the world’s first 500 kV ester-filled transformer.

China, Beijing: The State Grid Corporation of China has announced it will start constructing a new batch of UHV projects in the second half of 2022.

Pakistan, Islamabad: The first China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project in the power evacuation and transmission sector started commercial operations.

China: A major part of China’s west-to-east power transmission program kicked off operation on 1 July, a boost to the coordinated development among regions.

China: Hitachi Energy will supply its WindSTAR™ transformers and HV hybrid switchgear Plug and Switch System (PASS) to China’s Tuci offshore wind power project.

China, Beijing: China has advanced its plans to launch a space solar power plant programme in 2028.

China, Nanjing: Two 385-m-tall power transmission towers have been wired across the Yangtze River, the longest river in Asia.

China: Hitachi Energy has supplied two 110 kV, 63 MVA EconiQ™ power transformers to China’s largest grid operator the State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC).

China, Beijing: Construction of two ultra-high voltage (UHV) power transmission projects in China began on 24 March.

China: China plans to build 450 GW of wind and solar power capacity in the Gobi desert by 2030, government planner He Lifeng has disclosed.

China: On January 19, the system commissioning of Yisui East Station was officially completed.

China: Huaneng Power International has switched on a 320 MW floating PV array in China’s Shandong province.

China, Shanghai: The world’s first 35 kV superconducting power cable was put into operation in Shanghai.