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by seanmcdirmid 1057 days ago
Did they ever get their ultra high voltage grid going? Last I checked, it was still in the planning stages, and they were still running coal in the east because they couldn’t tap renewable power from the west. Looks like they are still building:

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/chinas-state-grid-in...

So one link at least according to your video, I would be curious about actual numbers about how much they can move already.
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Animats 1057 days ago
As of 2020 there was about 400 GW of installed UHV transmission in China now.

For comparison, Hoover Dam is about 2 GW.

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seanmcdirmid 1057 days ago
Source?

According to https://rethinkresearch.biz/articles/chinas-uhv-transmission..., they will be at 105 GW by 2025 (the article is dated 2022). 50% of the power on these lines will be from renewables by 2025 (right now at 43%).

I can't find any .cn estimates of UHV capacity.

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