China's MILLION VOLT Energy Superhighway

Smart grids delivering renewable energy across continents will be a crucial advance, but they will also require extremely long electricity transmission distances. Our existing power lines are becoming more and more inefficient as those distances grow. China is tackling the issue by switching from AC to DC power and ramping up the output to a truly eye-watering 1.1 million volts. An environmental breakthrough or a bid for global energy domination?


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Research Links

Bloomberg NEF
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-02/world-s-biggest-ultra-high-voltage-line-powers-up-across-china

Nature Article
https://www.nature.com/articles/nclimate2921

Power Technology Article
https://www.power-technology.com/comment/china-26bn-uhv-grids/

ABB
https://new.abb.com/news/detail/60170/abb-partners-with-chinas-state-grid-to-integrate-large-scale-renewables

China's Strategy
https://thediplomat.com/2020/08/is-chinas-belt-and-road-initiative-strategic-perhaps-not/

Mekon River Threats
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-01-20/china-mekong-river-plan-creates-renewable-energy-but-costs-jobs/11872640

MIT Article
https://www.technologyreview.com/2017/12/28/146566/how-to-get-wyoming-wind-to-california-and-cut-80-of-us-carbon-emissions/

ElectroBoom
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