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China’s State Grid sets out greener goals
CHINA STATE Grid Corp. of China has announced storage [CCUS] technologies, energy and elec-
ambitious plans to cut its reliance on coal and to tricity are expected to become carbon neutral as
reduce its emission from a future peak by 2025. soon as possible.”
The giant utility, one of China’s two transmis- State Grid’s networks cover about 90% of
sion system operators (TSOs), said in its CO2 China, and it is building a new generation of
peaking and neutrality action plan that it aimed long-distance power lines to connect new gen-
to upgrade its grid infrastructure with ultra-high erating facilities in the country’s interior to
voltage lines, as well build more pumped hydro demand centres in urban areas on the east and
storage plants and electric vehicle (EV) charging south coasts.
stations. These include both future solar and wind pro-
The company said that its strategy during the jects, as well as the coal-fired power stations that
country’s 14th 5-year planning period, which China is still building.
lasts until 2025, aims to contribute to the Chinese In January, State Grid chairman Xin Baoan
government’s policy of reaching peak emissions said the company planned to embark on a
by 2030 and to be a net-zero economy by 2060. $350bn investment programme between now
The government also wants 25% of electric- and 2025.
ity to be non-fossil-fuel generated by 2030, and State Grid intends to build seven new
electricity to account for 30% of final energy con- long-distance ultra-high voltage power lines
sumption by 2025, and 35% by 2030. with 56 GW of capacity by 2025. This would raise
The State Grid document set a target of 1,000 inter-regional transmission capacity to 300 GW.
GW of wind and solar capacity connected to the It also aims to build 41.6 GW of pumped hydro
grid by 2030, up from 450 GW now, as well as and 50 GW energy storage by 2025.
80 GW of nuclear. It also wanted a 50% share of Other developments include building
clean power in inter-province transmission lines. peak-shaving gas power plants and support-
The National Development and Reform ing up to 180 GW of off-grid distributed solar
Commission (NDRC), the country’s high- developments.
est energy policymaking body, is expected to In total, the government is seeking to raise
announced the country’s latest energy and elec- electricity’s share of total energy consumption to
tricity targets later this week. 30% by 2025 and 35% by 2030.
“There is hope for energy and power to State Grid’s figures are only good until 2030.
achieve peak carbon ahead of schedule,” the If China is to meet its 2060 targets, more definite
company said in a statement. targets for long-term developments beyond 2030
“Through carbon capture, utilisation and are needed.
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