Does China have a smart grid?

China Southern Grid, one of the country's two major power grids, has been stepping up the construction of smart grids in recent years, as aging infrastructure and complex intermittent power flows are making the need to modernize power grids more critical.

Does China's Southern Power Grid have a digital power network?

"China Southern Power Grid also has two major pilot projects on power trading in Guangdong and Yunnan provinces, which provide both challenges and opportunities for the country's in-depth digitalization of its power networks," he added.

Can China decarbonize the southern power grid by 2060?

Decarbonization of the Southern Power Grid in China is feasible by 2060 but requires converting a large cropland area to support solar and wind energy; expansion of hydropower will impact the transboundary rivers according to a power system optimization model set up for 2020–2060.

Will a digital power grid help China achieve a carbon peak?

A digital power grid will better facilitate the consumption of power increasingly produced by clean energy while further facilitating China's ambition to achieve a carbon peak by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2060, he said.

Does China have a digital power grid?

[Photo provided to China Daily] China Southern Power Grid has pledged to continue investing in digital power grid construction, including a digital grid across Guangdong, Yunnan, Guizhou and Hainan provinces and the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region.

How many enterprises are involved in the Guangdong power grid project?

Wang Liuhuo, manager of the Guangdong Power Grid Company's infrastructure department, said as many as 200 enterprises are involved with the project in the GBA. In the power grid equipment area alone, the engineering construction will encourage the upstream and downstream supply chain up to 8 billion yuan ($1.2 billion), he said.