Solar power generation of the Southern Control Grid

What is China Southern power grid?

China Southern Power Grid (“Southern Grid”) is one of China’s two major state-owned power distributors that serve five southern provinces: Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou and Hainan. The region has witnessed a rapid build-up of power generation capacity, from 275 GW in 2015 to 350 GW in 2020.

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.

How much will China Southern power grid invest?

[Photo/Xinhua] China Southern Power Grid, one of the country's two major power grids, vowed to invest 670 billion yuan ($105 billion) recently in grid network construction during the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-25) to ensure power supply stability and boost green power consumption.

How many kilowatt-hours does China Southern power grid use?

China Southern Power Grid said the five regions that it covers have consumed 540 billion kilowatt-hours of clean energy during the first nine months, with the renewable energy generation efficiency reaching 99.81 percent, up 0.22 percent year-on-year. Newly added installation of new energy reached 3.31 million kWs.

Which river basins feed the China Southern power grid (CSPG)?

b The map illustrates the river basins whose hydropower dams feed the China Southern Power Grid (CSPG). These basins are the Mekong, Nujiang, and Red (transboundary) and the Yangtze, Pearl, Qionglei and Southeast Guangxi Coastal river basins (QSGCRB). All riparian countries in which the transboundary basins ow are shown on the map.

What are the different types of solar power generation?

Basically, there are two types of solar power generation used in integration with grid power - concentrated solar power (CSP) and photovoltaic (PV) power. CSP generation, sometimes known as solar thermal power generation, is much like conventional thermal power generation that converts thermal energy (steam) into electricity.