Global Grid To be New Growth Engine: State Grid of China Corp (SGCC)

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Shivee Energy Complex

The 2016 project profile is here http://www.erdenes-shivee-energy.com/Images/report2.pdf

State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC) is carrying out feasibility study. SGCC has an estimated total workforce of 1.8 million and 330 billion USD in revenue, ranked 2nd in the Fortune Global 500 in 2016, has invested in power grid in many countries like Philippines, Portugal, Italy, Greece, Brazil, etc. Under the lead of SGCC:

1. Shandong Electric Power Engineering Consulting Institute Corporation Ltd is carrying out the Feasibility Study for the Power Plant and Transmission Line.
2. CCTEG Shenyang Engineering Company is carrying out the Feasibility Study for the Coal mine.
3. Inner Mongolia Water Resources and Hydropower Survey and Design Institute is carrying out the Feasibility Study for the Water supply of the complex project.
4. Global Energy Interconnection Development and Cooperation Organization (GEIDCO), a non-profit NGO chaired by ex-SGCC chairman Liu Zhenya. GEIDCO is dedicated to promoting sustainable development of energy worldwide.

 

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Grenatec's Pan-Asian electricity grid concept.

 

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Grenatec's Pan-Asian electricity grid concept.

Interesting! I believe "world-wide-web of energy" is increasingly become hot topic.

I checked background of Grenatec, it advocates a Pan-Asian Energy Infrastructure, comprised of high-capacity power lines, natural gas pipelines and fiber optic cables. These would stretch from Australia to China, Japan and South Korea. Grenatec produces peer-reviewed academic research as well as providing commentary and analysis for the trade and general press, it was founded by a former financial journalist.

 

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IRENA and State Grid of China to Cooperate on Accelerating Energy Transition
Press Releases 8 Jun 2017

IRENA to work with world’s largest utility to improve grid efficiency

Beijing, China, 7 June 2017 — The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC), the world’s largest utility, agreed today to enhance their co-operation with a view to advancing the energy transition under global and regional initiatives, including the Paris Agreement and the Belt and Road initiative.

IRENA's 13th Councils Chart Path for a Sustainable Future​

The framework of the agreement includes opportunities for collaboration on activities related to integrating high shares of wind and solar, grid integration, interconnection and smart grids. The framework also includes initiating technical co-operation in the context of IRENA’s Clean Energy Corridor initiatives and capacity building activities related to integrating renewable power in energy systems in developing countries.

The agreement was formalised on the sidelines of the Eighth Clean Energy Ministerial in Beijing, China between IRENA Director-General Adnan Z. Amin and SGCC Chairman Shu Yinbiao.

“As the world’s largest renewable energy market, China is at the forefront of renewable energy and it is State Grid that provides the electricity backbone for over 1 billion people,” said IRENA Director-General Adnan Z. Amin.

“Providing more electricity – and more renewable electricity – than any other utility in the world, State Grid’s extensive experience with grid infrastructure and integrating renewable energy into power systems will help improve understanding of how we can bring larger shares of renewable power online. We look forward to working together to accelerate the transition to a sustainable energy future both in China and around the world.” ​

State Grid Chairman Shu Yinbiao said at today’s signing:

“As the largest utility in the world, State Grid Corporation of China is dedicated to the interconnection of world power infrastructure to realize efficient, clean and sustainable development of global energy and contribute to the Belt and Road Initiative,”

“Based on the consensus of advancing the energy transition towards a low-carbon and green energy future, State Grid will implement extensive win-win cooperation with IRENA in terms of power grid technology, equipment and international standards.” ​

China is the world’s largest renewable energy market with over 27% (545 gigawatts) of the world’s installed renewable energy capacity and over 40% of the world’s renewable energy workforce.

SGCC constructs and operates power grids throughout China as its core business, providing power to over 1.1 billion people throughout China. The company also has overseas operations in Europe, Latin America and Australia.

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About the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)

IRENA is mandated to be the global hub for renewable energy cooperation and information exchange by 150 Members (149 States and the European Union). 30 additional countries are in the accession process and actively engaged. IRENA promotes the widespread adoption and sustainable use of all forms of renewable energy, in the pursuit of sustainable development, energy access, energy security and low-carbon economic growth and prosperity. www.irena.org

http://www.irena.org/News/Description.aspx?NType=A&mnu=cat&PriMenuID=16&CatID=84&News_ID=1492

 

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Interesting! I believe "world-wide-web of energy" is increasingly become hot topic.

I checked background of Grenatec, it advocates a Pan-Asian Energy Infrastructure, comprised of high-capacity power lines, natural gas pipelines and fiber optic cables. These would stretch from Australia to China, Japan and South Korea. Grenatec produces peer-reviewed academic research as well as providing commentary and analysis for the trade and general press, it was founded by a former financial journalist.

Yes, there are a number of proposal mad over the past decade, each differing in terms of geographic scope, number of member countries, and proposed technologies.

So far I have counted five or seven proposals, the first being NEAREST (Northeast Asian Electrical System Ties), proposed by Russia's Melentiev and Korea's KERI. I believe that proposals for a NEA energy grid involving five-six countries are for now more realistic than a pan-Asian network.

It makes more sense to me to start with a limited geography (sub-region) and then expand it southward to continental and maritime SEA. I am now more in favor of the one proposed by a consortium which involves State Grid, SoftBank, KEPCO etc. In fact, it is the only framework China is in as an institution.

 

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So, unlike the title suggests, before thinking of a global grid, China needs to concentrate on building a viable regional grid.

Yes, global grid is a 2050 vision, before that it should be regional grids. The Asian Super Grid (ASG) connects China, Japan, Korea and Russia, Mongolia should be included as they can export energy from planned Shivee Enertgy Complex. Then SGCC's regional plans like Mediterranean Grid, South American Grid, also national plans like Philippines grid, HVDC in Pakistan.

 

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China’s State Grid Will Build Flexible Direct Current Transmission Project for UK Power Grid
Yicai Global
Date: Fri, 06/16/2017 - 15:43

China’s State Grid Will Build Flexible Direct Current Transmission Project for UK Power Grid

(Yicai Global) June 16 -- The State Grid Corporation of China has secured another project overseas.

This time, it will export its new technology. A joint work group set up by the Global Energy Interconnection Research Institute and Nari Group Corp. has won the bid to build a converter station for the flexible direct current transmission project in Shetland, UK, meaning State Grid will help Britain build its power grids, State Grid News quoted State Grid as saying June 13.

The Shetland project is the first international project in which the company will apply its flexible DC transmission technology, a sign that its high-end electricity transmission technology is internationally competitive, State Grid said.

The Shetland Islands lie north of the Scottish mainland. A power plant in Lerwick, Shetland’s main town has supplied its energy. However, the plant will be shut in 2019, prompting Shetland to launch a new power project.

Among the four bidders for the Shetland project, only UK’s National Grid plc [LON:NG] also proposed to supply electricity to the islands via flexible DC transmission, while all the other bidders suggested building a new local power plant, State Grid News reported.

State Grid has won several overseas projects in recent years, helping foreign countries build their power grids. As of March, State Grid had invested over USD 15 billion in key energy networks in seven countries, including the Philippines, Brazil, Portugal and Australia, said Shu Yinbiao, its chairman, at a meeting.

https://www.yicaiglobal.com/news/ch...ct-current-transmission-project-uk-power-grid

 

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National Grid : China Wins UK Power Project with Flexible DC Power Tech
06/15/2017 | 06:25am EDT

SHANGHAI, June 15, SinoCast -- State Grid Corporation of China announces that the Global Energy Interconnection Research Institute won a power project in Shetland, UK with its flexible DC power transmission technology.

The research institute will technology provider, NARI will be converter station supplier and National Grid will be general contract of the project.

With DC voltage being plus/minus 88kV and transmission capacity being 67MW, the project is 250 kilometers long and is scheduled to come into operation at the end of 2020.

© Sinocast, source Sinocast Beats

http://www.4-traders.com/NATIONAL-G...Project-with-Flexible-DC-Power-Tech-24597932/

 

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China's State Grid completes purchase of Greek power grid operator stake
Source: Xinhua| 2017-06-21 16:38:46|Editor: Mengjie



BEIJING, June 21 (Xinhua) -- The State Grid Corporation of China, the country's biggest utility, said on Wednesday that it has completed purchase of a 24-percent stake in Greece's power grid operator, ADMIE.

The 320-million-euro deal marks another major investment by the State Grid in Europe after buying stakes of power grid companies in Portugal and Italy.

ADMIE is owned by Greece's Public Power Corporation (PPC), which owns, runs and maintains the power transmission network across Greece. The network, which is integrated with grids in many other European countries, is a key power transmission corridor in southern Europe.

Beating bidders from Italy and France, the State Grid won the tender in October 2016. Upon completion of the stake transfer, the State Grid will send its own management team to the Greek company.

The two companies will also strengthen cooperation in power grid construction, financial investment, grid operation, research and development and personnel training.

State Grid owns stakes of backbone power grids in seven countries and regions including Italy, Portugal and Australia. It manages assets valued at more than 56.8 billion U.S. dollars. All of its overseas projects are profitable.

 

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China Just Ran an Entire Region on 100% Renewable Energy For 7 Days

RIP fossil fuels.

CARLY CASSELLA

27 JUN 2017

A worker cleans solar panels at a solar photovoltaic power station which is currently under construction on November 3, 2008 in Xining of Qinghai Province, China. Getty Images

There's been a lot of scepticism about whether renewable energy can produce all our future energy needs. So last week, a Chinese province went out of their way to show it was possible for the entire region to run solely on green energy.

And it seems they did just that. For seven continuous days, over 5 million citizens living in the Qinghai Province in northwest China survived on 100 percent renewable energy, according to the State-run Xinhua News Agency.

The stunt was part of a trial, conducted by the State Grid Corporation of China, designed to demonstrate that fossil fuels are not required to produce future energy needs.

Between 17 and 23 June 2017, the province generated all its power needs for its 5.2 million residents from clean energy sources, including solar, wind and hydro power.

"Being the first trial of this kind in the country and a major step in the transformation of energy supply, it will be of great importance in promoting the use of clean energy in China in a sustainable and effective way," Quan Shenming, general manger of Qinghai Electric Power Corporation, a subsidiary of State Grid Corporation, said in a statement to the press.

During the week of the trial, electricity use amounted to 1.1 billion kilowatt hours (kWh), which would have required about 535,000 tonnes of coal.

Of all that electricity, hydro power contributed about 72.3 percent, while newer energy sources, including wind and solar picked up the rest of the slack.

It's important to note these figures haven't been independently verified just yet, so for now we're taking the State's word for it.

But, if confirmed, the Qinghai trial supports the idea that the grid will be able to remain stable without needing coal or gas to supply 'base load' energy, which many renewable opponents claim. In fact, companies in Qinghai experienced no fluctuation in power during the trial.

The Qinghai province already relies heavily upon renewables and is well-prepared for a future founded on green energy.

Qinghai's power grid has a total installed capacity of 23.4 million kW, and a whopping 83.8 percent of that power currently comes from solar, wind and hydro power.

Not satisfied with those numbers, the province is continuing to improve their clean energy infrastructure.

"Clean energy is the ultimate way. We need to reduce reliance on fossil fuel, improve our energy structure, and reduce carbon emissions," Han Ti, vice general manger of Qinhai Electric Power Corporation, told Xinhua.

According to the 13th provincial Five-Year Plan, the news agency reports that Qinghai expects to expand its solar and wind capacity to 35 million kW by 2020, sharing 110 billion kWh of its clean electricity to central and eastern parts of China every year.

By no means is this move to renewable energy confined to the Qinghai Province, either.

According to the Chinese National Energy Administration, China plans to invest 2.5 trillion yuan (US$366 billion) in renewable energy technologies by 2020.

This move will create more than 13 million jobs, and place China at the forefront of renewable energy technology.

Let's hope we see more cities and regions aggressively targeting a truly clean energy future, setting great examples for those who claim it's not feasible.

https://sciencealert.com/a-chinese-province-just-ran-on-100-renewable-energy-for-7-days

 

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According to the Chinese National Energy Administration, China plans to invest 2.5 trillion yuan (US$366 billion) in renewable energy technologies by 2020.

The stunt was part of a trial, conducted by the State Grid Corporation of China

Good news! There is abundant supply of renewable techs to power up mid-west, challenge is on grid tech. SGCC has achieved another milestone, excellent work, I think BYD is also instrumental in backing SGCC with world-leading grid storage tech, and ZTE/Huawei in smart grid tech.

 

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SGCC, CSG participate in early bidding for Transelec SA
Source:Global Times Published: 2017/7/23 20:58:39

The State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC) and China Southern Power Grid Co (CSG) have participated in the early bidding for Chile-based firm Transelec SA in deals that could be worth about $1 billion, the Bloomberg reported over the weekend, citing sources familiar with the matter.

The two State-owned enterprises are bidding for 27.7 percent shares in the power transmission company that is being sold by Toronto-based investment fund Brookfield Asset Management Inc, the report cited anonymous source as saying.

There are also other investors submitting non-binding offers to the asset manager for the deal.

Brookfield, along with other investors, bought the Chile-based firm in 2006 for about $1.7 billion, according to media reports.

The four companies involved in the deal - SGCC, CSG, Transelec SA and Brookfield Asset Management - have all not responded to the Bloomberg's request for comment or refused to comment as of press time.

Transelec SA was founded in 1943 and is based in Santiago.

The company supplies high voltage system to cities and industries and mining users in Chile. It currently operates 57 substations and 10,000 kilometers of power transmission line in the country, according to a statement on its website.

Under the Belt and Road initiative, SGCC has been actively looking for overseas assets in recent years.

The company's foreign assets are now valued at $56 billion across seven countries, the company's chairman Shu Yinbiao said at a forum of Summer Davos in Dalian, Northeast China's Liaoning Province, news website sina.com reported.

In June, SGCC announced that it has completed the purchase of a 24 percent stake in Greece's power grid operator, ADMIE, the Xinhua News Agency reported.

 

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State Grid to buy remaining stake in Brazil's CPFL
chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2017-09-01 11:18

A State Grid employee works on an ultra-high-voltage transmission construction in Huainan, Anhui province. [Photo by Song Weixing / China Daily ]

State Grid Corp of China, the country's biggest utility, plans to buy the remaining shares it does not own in Brazilian power group CPFL Energia SA, Sina Finance reported.

If the deal is successful, State Grid will obtain 100 percent ownership in CPFL, the largest power distributor in Brazil, making a major stride towards its overseas layout.

In January, the Chinese company acquired a controlling 54.64 percent stake in CPFL and its subsidiary, CPFL Energias Renovaveis SA, for 17.36 billion reais ($5.68 billion).

State Grid is expanding its business globally with acquisitions across the world. Currently, it has invested in Italy, the Philippines, Brazil, Portugal and Australia.

Brazil has been the main battlefield for State Grid's "going out" plan. The company purchased 100 percent stakes in Brazil's 12 power transmission firms in December 2010 and December 2012, with a total investment of $1.68 billion.

State Grid runs nearly 7,000 kilometers of transmission line in Brazil, according to Brazil's local media. In addition, another 6,600 kilometers are under construction.

State Grid, which distributes electricity to 1.1 billion people, had a profit of 86.6 billion yuan ($13.1 billion) on revenue of 2.09 trillion yuan in 2016, according to its website.

 

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State Grid becomes power in the land in Brazil
By Zheng Xin | China Daily | Updated: 2017-09-05 07:40

A worker of State Grid Corp of China checks facilities at a transformer substation in Brazil. [Photo/Xinhua]

State Grid Corp of China has become the largest power generation and distribution company in Brazil, its chairman Shu Yinbiao said on Monday.

The world's largest utility company and the second largest in the Fortune Global 500 has invested more than $20.9 billion in Brazil so far, a figure which is expected to double in the next three years, he said.

According to Shu, Brazil, which is working on transmitting electricity from hydropower stations in the Amazon region in the north to areas with huge demand such as the southern states of Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, has a lot in common with China, as both have a vast territory with energy consumption centers far from the resources.

But Shu pointed out that China's ultra-high voltage projects have proved that technology can be applied to enhance the efficiency of large-scale and long-distance transmission.

China built its first UHV trans-mission line in 2007, aiming to ease energy pressure on the country's commercial center Shanghai and Xiangjiaba, a remote city in southwestern China along the Yangtze River.

The company introduced two transmission projects to Brazil using China's ultra-high voltage power transmission technology in 2013, which can transmit a large capacity of electricity over long distances with low losses.

Joseph Jacobelli, a senior analyst of Asia utilities at Bloomberg Intelligence, said China's UHV projects can help ease Brazil's challenges of long distances between the supplier and the customer.

"State Grid has steadily sought overseas assets, including Brazil, in recent years and this trend should continue," he said.

"The nation is keen to have Chinese investments and SGCC has gained much experience in the country which it entered in 2010. It's believed the company will seek more greenfield and operational assets."

In addition to Brazil, Shu said the company is also planning to become the dominant force in the electricity industries in other BRICS members.

As the world's two major energy consumers and producers, State Grid imports more than four billion kWh of electricity from Russia every year, while distributed power generation and solar power construction is also being carried out in South Africa, he said.

"The connection of infrastructure enables resource sharing and is a key aspect of BRICS members' cooperation."

The company overseas energy infrastructure investment now exceeds $35 billion, and it has key energy assets in seven countries and regions.

 

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China's grid corporation launches 230 KV power transmission line, substation project in northwestern Myanmar
Source: Xinhua| 2017-11-10 14:48:17|Editor: Yang Yi



SHWEBO, Myanmar, Nov. 10 (Xinhua) -- State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC) has launched 230 KV Nabar-Shwebo-Ohntaw power transmission line and a substation project in Shwebo in Myanmar's northwestern Sagain region on Friday.

As the first phase of the project, about 516 villages (70,078 households) in Kathar and Shwebo district will be provided electricity access, citing U Win Khine, union minister for electricity and energy at the ceremony.

Chinese Ambassador Hong Liang expressed willingness of supporting Myanmar's electric power industry's growth to promote the friendship between the two countries as a good neighbor with rich experience in electric power industry.

Also, enhancing the electric power cooperation plays a vital part of promoting the Belt and Road Initiative, Hong Liang added.

The project will be implemented by China Electric Power Equipment and Technology Co. Ltd (CET), which is wholly-owned subsidiary of SGCC.

Guo Ricai, general manager of CET expressed his belief that the project could help the country's power industry development as well as improvement of local people's wellbeing in the region.

The project of creating power transmission line and building substation will be done by 2019.