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Asset classes
- Transmission Line80,968
- Power Plant32,429
- Substation / Converter7,614
- Oil & Gas Field7,055
- Coal / Uranium Mine5,382
- Pipeline4,951
- Cement Plant3,513
- Data Centre3,283
- Iron & Steel Plant1,293
- LNG Terminal1,198
- Grid Storage965
- Iron Ore Mine949
- Chemical Plant868
- Interconnector704
- Export Terminal519
- Refinery279
- Storage / Tank Farm38
- Oil / Commodity Contract19
- Hydrogen Project18
- Carbon Capture (CCS)16
Chokepoints
Interconnector
China (GX) – China (YU) interconnection
36th-largest interconnector in China of 81 · top 8% worldwide (#51 of 704)
- Status
- operating
- Capacity
- 5,500 MW
- Length
- 621 km
- Connects to
- China
- Reverse capacity
- 2,500 MW
- Geometry
- Schematic — node to node, not a surveyed route
Comparable interconnectors · China · 81 ranked
- #1China (GD) – China (YU) interconnection29.7 GW
- #34China (HN) – China (HU) interconnection (planned)6.0 GW
- #35China (GU) – China (YU) interconnection5.5 GW
- #36China (GX) – China (YU) interconnection5.5 GW
- #37China (BE) – China (NM) interconnection5.0 GW
- #38China (HN) – China (SX) interconnection5.0 GW
Co-located infrastructure · within 25 km
- China (GU) – China (YU) interconnection0 m · Interconnector · 5.5 GW
- China (GD) – China (YU) interconnection0 m · Interconnector · 29.7 GW
- Yunnan Yunfeng Ammonia Plant6.2 km · Chemical Plant
- Kunming power station9.6 km · Power Plant · 200 MW · coal
- Sino-Myanmar Gas Pipeline — Kunming West Branch11 km · Pipeline
- Yunnan Xishan Daxing solar farm17 km · Power Plant · 100 MW · solar
- Huaxin Cement Honghe Co Ltd Cement Plant 119 km · Cement Plant
- Sino-Myanmar Gas Pipeline — Kunming East Branch21 km · Pipeline
- Yunnan Huaxin Jundong Cement Co Ltd Cement Plant21 km · Cement Plant
- 500 kV line23 km · Transmission Line
- 厂口变电站23 km · Substation / Converter
- Yunnan Xiangfeng Ammonia Plant24 km · Chemical Plant
On the interactive map
Includes existing 3 GW Wudongde-Guangxi-Guangdong line (capacity not yet included in SWITCH data with 2020 baseline year). Long-distance UHV line to connect renewable resources in to demand centers. — Use of data from SWITCH-China requires citation of number of data sources (see Github page)
SOURCE: Global Transmission Database v0.1 (CC BY 4.0)