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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 (HE) – China (QI) interconnection
13th-largest interconnector in China of 81 · top 4% worldwide (#25 of 704)
- Status
- operating
- Capacity
- 8,000 MW
- Length
- 1,587 km
- Voltage
- 800 kV
- Connects to
- China
- Geometry
- Schematic — node to node, not a surveyed route
Comparable interconnectors · China · 81 ranked
- #1China (GD) – China (YU) interconnection29.7 GW
- #11China (HB) – China (SD) interconnection8.5 GW
- #12China (HE) – China (HU) interconnection8.5 GW
- #13China (HE) – China (QI) interconnection8.0 GW
- #14China (HU) – China (SI) interconnection8.0 GW
- #15China (JS) – China (SC) interconnection8.0 GW
Co-located infrastructure · within 25 km
- China (GA) – China (QI) interconnection0 m · Interconnector · 2.5 GW
- Golmud-Xining-Lanzhou Crude Oil Pipeline3.1 km · Pipeline
- Qinghai Sanjiangyuan Direct Green Power Connections solar farm3.1 km · Power Plant · 135 MW · solar
- Xining Special Steel Co Ltd11 km · Iron & Steel Plant
- Huaneng Xining power station13 km · Power Plant · 700 MW · coal
- 750 kV line14 km · Transmission Line
On the interactive map
Includes existing 8 GW Qinghai-Henan line (HVDC) following Table s4 (capacity not yet included in SWITCH data with 2020 baseline year). Long-distance UHV line to connect renewable resources in to demand centers.
SOURCE: Global Transmission Database v0.1 (CC BY 4.0)