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- 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 (HU) – China (SC) interconnection (planned)
20th-largest interconnector in China of 81 · top 5% worldwide (#32 of 704)
- Status
- proposed
- Capacity
- 8,000 MW
- Commissioned
- 2025
- Length
- 978 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
- #18China (GA) – China (SD) interconnection (planned)8.0 GW
- #19China (HN) – China (NI) interconnection (planned)8.0 GW
- #20China (HU) – China (SC) interconnection (planned)8.0 GW
- #21China (SC) – China (TI) interconnection (planned)8.0 GW
- #22China (AN) – China (JS) interconnection7.5 GW
Co-located infrastructure · within 25 km
- China (CH) – China (SC) interconnection0 m · Interconnector · 6.5 GW
- China (JS) – China (SC) interconnection0 m · Interconnector · 8.0 GW
- China (JX) – China (SC) interconnection0 m · Interconnector · 8.0 GW
- PetroChina Sichuan Chengdu Petrochemical Plant3.4 km · Chemical Plant
- Chengdu Jialing power station6.5 km · Power Plant · 359 MW · coal
- Chengdu power station6.6 km · Power Plant · 200 MW · coal
- Sichuan & Chongqing Grand Loop Line19 km · Pipeline
- 500 kV line21 km · Transmission Line
- CNPC Sichuan & Chongqing Gas Pipeline Network — Chongzhou-Pengzhou Gas Pipeline22 km · Pipeline
- Sichuan & Chongqing Grand Loop Line — Zhongjiang-Longquan Gas Pipeline23 km · Pipeline
On the interactive map
Planned multi-terminal HVDC line that transports hydropowered electricity from Tibet & Sichuan to Hubei. Runs from Tibet into Sichuan on to Hubei (no terminal in Chongqing). Assumption that full flow capacity of 8 GW exists along the entire route.
SOURCE: Global Transmission Database v0.1 (CC BY 4.0)