In addition, India is researching and testing
1,200 kV UHVAC power transmission links. It
plans to construct six 1,200 kV UHVAC lines to
interconnect its power networks by 2020 and
transfer hydropower from north-east India to the
rest of the country.
In Egypt, the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company’s (EETC) 500 kV power transmission project
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—about 1,210 km long and
costing around $760 million—is the first deal
concluded under Sino-Egyptian capacity cooperation in the BRI framework. It is the largest
power transmission line with the highest voltage
and widest coverage in Egypt. The project was
executed on an engineering, procurement and
construction (EPC) basis by China Electric
Power Equipment and Technology Co., Ltd., a
wholly owned subsidiary of State Grid Corporation of China. It has increased transmission
capacity from the gas-fired power plants in the
Fig. 42 Belo Monte UHV DC project, Brazil. Source
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Strategy, Global Energy Interconnection Development
and Cooperation Organization, Feb. 22, 2017, Beijing,
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1,200 kV UHVAC power transmission links. It
plans to construct six 1,200 kV UHVAC lines to
interconnect its power networks by 2020 and
transfer hydropower from north-east India to the
rest of the country.
In Egypt, the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company’s (EETC) 500 kV power transmission project
58
—about 1,210 km long and
costing around $760 million—is the first deal
concluded under Sino-Egyptian capacity cooperation in the BRI framework. It is the largest
power transmission line with the highest voltage
and widest coverage in Egypt. The project was
executed on an engineering, procurement and
construction (EPC) basis by China Electric
Power Equipment and Technology Co., Ltd., a
wholly owned subsidiary of State Grid Corporation of China. It has increased transmission
capacity from the gas-fired power plants in the
Fig. 42 Belo Monte UHV DC project, Brazil. Source
White Paper on Global Energy Internet Development
Strategy, Global Energy Interconnection Development
and Cooperation Organization, Feb. 22, 2017, Beijing,
http://www.chinasmartgrid.com.cn/news/20170223/
622201.shtml
58
http://www.ceec.net.cn/art/2017/6/12/art_11096_
1397882.html.
Special Report 3: A Study of China’s Technology Revolution
357