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BEIJING, May 15 (UPI) -- The State Grid Corp. of China has started construction on what it says will be the world's largest capacity power transmission line.
The $3.7 billion, 800-kilovolt power line will be capable of transmitting 37 billion kilowatts on average annually, state-run news agency Xinhua reports.
At 1,373 miles long, it will connect the energy base of the Hami prefecture in eastern Xinjiang with the central city of Zhengzhou, going through the expansive region of Xinjiang, Gansu, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Shanxi and Henan.
"The ultra-high power transmission lines are a way out for the country's imbalanced distribution of energy reserve," said Zhang Guobao, director of the Expert Advisory Committee under the National Energy Administration.
China's State Grid Corp. is also promoting construction of four alternating-current and three direct-current ultra-high voltage power transmission lines across the country, for an investment this year of more than $47 billion.
Under its current five-year plan, China plans to build 19 major UHV lines, including alternating and direct current links. Eleven of the lines are intended to help wind power transmission


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