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The Global Energy Interconnection is a proposed global electricity network (
Super grid
A super grid or supergrid is a wide-area transmission grid (electricity), network, generally trans-continental or multinational, that is intended to make possible the trade of high volumes of electricity across great distances. It is sometimes a ...
).
Idea Conception
The proposal is an eighteen-line backbone of ultra high voltage connections to link 80 countries in networks incorporating smart-grid technology and significantrenewable energy
Renewable energy (also called green energy) is energy made from renewable resource, renewable natural resources that are replenished on a human lifetime, human timescale. The most widely used renewable energy types are solar energy, wind pow ...
sources. The scope of the proposal spans 50 years. The first phase focuses on integrating national grids, building new smart grids, and increasing renewable energy usage. The second phase would connect continental grids. The third phase, proposed for the period 2030 to 2070, would develop Afro-Eurasian transcontinental grids linked by ultra high voltage systems.
The idea was conceived by State Grid Corporation of China
The State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC), commonly known as the State Grid, is a Chinese state-owned electric utility corporation. It is the largest utility company in the world. , State Grid is the world's third largest company overall by re ...
(SGCC), and put forward by SGCC Chairman Liu Zhenya, at a workshop on November 12, 2015. President Xi Jinping
Xi Jinping, pronounced (born 15 June 1953) is a Chinese politician who has been the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and Chairman of the Central Military Commission (China), chairman of the Central Military Commission ...
supports the proposal and has linked it to the principle of ecological civilization
Ecological civilization is the hypothetical concept that describes the alleged final goal of social and environmental reform within a given society. It implies that the changes required in response to global climate disruption and social injustice ...
and highlighted it in international forums including a 2015 speech before the UN General Assembly. China seeks to gain support for the GEI in forums including the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and at the Gulf Cooperation Council.
See also
*Energy policy of China
The People's Republic of China is both the world's largest energy consumer and the largest industrial country. Since the country's industrialization in the 1960s, China is currently the world's largest emitter of greenhouse gases, and co ...
* Belt and Road Initiative
The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI or B&R), known in China as the One Belt One Road and sometimes referred to as the New Silk Road, is a global infrastructure development strategy adopted by the government of China in 2013 to invest in more t ...
References
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