A 4,200-kilometer-long extra high-tension power grid above 750-kilovolt will be established in China by 2010, said the State Power Grid Development Company Friday.

 

Liu Zhenya, general manager of the State Power Grid Development Company, said at the company's first staff conference that more extra high-tension power grids will be built in the coming years, so as to ease bottleneck on power supply in China.

 

Liu said by 2010, China's trans-province long-distance electricity transmission capacity will reach 70 million kilowatt, with its annual electricity sales exceeding 2.2 trillion kilowatt-hours.

 

In 2005, the company generated 1.46 trillion kilowatt-hours of electricity, a rise of 13.6 percent, with 77.4 billion kilowatt-hours for trans-province users.

 

Liu said the company profits 14.4 billion yuan (US$1.79 billion) in 2005, 44.9 percent more than that in 2004.

 

According to Liu, China's first demonstration projects for 750-kilovolt transmission line started operation at the end of 2005, a remarkable sign for the company to accelerate extra high-tension power grids construction in 2006.

 

The company plans to input 160 billion yuan (US$19.85 billion) on power grid construction and renovation in 2006, and put an additional 20,000 kilometers electricity transmission line above 220-kilovolt, said Liu.

 

(Xnihua News Agency January 21, 2006)