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Thursday, March 09 2023 - 14:24
AsiaNet
State Grid Zhejiang Electric Power Company: The Hangzhou Asian Games green electricity trading has reached 500 million kilowatt hours
HANGZHOU, China, March 9, 2023 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --

Located in Zang Autonomous Prefecture of Hainan, Qinghai Province, a 
single-crystal double-sided photovoltaic component averagely generates 2.2 
kilowatt hours per day. Through the 'west-east electricity transmission 
project', the electricity is delivered to Hangzhou and it can be used to 
maintain the operation of an energy-saving light for 220 hours in the Olympic 
Sports Center and Swimming Hall of the Hangzhou Asian Games.

Through green electricity transaction, all of the 56 Asian Games venues will 
use green electricity for their power needs from March 2022 to the end of the 
Asian Para Games.

'Green electricity is referred to electricity that has zero or almost zero 
carbon dioxide emissions in the process of production. Compared with thermal 
power generation, green electricity has low impact to the environment. 
According to the form of energy generation, the green electricity usually comes 
from wind or photovoltaic power.' Xia Lin said, the head of the marketing 
department of State Grid Hangzhou Power Supply Company.

Where does the green electricity for the Hangzhou Asian Games come from? Some 
of the electricity come from Photovoltaic power, generating in Tsaidam Basin 
(Qinghai Province), Jiayuguan (Gansu Province), or the Loess Plateau. Some of 
the electricity come from wind power, generating in Hami (Xinjiang Province), 
or Bashu (Sichuan Province and surrounding area). These origin of electric 
energy are all distributed along the Silk Road in China. Through the 
transmission of the Ultra High-Voltage grid, the "wind and light" of the Silk 
Road has been realized, lighting up the Asian Games.

Taking e-sports, which is included in the official competition at the first 
time in Asian Games, for an example. In the 80,000 square meter e-sports arena, 
the competitions and operation require about 20,000 kilowatt hours of 
electricity. This amount of electricity is equivalent to the daily generation 
power of three wind turbines located in Yandun, Hami, Xinjiang Province. In the 
past, to generate the same amount of electricity need to burn more than six 
tons of standard coal.

Source: State Grid Zhejiang Electric Power Company
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