GUANGZHOU, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- China on Tuesday began construction of a massive ultra-high voltage (UHV) power transmission line that will carry clean energy from Xizang Autonomous Region in southwest China across thousands of kilometers to the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area in south China.
The ±800 kV direct current transmission project involves a total investment of about 53.2 billion yuan (roughly 7.5 billion U.S. dollars). It starts in Qamdo, Xizang Autonomous Region, and ends in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, according to Dong Yanle, deputy general manager of the engineering construction department of China Southern Power Grid Co., Ltd.
