Source: China economic times author: Luo Fengling
in Hainan saying goodbye to the “power island” historical
This newspaper Haikou (Luo Fengling) Hainan Provincial Party Committee, provincial government and the China Southern power grid company evening gowns recently jointly in the 500,000-volt transformer substation of chengmai County Fushan Town organized a networking project and production ceremony of Hainan, in Asia, the world’s second sea-power interconnection project – 500,000 volt Hainan interconnection project was put into operation, Hainan ended a 95-year “power island” of history.
interconnection project of Hainan is China’s first two 500,000-volt extra high voltage, long distance and large capacity sea-networking project, world’s longest single length equal rank of submarine cables. Laying of 3 submarine cable is the key networking project in Hainan, submarine cable of single 32 km, there are no joints, world’s largest. Project preparatory work launched in March 2003 and in October 2005, approved by the national development and Reform Commission, officially starts on February 10, 2007, a total investment of $ 2.5 billion.
Deputy Secretary of the Hainan Provincial CPC Committee and Governor Luo Baoming said Hainan networking project completed, marking the Hainan official farewell to isolated network in a century of history, Hainan power milestones in the history of. After completion, China Southern power grid more prominent advantages and benefits of large power grids, Hainan will get greater scope for resource optimization, performance will be significantly improved, security and reliability of power system operation will be further enhanced.
it is understood that the interconnection project, Zhanjiang, Guangdong Province in the North of Hainan 500,000 volt city substation, by means of leizhou peninsula, crossing the qiongzhou Strait, South falls chengmai County, Hainan Province 500,000 volt Fushan substation, transmission line length 171. 9-kilometer, crossing qiongzhou Strait submarine cable 32-kilometer. Project selection of 500,000-volt AC network, design capacity of 600 megawatts, Fushan substation through the 5 to transmission lines connected to the 220,000-volt Hainan power grid line.