State Grid Nanchang-Changsha 1000 kV UHV AC project put into operation

China Energy Storage Network News: In the depths of winter, snow is falling, and Nanchang and Changsha are happily holding hands. As the whole country is deeply studying and implementing the spirit of the Sixth Plenary Session of the 19th CPC Central Committee, carrying forward the great spirit of party building, and conscientiously implementing the deployment of the Central Economic Work Conference, on December 26, the State Grid Nanchang-Changsha 1000 kV UHV AC project was completed and put into operation, which will effectively ease the contradiction between power supply and demand, better serve the economic take-off of Hunan and Jiangxi provinces, and help the rise and high-quality development of the central region.

On the same day, the project completion and commissioning conference was held. Xin Baoan, Chairman and Party Secretary of State Grid Corporation of China, Mao Weiming, Deputy Secretary of Hunan Provincial Party Committee and Governor, Li Dianxun, Member of the Standing Committee of Hunan Provincial Party Committee and Executive Vice Governor, Ye Jianchun, Deputy Secretary of Jiangxi Provincial Party Committee and Acting Governor, Liang Gui, Member of the Standing Committee of Jiangxi Provincial Party Committee and Executive Vice Governor, Huang Xuenong, Supervision Director of the National Energy Administration, Sun Hongshui, General Manager and Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of China Energy Engineering Group, and Liu Yuan, Member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee and Deputy General Manager of China Power Construction Group, attended the meeting. Zhang Zhigang, General Manager and Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of State Grid Corporation of China, presided over the meeting, and Pan Jingdong, Deputy General Manager and Member of the Party Committee, attended the meeting.

In the coldest days of winter, we are full of enthusiasm. The Nanchang and Changsha substations at both ends of the project stand tall and silver wires shuttle. At around 11 a.m., Xin Baoan, Mao Weiming, and Ye Jianchun jointly pressed the power transmission button to start the project. Silver wires fly to increase kinetic energy, and the land of Hunan and Jiangxi has a grand vision. The endless supply of electricity has injected strong power into this red land.

Huang Xuenong, on behalf of the National Energy Administration, congratulated the project on its completion and commissioning. He said that State Grid Corporation of China, with a high sense of political responsibility and mission, played the advantages of the group, mobilized elite troops, overcame multiple difficulties, and completed the project construction tasks with high standards and high quality, which fully demonstrated the glorious tradition and fine style of the majority of cadres and employees who can fight hard battles and are good at fighting hard battles, and laid a solid foundation for serving the green and low-carbon development of the economy and society of the two provinces. It is hoped that State Grid Corporation of China will continue to work hard and make solid efforts to continuously achieve new achievements and breakthroughs, and make greater contributions to the high-quality development of my country's energy and power.

Ye Jianchun thanked the State Grid Corporation of China for its long-term strong support and help for Jiangxi's economic and social development. He said that Jiangxi will thoroughly implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speech during his inspection of Jiangxi, and in accordance with the goal of "setting an example and striving to be the first" and the important requirements of "five advancements", resolutely shoulder the political responsibility of energy supply, accelerate the promotion of high-quality development, and strive to make the Nanchang-Changsha project an energy artery to promote economic transformation and innovative development, an energy artery to promote mutual assistance and win-win results in inland areas, an energy artery to promote harmonious coexistence between man and nature, and an energy artery to promote common prosperity, and comprehensively build an innovative, prosperous, beautiful, happy, harmonious, diligent and honest Jiangxi.

Mao Weiming pointed out that since the beginning of this year, in the face of the tight power supply situation in Hunan, the State Grid Corporation of China has been brave enough to take the initiative to ensure people's livelihood, safety and key areas, and has made important contributions to serving Hunan's economic development and maintaining social stability. The Nanchang-Changsha project is a vivid practice of implementing General Secretary Xi Jinping's new energy security strategy, and it is of great significance for Hunan to fully implement the strategic positioning and mission of "three highs and four new". We will take the commissioning of the project as an opportunity to continue to deepen cooperation with the State Grid Corporation of China in energy transformation and upgrading, advanced manufacturing development, and strategic emerging industry cultivation, so as to achieve mutual benefit and win-win results and jointly promote the vigorous development and high-quality development of my country's energy and power industry.

Xin Baoan said that State Grid Corporation of China has always regarded ensuring national energy security and meeting the electricity demand for economic and social development as its primary task and first responsibility. It has continued to increase investment in Hunan and Jiangxi provinces, improve the grid structure, enhance external power supply capabilities, and continuously improve the level of power supply security. The completion and commissioning of the Nanchang-Changsha project is a practical action of the company to implement the important instructions and instructions of General Secretary Xi Jinping, give full play to the basic guarantee and supporting role of the grid, and serve the rise of the central region and the revitalization and development of the old revolutionary base areas; it is a practical measure for the company to keep in mind that "central enterprises belong to the Party", continue the red bloodline, adhere to the original mission, and practice the purpose of the people's power industry for the people's enterprise; it is the company's practical responsibility to coordinate development and safety, promote energy transformation, serve the "dual carbon" goals, and help build a clean, low-carbon, safe and efficient energy system.

Xin Baoan pointed out that the Nanchang-Changsha project took only 10 months from the start of construction to completion, creating a high-quality boutique project and setting an amazing construction record. This achievement is due to the care, support and great help from the National Development and Reform Commission, the National Energy Administration and other ministries and commissions, as well as the provincial party committees and governments of Hunan and Jiangxi, and the concerted efforts of all participating units to overcome difficulties. On the road to a new exam, State Grid Corporation of China will resolutely implement the decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, fully, accurately and comprehensively implement the new development concept, take the guarantee of reliable power supply as the foundation, and promote the clean and low-carbon transformation of energy as the direction, fully serve the "dual carbon" goals, fully serve the "six stability" and "six guarantees", and strive to make new contributions to the comprehensive construction of a modern socialist country, and welcome the successful convening of the 20th National Congress of the Party with outstanding achievements.

The Nanchang-Changsha project is an important part of the Central China UHV backbone grid. The project starts in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, and ends in Changsha, Hunan Province. Two new 1,000 kV substations will be built, with an additional 12 million kVA substation capacity. The line length is 2×341 kilometers, with a total investment of 10.2 billion yuan. It will increase the power supply capacity of the Hunan and Jiangxi power grids by more than 3.5 million kilowatts, improve the safety and stability of the system, and play an important role in ensuring the safe and reliable supply of electricity in Hunan and Jiangxi provinces this winter and next spring, and ensuring that the people have a warm winter.

The meeting was held via video, with venues in Beijing, Hunan, Jiangxi and the Central China Branch of the State Grid. The National Energy Administration, relevant departments of the Hunan and Jiangxi provincial governments, heads of municipalities and counties, relevant assistants and deputy chief engineers of the company, heads of relevant departments and units of the company, and representatives of construction and operation units attended the meeting. (Photo: Gao Zhixing)