ASSESSMENTS
China Seeks to Expand Electricity Networks
May 27, 2014 | 09:00 GMT

Workers build an electricity transmission tower on July 11, 2008 in Yongjia County of Zhejiang Province
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Summary
In the next five to seven years, China will pursue plans to develop cross-country ultra high-voltage power transmission networks linking energy bases in western China to central and coastal consumer regions. However, progress on ultra high-voltage efforts will be uneven, hobbled by logistical and policy constraints.
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