Northern regions are stepping up efforts to protect the environment

By establishing a series of key renewable energy projects, Tongliao in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region is actively developing its renewable energy industry chain and revitalizing its ambition to become a leading national green energy base.

The projects include the recently constructed Longma wind power equipment production base, the 600,000-kilowatt, 220-kilovolt Mingyang wind power transmission project in Kailu County, and the 500-kV Zhuri River transmission and transformation project.

“Looking to the future, while ensuring the supply of clean energy to Tongliao, green electricity will also be directed to the west. During critical periods of rising electricity demand, Inner Mongolia’s renewable energy will facilitate energy consumption across provinces, maximizing renewable energy exports and promoting its wider use,” said the project’s developer, State Grid East Inner Mongolia Electric Power Co.

Renewable energy production in Tongliao has made remarkable progress in recent years.

Currently, 46 wind farms are spread across the southern and northern parts of Tongliao, creating a vast wind and solar energy belt over 300 kilometers long.

Wind and solar power have surpassed fuel power to become the area’s primary energy sources, changing the region’s long-standing dependence on traditional thermal energy.

Riding the wave of dual-carbon targets, a series of large-scale grid projects have strongly supported the development of high-quality and renewable energy use in Tongliao, the utility said, adding that it will help accelerate the region’s transition to clean and low-carbon coal power.

Similarly, in the industrial park in Minning commune of Yinchuan in the Ningxia Hui autonomous region, a green energy project is also in full swing.

By the end of this year, after the completion of the energy storage station and the coordinated control of the source-grid-load-storage system, Minning will achieve the goal of 24/7 green energy supply.

Once the Minning Green Power Town is completed later this year, the comprehensive green energy power system will attract more green energy-preferring enterprises to set up operations here.

According to project developer State Grid Ningxia Electric Power Co, this will significantly reduce carbon dioxide emissions in the commune, saving an estimated 70,000 metric tons of standard coal per year and reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 48,000 tons.

Through the rooftop solar project, which provides paid space rental, local farmers can achieve an annual income increase of about 1,000 yuan per household while reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and the initiative will create more employment opportunities and promote rural vitalization and high-quality economic development – informed the Minning borough government.

“The successful connection of the rural solar sector to the solar grid was achieved thanks to the precise and efficient services of the utility. With their support, we are confident in our future development,” said Ma Ning, secretary of the Wuhe Party in Minning.

“We have created a panoramic monitoring system for Green Power Town in Mining to capture real-time data on new energy distribution, generation capacity, load rates and energy consumption situation. This provides the basis for further optimization and flexible interaction between source-grid-load-storage resources,” said Wu Haikun, head of State Grid Yinchuan Power Supply Co.’s internet office.

“In the future, we will use Ningxia Electric Power Co’s big data to dynamically analyze electricity consumption trends in industries and key mining sectors. This will help the government and related departments understand industrial development trends and implement precise policies,” Wu said.