https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/75e94e4f-dc9e-4e2d-84fb-a018c2aaf1fd Solar and wind power are crucial to China's power mix, and China builds more renewables power generation than the rest of the world combined. But their dependency on renewable sources poses a serious problem for grid operators, who struggle to balance the intermittent supply sources hitting the system. That challenge is compounded in China, who have massive wind and solar facilities thousands of kilometers away from the population centers who depend on them to keep the lights on. Local weather conditions in China's far west regions can have wide-ranging impacts on the national system, and "backflow" issues can cause blackouts anywhere in local markets. A new high-capacity DC transformer may be the answer in China, and elsewhere in Asia where heavy reliance on renewable power strains electric grids. Closing scene, Lijiang, Yunnan Resources and links: China’s Renewable Energy Boom: A Record-Breaking Shift or Still Chained to Coal? https://carboncredits.com/chinas-renewable-energy-boom-a-record-breaking-shift-or-still-chained-to-coal/ China is building more wind and solar capacity than the rest of the world combined https://www.reddit.com/r/China/comments/1e3s6a1/china_is_building_more_wind_solar_capacity_than/ World’s largest smart transformer to deliver 36 billion kWh of energy a year https://interestingengineering.com/energy/china-record-breaking-transformer Why Southeast Asia’s green energy boom hinges on smart grid investment https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/health-environment/article/3328985/why-southeast-asias-green-energy-boom-hinges-smart-grid-investment China’s green energy boom is stressing the grid – and sparking new currents in power reform https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3268893/chinas-green-energy-boom-stressing-grid-and-sparking-new-currents-power-reform Xinjiang power swing threatened China’s nationwide electricity supply in August https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3289629/xinjiang-power-swing-threatened-chinas-nationwide-electricity-supply-august Why is Chinese electricity so cheap? https://youtu.be/2FM933MTnPs 'A bullet train for power': China's ultra-high-voltage electricity grid https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20241113-will-chinas-ultra-high-voltage-grid-pay-off-for-renewable-power Economist, Electricity now flows across continents, courtesy of direct current https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2017/01/14/electricity-now-flows-across-continents-courtesy-of-direct-current Mon, 13 Apr 2026 07:32:01 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://tankie.tube https://tankie.tube/lazy-static/avatars/3ba3ff73-a8b6-49c9-add8-9653ef090c7f.webp https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/75e94e4f-dc9e-4e2d-84fb-a018c2aaf1fd All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://tankie.tube/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.