Can China decarbonize the southern power grid by 2060?

Decarbonization of the Southern Power Grid in China is feasible by 2060 but requires converting a large cropland area to support solar and wind energy; expansion of hydropower will impact the transboundary rivers according to a power system optimization model set up for 2020–2060.

Should Guangxi support solar and wind plants?

First, the deployment of solar and wind plants reflects the geographical distribution of these resources, but may also lead to unfair land use requirements; in this specific case, the sole province of Guangxi should support 43% of the total land requirements across the CSPG (Table S4).

Which CSPG basins are covered by a hydropower simulation?

The simulation covers six basins across the CSPG, i.e., Mekong, Nujiang, Yangtze, Yuan and Red, Pearl, and QSGCRB, which encompass more than 120 GW of existing hydropower capacity and 32 GW of projected hydropower capacity 58 (Table S14).

Who are the members of CSG energy storage & NIO Power V2G?

Li Dinglin, General Manager and Deputy Party Secretary of CSG Energy Storage, Lu Wensheng, Deputy General Manager and member of the Party Committee of CSG Energy Storage, Harry He, Head of NIO Power System Management, and Hu Weifeng, Head of NIO Power V2G attended the ceremony.

What percentage of the CSPG generation mix is used by hydropower?

Another hefty fraction of the generation mix (roughly 22%) is accounted for by hydropower, with more than 32 GW deployed by 2060. In other words, 83%, 66%, and 100% of the available (new) capacity for solar, wind, and hydropower is exploited by 2060. Fig. 2: Capacity and generation mix over the period 2020–2060 in the CSPG.

Which generation capacities are available in China?

Existing generation capacities—mostly consisting of hydropower and coal, with a small share of gas, nuclear, biomass, PSH, wind, and solar—were retrieved from the China Electricity Council 57 and PEC of each province in the CSPG. We consider candidate capacities for coal, gas, biomass, nuclear, and PSH that have existing installed capacities.