Asia-Pacific

New power bridge across Russia-China border completed

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-11-23 16:15

VLADIVOSTOK - The construction of a new power bridge across the Russian-Chinese border, through which electric energy would be exported to China, had been completed, local media reported recently.

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With the completion of the bridge, the Eastern Energy Company has finished preparations for construction of new 500-kilovolt(KV) power lines from Amurskaya Substation to Khabarovskaya Combined Cycle Station, a steam and gas station, with a capacity of between 400MW and 500 MW.

Eastern Energy Company plans to construct new generation facilities with total capacity of 10,800 MW as well as AC and DC power transmission spanning more than 3,000 kms.

The new power line construction will make it possible to export to China up to 4-5 billion kwh per year, which will cut power prices for Far East consumers.