World’s tallest power transmission towers wired across Yangtze River
China, Nanjing: Two 385-m-tall power transmission towers have been wired across the Yangtze River, the longest river in Asia.
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China, Nanjing: Two 385-m-tall power transmission towers have been wired across the Yangtze River, the longest river in Asia.
The towers are the tallest of their kind in the world.
The twin towers built on each side of the Yangtze in eastern China’s Jiangsu Province are crucial to the 500-kV power transmission project spanning the river. It is one of the most technically difficult cross-river network transmission projects in China, according to the State Grid Jiangsu Electric Power Co., Ltd.
Twenty-four electricity wires weighing about 410 T will stretch across the 2-km-wide river banks and be installed high above China’s busiest waterway, said Chen Songtao of the company, adding that water traffic control will be implemented to ensure safety standards during construction.
The 500-kV power transmission project is expected to be completed in July this year. Once operational, it will send renewable energy like wind power from the north of the Yangtze to the south, aiming to supply electricity for 8 million households.
Source: Gov.cn
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