Gansu Outlines "15th Five-Year Plan" for Power Grid Expansion and UHV Corridors Development

Published: Apr 8, 2026 15:50

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According to BJX (Polaris Power Network), on April 3, Gansu issued its "15th Five-Year Plan" outline, clearly positioning itself as the general hub of the northwest power grid and the main corridor for west-to-east power transmission, and advancing the "trinity" construction of "large-scale bases + supporting coal-fired power + UHV corridors": enhancing the capacity of the Jiuquan-Hunan DC line and the Gansu-to-Shandong power transmission, completing the Gansu-to-Zhejiang and Gansu-to-Sichuan power transmission projects, planning new corridors for desert bases, and striving to have 6 operational UHV DC lines; advancing Shaanxi-Qinghai-Ningxia power mutual support and the 750 kV backbone grid to ensure large-scale new energy power transmission and inter-provincial consumption.

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