DATABASE

Project

China Southern Grid Electrification Efforts



Link
www.iea.org


Abstract

The China Southern Grid Company aims to have completed the construction of power grids at the county level by 2010, investing a total of USD 7.2 bn for the supply of electricity to 410 000 households through grid extension. At the end of 2008, out of a total of 63 249 administrative villages, only 37 (all located in Yunnan Province) still lacked electricity access, with an access rate of 99.94%. Moreover, out of a total of 47 614 000 rural households 232 800 were without electricity, a rate of 99.51% (State Electricity Regulatory Commission, 2009).


Main Donor

Government of China
(Government)

Implementing Actor

The Government of China (Government)