When Wuhan UHV is completed in 2013, electricity shortage or mitigation will occur.

The reporter learned from Wuhan Power Supply Company yesterday that the 1000 kV high-voltage AC backbone network, which is called the “highway” of the power grid, will be landed in Wuhan in 2013. After that, when Jiangcheng uses the thermal power plant in Inner Mongolia, it can effectively ease the power shortage.

According to Wuhan's economic development and growth in demand for electricity, it is expected that by 2015, the total electricity consumption in Wuhan will reach 54.9 billion kilowatt-hours and the maximum electricity load will reach 11.44 million kilowatts.

According to Chang Gang, general manager of Wuhan Power Supply Company, during the “12th Five-Year Plan” period, Wuhan will build a large number of power transmission and transformation facilities, and it is expected that by 2015, 74 substations with 220KV and below will be added. In 2013, the UHV AC backbone network planned and constructed by the State Grid Corporation of China will also be located in Xinzhou District, Wuhan City. The second channel of energy interconnection between Hubei and Inner Mongolia Coal and Power Grid will be opened and the current “transmission coal” will be changed to “transmission”. "Northern energy can be sent directly to Wuhan via the UHV power grid, which can effectively solve the problem of power shortage in Wuhan.