September 06, 2008

China plans electricity line from Qinghai to Lhasa

China is preparing to build an electricity transmission line from Qinghai to the Tibetan capital of Lhasa, running in the same direction of the world's highest railway that links the two places.

The line starts from Golmund in Qinghai province and ends at Lhasa. The Qinghai-Tibet electricity route is a 500 KV power transmission line, with the first phase project target of transmitting 6.5 billion kwh annually.

The 1,100 kilometer long line, billed as the world's first electricity transmission line above the 5,000 meter altitude, is to be completed in 2010.