[The Canal, China's super-large-diameter shield machine, is put into use]The "Canal", a mud-water balance shield machine with the largest diameter domestically developed, designed and manufactured by China, was put into use in the Beijing East Sixth Ring Road Transformation Project recently. The "Canal", a super large-diameter shield machine tailored for the reconstruction of the East Sixth Ring Road, consists of a cutter head, a shield body and 5 sets of trolleys, with a total weight of about 4,500 tons. Editor/Xu Shengpeng
Recently, it was learned from the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Energy Bureau and other departments that with the deepening of energy cooperation between Beijing and Mongolia, Inner Mongolia's power transmission capacity to Beijing has continued to improve. Multiple power transmission channels, including 1000 kV AC ultra-high voltage, 500 kV point to grid, and grid to grid, have been built to transmit power to Beijing, with a total transmission capacity of about 24 million kilowatts.Editor/Gong Ziwei
On October 30, 2026, it was learned from State Grid Sichuan Electric Power Company that as of now, the ± 800 kV Baihetan to Jiangsu UHVDC transmission project has delivered over 100.02 billion kilowatt hours of clean hydropower to Jiangsu, equivalent to reducing standard coal consumption by nearly 30 million tons and reducing carbon dioxide emissions by over 90 million tons, continuously injecting green energy into the development of the Yangtze River Delta region.Editor/Gong Ziwei