Greater Bay Area to receive 100 million kW of solar power by 2030

(ECNS) -- The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area is expected to receive large amounts of clean power by 2030, including 35 million kilowatts of offshore wind power, 100 million kilowatts of solar power and 63 million kilowatts of clean electricity transmitted from other regions to Guangdong's power grid, according to figures released at the 2026 Global Bay Area Economic Forum, held in Guangzhou from Friday to Sunday.

At a parallel session on the energy transition and sustainable development, the Greater Bay Area Electricity Development Cooperation Organization was established and issued an initiative calling for closer cooperation in the power sector among Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao.

Guangdong Power Grid Co. of China Southern Power Grid proposed building a new power grid through the coordinated development of a flexible main grid, resilient distribution networks and flexible microgrids.

Two 3-million-kilowatt flexible direct-current back-to-back projects in Guangzhou and Dongguan, together with a 500-kilovolt outer ring grid in the Greater Bay Area, have increased power exchange capacity between eastern and western Guangdong by 150%.

A flexible direct-current transmission project linking offshore wind farms in the South China Sea to the Greater Bay Area is undergoing joint commissioning and testing. The project is expected to deliver clean electricity from the wind farms to the region once complete.

(By Tang Yuxian)