Green Asian Games powered by clean energy

In Ningbo, Xiangshan Asian Games Sailing Center and Banbianshan Beach Volleyball Center have recently completed the green electricity transaction with State Grid (Ningbo) Integrated Energy Co., Ltd, which will provide all of the green electricity support for these two Asian Games venues in Xiangshan during the Games, helping achieve the goal of zero carbon emissions of electricity consumption.

It is reported that the green electricity in this transaction is provided by 15 distributed photovoltaic power plants in Ningbo, covering the rooftop photovoltaics of industrial plants and the rooftop photovoltaics of rural residents.

This green power will provide nearly 400,000 kilowatt-hours (kWh) of clean energy for the two Asian Games venues and facilities in Xiangshan, which is equivalent to the burning of about 398.8 tons of standard coal. It also means reducing 280 tons of carbon dioxide emissions, which equals the amount of carbon dioxide that 12,911 adult trees absorb in one year.

From now until the end of the Asian Para Games, all 56 venues, which are located in the host city of Hangzhou and the co-host cities of Ningbo, Shaoxing, Huzhou, Jinhua and Wenzhou, will be powered by green electricity from western China as well as the State Grid's 136 photovoltaic power stations in Hangzhou.