In 2015, Chinese President Xi unveiled a new initiative known as the Global Energy Interconnection (GEI). The GEI aims to connect renewable energy producers to consumers through ultra-high-voltage power transmission lines spanning continents and smart technologies. RAND is nonprofit, nonpartisan, and committed to the public interest. The proposal is an eighteen-line backbone of ultra high voltage connections to link 80 countries in networks incorporating smart-grid technology and significant renewable energy sources. It embodies high-level integration of the flow of energy, flow of information and flow of business as an intelligent, automated and networked-based system for. The concept of Global Energy Interconnection (GEI) proposed by Global Energy Interconnection Development and Cooperation Organization (GEIDCO) integrates smart grids, ultrahigh voltage (UHV) transmission and renewable energy access (solar, wind and hydro). Ultrahigh Voltage (UHV) lines could.
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