Hangzhou setting green transition example for country

Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, is developing a new type of power system by incorporating such clean energy resources as hydropower, wind, solar and storage, so as to raise its proportion of clean energy.

Recently, the city facilitated the Shuangxikou Reservoir — the first medium-sized reservoir with a gravity-arch dam in Zhejiang — to begin to store water and the associated hydropower station begins operations. The city's power supplier, State Grid Hangzhou Power Supply Co, has acknowledged the hydropower facility management.

In its transition to green electricity, Hangzhou is shifting its focus from coal-fired power dominance to wind, solar and hydropower, said Fu Yunxiao from the local State Grid unit.