[Microsoft and Brookfield sign $10 billion renewable energy deal] Tech giant Microsoft has signed a global framework agreement to support about $10 billion worth of renewable energy projects and buy power developed by Brookfield Asset Management. The agreement aims to provide about 10.5 GW of solar and wind power between 2026 and 2030, and based on recent industry trends, this capacity will cost more than $10 billion to develop. Microsoft's deal with Brookfield would be the largest power purchase agreement of its kind, nearly tripling the 3 GW of power currently consumed by data centers in East Lawton County, Virginia. Lawton County, known as Data Center Lane, is the "largest data center market" in the world. The surge in artificial intelligence technology and the massive construction of data centers in the United States has the biggest tech companies scrambling for grid connections and reliable power supplies to power the technologies of the future. Most large companies want their power sources to be as clean as possible, preferably renewable. But utilities are struggling to keep up with soaring demand for data centers while maintaining reliable operations for all customers in the areas they serve. While Amazon, Microsoft, and all the other tech giants want solar and wind to power their operations, delivery times for new grid connections may take longer than they'd like. Editor/Xu Shengpeng

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• 2024.05.14 17:38
• [330 kV power transmissin and transformation project from Pansulu to Mansa,Zambia]
• Recently, it was learned that the Hunan Institute of China NENG Construction Power Engineering and its associate won the bid for the 330 kV power transmission and transformation project from Pansulu to Mansa in Zambia, and the project owner is ZESCO, the Zambian electricity company. Located in Zambia's Central and Luapura provinces, the project comprises 300 km of 330 kV lines, 140 km of 132 kV lines and corresponding 330 kV and 132 kV substations. As an important part of the national backbone power grid, this project is of great significance to promote the rich photovoltaic resources in the region and the development of cascade hydropower stations in the Luapura River basin. The successful construction of the project will greatly alleviate the shortage of power supply in Southern Africa, and inject strong impetus into the development of local mining and agriculture. Editor/Xu Shengpeng

• 2024.05.14 17:37
• [Shanghai Zhongxing Town 100 MW fishing and light complementary project started]
• On May 8, China NENG Construction Anhui Power Construction Company EPC general contract of Shanghai Chongming Zhongxing Town 100 MW fishing and light complementary project started. The project is located in Zhongxing Town, Chongming District, Shanghai, covering an area of about 1,800 mu, with a total installed capacity of 100 MW, a new 110 kV booster station, 17 km of 35 kV collector lines, and 175,439 pieces of 580Wp photovoltaic modules installed. The project adopts fish-light complementary mode for comprehensive development, combines photovoltaic power stations with aquaculture, and builds photovoltaic power stations on fish ponds to form a power generation mode of "above can generate electricity, below can be cultured". After the completion of the project, it can save about 30,000 tons of standard coal and reduce about 77,000 tons of carbon dioxide every year, which can effectively optimize the regional energy structure and meet the needs of the rapid growth of electricity load, and has positive significance for accelerating the construction of Chongming District to build a world-class ecological island, low-carbon demonstration zone and ecological circular agriculture demonstration town with a leading role in the world. Editor/Xu Shengpeng