Global Energy Interconnection

Long-term grid proposal

The Global Energy Interconnection is a proposed global electricity network (Super grid).

Idea Conception

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.^[1]^: 92 The scope of the proposal spans 50 years.^[1]^: 92-93 The first phase focuses on integrating national grids, building new smart grids, and increasing renewable energy usage.^[1]^: 92–93 The second phase would connect continental grids.^[1]^: 93 The third phase, proposed for the period 2030 to 2070, would develop Afro-Eurasian transcontinental grids linked by ultra high voltage systems.^[1]^: 93

The idea was conceived by State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC), and put forward by SGCC Chairman Liu Zhenya, at a workshop on November 12, 2015.^[2]^[3] President Xi Jinping supports the proposal and has linked it to the principle of ecological civilization and highlighted it in international forums including a 2015 speech before the UN General Assembly.^[1]^: 92 China seeks to gain support for the GEI in forums including the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and at the Gulf Cooperation Council.^[1]^: 92

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Curtis, Simon; Klaus, Ian (2024). The Belt and Road City: Geopolitics, Urbanization, and China's Search for a New International Order. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. doi:10.2307/jj.11589102. ISBN 9780300266900. JSTOR jj.11589102.
^ "Global Energy Interconnection". Archived from the original on 2016-04-21. Retrieved 2016-04-09.
^ Patel, 02/25/2016 | Sonal; Reitenbach, Gail (2016-02-25). "China Rolls Out Proposal for Worldwide Grid". POWER Magazine. Retrieved 2019-07-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

Belt and Road Initiative

Corridors and projects
(2019 Joint Communique)

Asia	China-Pakistan Economic Corridor Trans-Himalayan Network/China–Nepal Railway China-Myanmar Economic Corridor Eastern Economic Corridor (Thailand) Two Corridors, One Belt (Vietnam) Economic corridor in Greater Mekong Subregion China-Indochina Peninsula Economic Corridor/Laos-China Economic Corridor China-Laos-Thailand Railway Cooperation New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor Regional Comprehensive Economic Corridor (Indonesia) China-Malaysia Qinzhou Industrial Park Malaysia-China Kuantan Industrial Park Brunei-Guangxi Economic Corridor China-Central Asia-West Asia Economic Corridor Uzbekistan-Tajikistan-China International Highway China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan International Highway
Eurasia	New Eurasian Land Bridge Port of Piraeus China-Europe Land-Sea Express Line Baku–Tbilisi–Kars railway/Alyat Free Economic Zone Trans-European Transport Network TRACECA/TITR China–Belarus Industrial Park China–Mongolia–Russia Economic Corridor International North–South Transport Corridor
Africa	Suez Canal Economic Zone Cape to Cairo Road Port Sudan-Ethiopia Railway Addis Ababa-Djibouti Economic Corridor Northern Corridor LAPSSET VICMED
Americas	Agua Negra Pass International Tunnel
Theme	Transoceanic fiber optic cable Polar Silk Road

Linked to the BRI

Corridors	Air Silk Road Space Silk Road Digital Silk Road Global Energy Interconnection Bangladesh, China, India and Myanmar Economic Corridor
Projects	Hulhumalé Sino-Oman Industrial Park China-UAE Industrial Zone Port of Haifa Lekki Free Trade Zone

Financial

Concepts

Banking

Policy	Agricultural Development Bank of China China Development Bank China Exim Bank Sinosure Sino Guarantee
Multilateral	Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank New Development Bank SCO Interbank Consortium

Platforms

Funds	Silk Road Fund Green Silk Road Fund China-Eurasian Economic Cooperation Fund China-ASEAN Investment Cooperation Fund Russia-China Investment Fund China-CEE Investment Cooperation Fund China-LAC Cooperation Fund Sino-Latin American Production Capacity Cooperation Investment Fund China-Brazil Fund China Africa Development Fund
Credit lines	Special Loan Program for China-Latin America Infrastructure Project China-Arab states special loans