Innovation empowers green development in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei area

Technological innovation has empowered the energy transition and green development of Beijing, which has also had a spillover effect on the BeijingTianjin-Hebei (Jing-Jin-Ji) region in North China, the Global Times observed through a visit to the national green development demonstration zone in Tongzhou district, Beijing’s sub-city center.

“Advanced” and “well-developed” are apt words for the new types power systems observed by a Global Times reporter who visited the green demonstration zone.

For example, unmanned quality inspections of electric vehicle (EV) charging piles can be realized through assembly lines that are equipped with fully automated robotic arms, which can independently finish 172 test items.

As the country’s first automated verification and testing assembly line for EV charging piles, the testing devices have a maximum power of 900 kilowatts, with a maximum daily testing capacity of 30 units, and the testing efficiency is 90 times higher than the original system, Wang Liyong, chief engineer of the Electric Power Research Institute of State Grid Beijing Electric Power Co, said in an exclusive interview with the Global Times on Friday.

The assembly line is part of the new power system experimental base located in the national green development demonstration zone. Covering 3.7 hectares, the laboratory is now a “test field” to boost green and low-carbon development with scientific and technological innovation in Beijing, the Global Times learned.

According to Wang, the experimental base has built a new type of power system featuring a smart distribution network, which is empowered by artificial intelligence.

“The new power system can promote accurate matching between supply and demand and ensure reliable power supply,” Wang noted.

Experts said that the application of the new power system can be widened to the rest of Beijing, and also the Jing-Jin-Ji area.

This year marks the 10th anniversary of the beginning of coordinated development in the Jing-Jin-Ji area.