Green power energizes Hohhot's high-quality development

Hohhot is promoting the leapfrog development of a new energy industrial cluster supported by green electricity. Under "carbon peak and carbon neutrality" goals, wind, solar, hydrogen, and energy storage projects are accelerating, while traditional energy transformation progresses, injecting strong momentum into the city's high-quality development.

The Datang western-Inner Mongolia Togtoh 2000-megawatt new energy transmission project, a national pilot large-scale "desert, Gobi, and wasteland" wind-solar base, has a total installed capacity of 2000 MW (1700 MW of wind, 300 MW of solar). It generates over 4.1 billion kilowatt-hours annually, saving 1.43 million metric tons of standard coal and reducing carbon dioxide by over 3.5 million tons. Since the project was connected to the grid late last year, cumulative green electricity transmitted has exceeded 1.1 billion kWh.

Inner Mongolia Datang International Hohhot Aluminum & Power Co is also exploring an "aluminum + solar" model with its 360-MW solar project, which was connected to the grid last year. It generates 30.26 million kWh yearly, cutting carbon emissions by 26,000 tons, saving 170,000 tons of standard coal, and reducing carbon dioxide by 470,000 tons annually.

This year, Hohhot plans 107 key new energy projects with 96.9 billion yuan ($13.4 billion) in investment. By the end of June, the city's total installed power capacity had reached 20.96 gigawatts, including 4.71 GW wind and 2.38 GW of solar, with new and renewable energy accounting for 39.58 percent.