Fig. 7: Regional generation, demand, and interregional transmission map for the R scenario in 2030. | Nature Communications

Fig. 7: Regional generation, demand, and interregional transmission map for the R scenario in 2030.

From: Rapid cost decrease of renewables and storage accelerates the decarbonization of China’s power system

Fig. 7

The different grids are shaded in different colors based on the dominating energy source as the region decarbonizes. For example, the Northeastern grid is dominated by high wind energy penetration and is therefore shaded green and the Central grid is dominated by hydro electricity generation and is therefore shaded blue. Each region shows a graph with four bars representing the generation for the four different scenarios in order of increased carbon reduction (from left to right: BAU, R, C50, and C80, respectively). The dotted line across all bars in each set of generation graphs represents the yearly demand in 2030 in each region, which stays constant across the four scenarios. The magenta arrows point in the direction of the transmission flow between two regions. Source data are provided as a Source Data file.

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