Coal Transportation and Power Transmission

This paper looks into details of China's uneven geographical distribution of the primary energy,and the disparity of economic development among different regions,and deals with comparative advantages between coal transportation and power transmission.Both coal transportation and powert ransmission issues should be studied at a high level according to the country's basic condit ions;and power grids should be regarded as an integral part of the comprehensive transportation system of the country;and the relationship between coalt ransportation and power transmission should be complementary rather than zero sum.The tension of coal transportation will remain in China in a long time,therefore it takes long distance power transmission to alleviate it.The environment capacity in the developed regions makes it impossible to add more coal-fired power plants,and utilization of large-scaled hydropower and wind power calls for long-distance power transmission.Considering all these conditions,the state should balance and coordinate all the players in the energy sector,and makep olicies based on the actual situations,and make full use of high technologies,and lay balanced stresses on coalt ransportation and power transmission in the hope to realize theo verall optimization of the transportation system in the country.