Accommodation of clean energy: challenges and practices in China Southern Region

Clean energy (including hydropower, wind power, solar power, nuclear power, etc.) provides an effective solution to deal with the issue of environmental protection and alleviate the depletion pressure of traditional fossil energy. However, in real practices, there are also many barriers that can challenge the accommodation of clean energy, including geographical condition, economy growth, energy endowment, technology limitation and so on. Due to regional discrepancies, unevenly distribution of power resources and electricity consumption, it is also a challenge for China Southern Power Grid (CSG) to utilize clean energy. To better develop clean energy, CSG has put a series of efforts, include: the long-transmission power network construction, power market support, dispatch optimization, technology innovation, etc. This paper mainly reviews the challenges and practices for the accommodation of clean energy in CSG. The corresponding outcome and future trends are also comprehensively introduced. It is expected through this paper, the case of CSG can inspire the development and accommodation of clean energy, as well as can provide beneficial references to other worldwide regions.