China has launched its longest extra-high voltage (EHV) power transmission line, connecting the far western region of Xinjiang and the eastern province of Anhui, reports Reuters.

The 2,065-mile (3,324-km) transmission line with voltage of 1,100 kV is designed to transmit 66 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity a year.

Most of the electricity transmitted by the line will come from the Zhundong coal-fired power plant in northern Xinjiang. China has banned new coal-fired power utilities in the smog-prone east of the country as part of Beijing's anti-pollution campaign.

This project will help meet increasing power demand in industrialized eastern regions and reduce the amount of wasted electricity in the west.

According to the State Grid Corporation of China, by the end of June the country had 18 EHV lines with overall transmission length of 17,131 miles.

Source: Reuters