Guilin village’s development axis, the Liyang No.1 Highway

 

State Grid Changzhou Electric Power Supply Company workers carry out routine checks.

On the evening of July 16, staff from State Grid Changzhou Electric Power Supply Company visited Guilin village in Tianmu Lake town, Liyang city, Jiangsu Province, to inspect electricity usage and upgrade power lines during the “Bonfire Music Salon” event.

Guilin village, situated between the Shahe Reservoir and Daxi Reservoir, serves as a prime area for Liyang’s all-for-one tourism development. In recent years, the State Grid Changzhou Electric Power Supply Company has actively supported China’s rural revitalization by accelerating the grid upgrades in Guilin village and providing tailored power supply solutions for its pursuit of low-carbon and green development.

In 2017, the Liyang Municipal Government proposed an all-for-one tourism development strategy, and Guilin village took the chance, emerging as a pivotal node along its development axis, Liyang No.1 Highway. State Grid Changzhou Electric Power Supply Company, following the rural revitalization initiative, has offered the village special grid transformation plans and upgraded service lines and power supply equipment to facilitate its transition into a beautiful and harmonious countryside spot. Additionally, Jiangsu’s first “Digital Smart Power Distribution Area” was established through comprehensive upgrades to transformers, distribution cabinets, and residential meter boxes. This enabled real-time monitoring of power quality, branch circuit losses, and incidents such as fires and water ingress within meter boxes.

Moreover, tea, as a pivotal industry in Guilin village, is impossible to overlook. In 2022, to meet the electricity demands of the all-electric tea-making process, staff from the State Grid Changzhou Electric Power Supply Company visited tea farmers to develop customized plans. This effort coincided with Changzhou’s implementation of power supply measures that benefited the public, leading to the installation of over 60 new transformers and the upgrade of more than 20 kilometers of power lines surrounding the village’s tea fields. Last year, the company also introduced mobile energy storage and power tracking technology to address electricity challenges during peak tea-making seasons for local farmers.

With the rapid growth across various sectors, the 22-square-kilometer Guilin village now hosts over 120 distinctive homestays, agritourism spots, and family farms. In November 2023, the upcoming Dream World planned to electrify its kitchen facilities. Leveraging the electricity service convenience points under the “village network co-construction” program, State Grid Changzhou Electric Power Supply Company secured worry-free and efficient upgrades for the tea house through one-stop services and technical support.

This year, the State Grid Changzhou Electric Power Supply Company has designated Guilin village as a demonstration site to develop the “wind-PV-storage-charging” intelligent microgrid. Additionally, wind power generation, distributed PV, shared energy storage, and other advanced energy-consuming equipment will be applied in the village, injecting stronger green power into its development.