SOUTHWEST China’s Sichuan Province has strengthened infrastructure construction to ensure power supply for major venues of the 31st FISU World University Games (Universiade) is generated by clean energy.

The games will be held in Chengdu, capital city of Sichuan, from July 28 to Aug. 8.

A total of 11 newly built and expanded power grids and supporting projects are now preparing to generate and supply electricity produced by clean energy, according to State Grid Sichuan Electric Power Co.

To facilitate green and low-carbon travel for the event, Sichuan has also launched a charging service network. A 200-square-meter photovoltaic charging station has been established in the downtown area of Longquanyi District in Chengdu, which is able to provide charging services for 46 electric vehicles simultaneously.

In addition, cadmium telluride solar panels, which can absorb and convert sunlight into electricity, have been installed on the roof of hotels for athletes. The technology was widely used at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games.

Sichuan is one of the largest clean energy bases in China. By the end of 2022, Sichuan’s installed clean energy capacity exceeded 100 million kilowatts. Among them, the installed capacity of hydropower reached 97.5 million kilowatts.

Chengdu will become the third city on the Chinese mainland to host the biennial Summer Universiade, following Beijing in 2001 and Shenzhen in 2011.

The city has constructed 13 new venues and facilities while renovating 36 existing ones for the University Games. (Xinhua)