Russian gas is expected to power households in Shanghai by the end of the year after Chinese workers finished building the final section of the east-route natural gas pipeline between the two countries, China’s state television said on Monday.
The pipeline, which links the northeastern Heilongjiang province that borders Russia and the eastern metropolis, would soon be fully operational after the southernmost section linking Jiangsu and Shanghai was officially completed, CCTV reported.
The 5,111km-long gas route, a signature project underscoring tightening economic ties between China and its resource-rich neighbour, would provide “stable natural gas supply” for a combined 130 million households each year, it added.
The project, touted as having the world’s largest single-pipe capacity, would “make important contributions to optimising China’s energy consumption structure, promoting green transformation, and helping to achieve the ‘dual carbon’ goals,” CCTV said.
China has set a target of reaching peak carbon emissions by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2060.
Connecting to a 3,000km (1,864-mile) segment in Russia’s far east, dubbed the Power of Siberia, the pipeline inside China commenced partial operation five years ago and has since been lengthened to the south.