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China Launches Smart Operation Foundation Model for Integrated Hydro-Wind-Solar Management

China has launched its first smart operation foundation model for integrated hydropower-wind-solar management. Jointly developed by SDIC Yalong River Hydropower Development Company, the National Climate Center, China Electric Power Research Institute (CEPRI), Huawei, and other partners, the system will support operations at the Yalong River integrated hydropower-wind-solar energy base. It runs on a high-altitude underground intelligent computing center powered entirely by hydropower, wind, and solar electricity, using the naturally low-temperature environment to reduce cooling energy consumption.

The model integrates satellite remote sensing, meteorological monitoring, hydrological information, and operating data from renewable energy plants. It can access real-time data from PV inverters, wind turbines, and hydropower equipment across the Yalong River basin, linking renewable energy forecasting with dispatch and operational decision-making.

The developers expect the accuracy of renewable resource forecasting at the Yalong River base to exceed 95%. The Yalong River integrated hydropower-wind-solar base has a planned capacity of 40 GW, with 23 GW already commissioned.