According to China Energy News, during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, the national power grid plans to build "24 cross 14 straight" ultra-high voltage projects, with a total investment of about 380 billion yuan, accounting for 17.0% of the proportion of power grid investment, 3.8 percentage points higher than the "13th Five-Year Plan "The total investment is about 380 billion yuan, accounting for 17.0% of the power grid investment, 3.8 percentage points higher than the “13th Five-Year Plan”, involving more than 30,000 kilometers of lines, an increase of about 6,000 kilometers compared to the “13th Five-Year Plan”.

It is estimated that 420,000 tons of new aluminium will be used in the UHV project in 2022. According to State Grid, by 2020, China will have 35,868 kilometers of UHV lines. It is expected that China will add 7,000 kilometers of new UHV lines in 2022, returning to the 2019 level. According to SMM data, the amount of aluminium per unit kilometer of UHVDC / AC line is about 55.2/63.4 tons, so it is estimated that the amount of aluminium used in UHV project is about 420,000 tons in 2022.