Liu Zhenya (Chinese:刘振亚; born 1952) is Chairman of Global Energy Interconnection Development and Cooperation Organization (GEIDCO) which proposes to build a global super grid of low-loss HVDC power lines for long distance energy exchange and trade.
Biography
Liu Zhenya was born in 1952 in Shandong province.[1]:93 Liu began working in the electrical field at age 19 and worked in a local power plant during the Cultural Revolution.[1]:93
He graduated from Shandong Institute of Technology with a degree in power systems and automation.[1]:93 He spent the next 20 years of his career working in power plants and in the Shandong branch of State Power Corporation of China.[1]:93 Liu led a subsidiary of Shandong Electric Power Company on a fundraising campaign to close the gap in electric service in Shandong, raising RMB 2 billion in 1996 and earning a reputation for his ambition and drive to succeed.[1]:94
Liu was transferred to Beijing where he worked as a vice-general manager at State Power Corporation shortly before its dissolution.[1]:94 After its dissolution, he began working at State Grid Corporation of China and was appointed its Party Secretary and general manager in 2004.[1]:94The Times reported that in this role he had "been forced into fire-fighting outrage at home after the worst snowstorms in half a century crippled power lines, blacked out cities and brought the electrified railways to a standstill."[2]
In 2008, Liu created State Grid International Development Company to oversee State Grid's foreign investments.[1]:96 During Liu's tenure at State Grid, the enterprise made foreign acquisitions in Australia, Brazil, Italy, the Philippines, and Portugal.[1]:96
In 2013, State Grid established a Board of Directors at its holding company level and Liu became its Chairman.[1]:94 He continued to serve as Party Secretary.[1]:94 Liu adopted the strategy of "one special, four large": the development of UHV power grids (the "one special") and hydropower, coal power, nuclear power, and renewable energy (the "four large").[1]:94
Liu increased State Grid's investment in UHV research and development, creating a UHV Power Grid Engineering Group and a UHV Grid Engineering Working Group.[1]:95
Liu joined the CPC in 1984. He is currently Chairman of Global Energy Interconnection Development and Cooperation Organization (GEIDCO) and an alternate of the 17th CPC Central Committee.[3]
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