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Smart Meters
During 2011 SGCC requested bids for 44 million smart meter units. In total, 65 companies received bids for smart meters from SGCC.

Top 10 Smart Meter Bid Winners in the First Four Biddings of SGCC, 2011

 * 1)     Jiangsu Linyang Electronics Co., Ltd        6.48%
 * 2)     Waision Group Holdings Limited              6.07%
 * 3)     Shenzhen Clou Electronics Co., Ltd.         5.95%
 * 4)     Nigbo Sanxing Electric Co., Ltd.            5.54%
 * 5)     Holley Metering Limited                     4.14%
 * 6)     Ningxia LGG Instrument Co., Ltd.            3.89%
 * 7)     Hangzhou Hexing Electrical Co., Ltd.        3.85%
 * 8)     Shenzhen Haoningda Meters Co., Ltd.         3.70%
 * 9)     Shenzhen Kaifa Technology Co., Ltd.         3.63%
 * 10)     Shenzhen Techrise Electronics Co., Ltd.     3.12%

Battery Energy Storage Station
In December of 2011 construction on battery energy storage station residing in Zhangbei, Hebei Province was completed by BYD and SGCC. The storage station is capable of storing 36 MWh of energy in a series of iron-phosphate batteries approximately the size of a football field. Designed to be implemented in conjunction with a 140 MW expansion of renewable energy (solar and wind), this project is worth over $500 million USD.

Digital Substations
The first digital substation was built in China in 2006. By 2009 China had implemented more than 70 digital substations.

Electric Vehicle Charging Equipment
In August of 2009 SGCC established its first commercially available electric vehicle charging station, the Caoxi Electrical Vehicle Charging Station. As of 2010, 76 electric vehicle charging stations have been build in 41 Chinese cities. Continued investment in electric car infrastructure reflects the country's goal of having 500,000 electric, hybrid and fuel-cell vehicles on the road by 2015 and 5 million by 2020.

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