Application of new energy storage technologies in the winter olympics

Could the Beijing Winter Olympics be a test bed for green technology?

The Beijing Winter Olympics is a test bed for new green technologies, such that this grand event can serve also as a pilot program for the kind of sustainable development that our planet needs to combat climate change.

What is green transportation at the Olympics?

Moreover, all venues are covered fully by an urban, green, flexible, direct current grid, another Olympic first. For green transportation at the Olympics, the proportion of new energy vehicles is the highest ever, accounting for 100 percent of passenger cars and 86 percent of all vehicles.

Why are Beijing Winter Olympics so important?

Leadership often uses major events as deadlines, and for the Beijing Winter Olympics, China's dual motivation is to guide the Chinese public to low-carbon practices and to spotlight China's commitment to achieve carbon peaks by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2060. All of the 26 Winter Olympic venues are powered with 100 percent renewable energy.

How much green electricity will the Olympics use?

By optimizing and integrating multiple green technologies, Olympics venues are expected to consume about 400 million kWh of green electricity, which would cut 128,000 tons of standard coal combustion and 320,000 tons of carbon dioxide.

What is the challenge for China in the Winter Olympics?

The challenge for China is to translate the green technologies pioneered in the Beijing Winter Olympics into widely adopted, environmentally friendly, economically viable products and services. That would get the ultimate gold medal. I'm keeping Watch. I'm Robert Lawrence Kuhn.