As Changji Hui autonomous prefecture in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region recently issued its highest-level heat alert, staff members from State Grid Changji are assembling the No 12 tower for the Chuanyue 220 kilovolt transmission project in the heart of the desert in Dashitou township, where temperatures soared to 40 C. The team is pressing ahead with the 18 gigawatt new-energy transmission undertakings for the entire prefecture.