The Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center Stadium, also known as the "Big Lotus", is illuminated by green electricity transmitted from western China at night. [Photo/zjol.com.cn]

A supply of green electricity was deployed at all 56 sporting venues for the 19th Asian Games and 4th Asian Para Games on March 31, local media outlets reported.

Green electricity refers to photovoltaic electric energy transmitted through ultra-high voltage lines from China's western regions such as the Qaidam Basin in Qinghai province, Jiayu Pass in Gansu province, and the Loess Plateau in Shaanxi province to East China's Zhejiang province.

From now until the end of the Asian Para Games, all 56 sporting venues, which are located in the host city of Hangzhou and the co-host cities of Ningbo, Shaoxing, Huzhou, Jinhua and Wenzhou, will be powered by green electricity from western China as well as the State Grid's 136 photovoltaic power stations in Hangzhou.

"The green power deal of the Games has now reached 220 million kilowatt-hours, reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 115,400 tons," said Chen Rong, director of the venue construction and management department of the 19th Asian Games organizing committee.