Wudongde Hydropower Station, China's fourth-largest and the world's seventh-largest hydropower project, commenced full operations on June 16 after a 72-hour trial period.
Located on the Jinsha River, on the border between Southwest China's Sichuan and Yunnan provinces, the station is a core power source in China's west-to-east power transmission project.
It is equipped with 12 generator units, each of which has an installed capacity of 850,000 kilowatts, making them the largest of their kind in operation in the world.
With a total installed capacity of 10.2 million kilowatts, the station has had an average power output of 38.91 billion kilowatt-hours annually since its first unit was put into operation.
This power is equal to a reduction of 12.2 million metric tonnes of standard coal and 30.5 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions per year.
A view of Wudongde Hydropower Station on the Jinsha River on the border of Southwest China's Sichuan and Yunnan provinces. [Photo/sasac.gov.cn]
An aerial view of Wudongde Hydropower Station on the Jinsha River. [Photo/sasac.gov.cn]
(Executive editor: Niu Yilin)
