World's Largest Clean Energy Corridor Has Produced Over 3 Trillion KWh of Power

As of May 4, 2022, the six cascade hydropower stations on the Yangtze River operated by China Three Gorges Corporation (CTG) had accumulatively produced over 3 trillion kilowatt-hours of power.

The stations are Wudongde, Baihetan, Xiluodu, Xiangjiaba, the Three Gorges and Gezhouba; together they form the world's largest clean energy corridor.

The power volume equals that produced by burning about 910 million metric tons of standard coal, and represents a reduction of about 2.4 billion tons of carbon dioxide emissions, which provides strong support for economic and social green development in China.

A bird's-eye view of a hydropower station operated by CTG over the Yangtze River [Photo/sasac.gov.cn]

China Yangtze Power Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of CTG, has been improving its core capacity in large-scale hydropower operation and management, giving full play to the comprehensive benefits of the world's largest clean energy corridor.

So far this year, Xiluodu, Xiangjiaba, Three Gorges and Gezhouba hydropower stations have accumulatively produced 51.2 billion kWh of power, a record historical high for the same period.

By the end of 2021, the six hydropower stations had 101 generator units in service, with installed capacity of more than 62 million kilowatts, accounting for about 16 percent of the nation's total.

With large power output and strong power regulation capacity, the clean energy corridor can effectively relieve power shortages in Central and East China and Southwest China's Yunnan and Sichuan provinces as well as South China's Guangdong Province.

It plays a key role in guaranteeing safe and stable operation of power grids, supporting implementation of the nation's west-to-east power transmission program and contributing to the country's goal of reaching peak carbon dioxide emissions by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2060.

(Executive editor: Wang Ruoting)