As of Feb 16, 2024, the six cascade hydropower stations over the Yangtze River operated by China Three Gorges Corporation (CTG) had accumulatively produced over 3.5 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 stations include 110 hydropower generator units, with a total installed capacity of 71.695 million kilowatts.
The power volume equals that produced by burning more than 1 billion metric tons of standard coal, and represents a reduction of about 2.8 billion tons of carbon dioxide emissions, which provides strong support for economic and social green development in China.
Affected areas of the clean energy corridor experienced cold weather from the end of 2023 to early 2024, which was also the Spring Festival vacation.
CTG arranged the power supply work for the vacation, strengthened hydro meteorology broadcasting, optimized allocation plans and intensified facility inspection of the stations, intending to guarantee normal power generation. It was a main force in stabilizing clean power supply to Central, East and South China, as well as Southwest China’s Yunnan and Sichuan provinces.
(Executive editor: Zhu Zeya)
