As of Feb 14, 2024, the Xiluodu Hydropower Station operated by China Three Gorges Corporation (CTG) had accumulatively produced over 600 billion kilowatt-hours of power.
The output equals that produced by burning 180 million metric tons of standard coal and a reduction of 494 million tons of carbon dioxide.
A panoramic photo of the dam of the Xiluodu Hydropower Station over the Jinsha River on the border of Southwest China’s Yunnan and Sichuan provinces [Photo/sasac.gov.cn]
Located over the Jinsha River on the border of Southwest China’s Yunnan and Sichuan provinces, the station is the world’s first 10 million-kilowatt hydropower station to start operation with a high arch dam.
Mainly used for power generation, the Xiluodu Hydropower Station also plays a role in flood control, sediment storage and improving shipments in affected reaches of the Jinsha River.
The station is equipped with 18 770,000-kW hydropower generator units, which have a total installed capacity of 13.86 million kW.
A bird’s-eye view of the Xiluodu Hydropower Station over the Jinsha River [Photo/sasac.gov.cn]
Construction of the station started in December 2005 and in July 2013 the first generator units were put into operation. By the end of June 2014, the station was fully in service.
The Xiluodu Hydropower Station together with Wudongde, Baihetan, Xiangjiaba, Three Gorges and Gezhouba cascade hydropower stations form the world’s largest clean power corridor. With a total of 110 hydropower generator units and an installed capacity of 71.695 million kW, the facilities provide strong support to the country’s west-to-east power transmission project.
(Executive editor: Zhu Zeya)
