China to build 4 super dams on Jinsha River
By Wang Qingchu |
June 21, 2011, Tuesday
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CHINA is building four hydroelectric dams on the Jinsha River, the headwaters of the Yangtze River, with a combined generating capacity double that of the Three Gorges Dam.
The four hydro stations, with a total installed capacity of 43 million kilowatts, will supply 190 billion kwh of electricity a year after completion, said the China Three Gorges Corp in its first social responsibility report, The Beijing News reported yesterday.
Of the four dams in the lower reaches of the river in Sichuan Province, Xiangjiaba and Xiluodu hydropower stations will start operating in 2012 and 2013. Preparations are under way for the two other stations in Wudongde and Baihetan.
The prevention of floods and the fight against drought are the two most important tasks of the Three Gorges Dam, said Chen Fei, general manager of the China Three Gorges Corp.
Other functions include ensuring water supplies to the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and the safety of fisheries, Chen said.
"We are closely monitoring the climate change in the 1.8 million square meters along the Yangtze to better prepare for more severe floods," Chen told the newspaper.
The Three Gorges Dam discharged more than 20 billion cubic meters of water to alleviate the spring drought this year, the worst in half a century along the Yangtze River, Cao Guangjing, the company's chairman, said.
Zhu Guangming, a company official in charge of publicity, denied the company's social responsibility report was in response to claims that the dam was to blame for frequent geological disasters and changing weather patterns.
At a press conference for the release of the report, an official with the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission said all 121 state-owned enterprises administered by central government are required to release social responsibility reports from next year.
The four hydro stations, with a total installed capacity of 43 million kilowatts, will supply 190 billion kwh of electricity a year after completion, said the China Three Gorges Corp in its first social responsibility report, The Beijing News reported yesterday.
Of the four dams in the lower reaches of the river in Sichuan Province, Xiangjiaba and Xiluodu hydropower stations will start operating in 2012 and 2013. Preparations are under way for the two other stations in Wudongde and Baihetan.
The prevention of floods and the fight against drought are the two most important tasks of the Three Gorges Dam, said Chen Fei, general manager of the China Three Gorges Corp.
Other functions include ensuring water supplies to the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and the safety of fisheries, Chen said.
"We are closely monitoring the climate change in the 1.8 million square meters along the Yangtze to better prepare for more severe floods," Chen told the newspaper.
The Three Gorges Dam discharged more than 20 billion cubic meters of water to alleviate the spring drought this year, the worst in half a century along the Yangtze River, Cao Guangjing, the company's chairman, said.
Zhu Guangming, a company official in charge of publicity, denied the company's social responsibility report was in response to claims that the dam was to blame for frequent geological disasters and changing weather patterns.
At a press conference for the release of the report, an official with the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission said all 121 state-owned enterprises administered by central government are required to release social responsibility reports from next year.
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