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Three Gorges to soon hit full generating capacity
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February 11, 2012, Saturday
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THE Three Gorges Dam, the world's largest hydropower project, will work at full capacity by the end of May, when the final two power units will become operational, Chen Fei, general manager of China Three Gorges Corporation, said yesterday.
Including the four 700,000-kilowatt power units starting to generate electricity last year, the six units are situated inside the mountain on the right side of the river bank.
Construction on the underground hydropower station in Hubei Province began in July 2001 to harness the power of the water discharged during flood season on the Yangtze River, the country's longest.
The Three Gorges Project, launched in 1993 with a budget equivalent to US$22.5 billion, consists of a dam, a five-tier ship lock and a total of 32 hydropower turbo-generators.
The 26 generators on the two sides of the dam had gone into operation as of October 2008, with each unit having a capacity of 700,000 kw. Last year, it generated 78.29 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity.
The dam also controls flooding.
It withstood three major floods last summer.
The dam reservoir releases water in the dry season to ease droughts, particularly in downstream rice-growing areas.
Including the four 700,000-kilowatt power units starting to generate electricity last year, the six units are situated inside the mountain on the right side of the river bank.
Construction on the underground hydropower station in Hubei Province began in July 2001 to harness the power of the water discharged during flood season on the Yangtze River, the country's longest.
The Three Gorges Project, launched in 1993 with a budget equivalent to US$22.5 billion, consists of a dam, a five-tier ship lock and a total of 32 hydropower turbo-generators.
The 26 generators on the two sides of the dam had gone into operation as of October 2008, with each unit having a capacity of 700,000 kw. Last year, it generated 78.29 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity.
The dam also controls flooding.
It withstood three major floods last summer.
The dam reservoir releases water in the dry season to ease droughts, particularly in downstream rice-growing areas.
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