Xiangjiaba hydropower station starts operation

Now operational.

The No. 7 generator of the Xiangjiaba hydropower station started working after a three-day test run.

This was announced by its operator, the China Three Gorges Corporation.

The generator has a capacity of 800,000 kw.

The other generator of the first batch to be put into use, the No. 8 unit, is still being tested.

Construction of the Xiangjiaba hydropower station, located in the Jinsha River, a major headstream of the Yangtze in the southwestern Yunnan and Sichuan provinces, started in late 2006. It started water storage on Oct. 10 this year.

The station is designed to generate 30.8 billion kwh a year after all its generators become fully operational.

Apart from helping to meet demand in provinces of Sichuan and Yunnan, it will mainly supply power to the country's east.

Xiangjiaba hydropower station is China's third-largest after the Three Gorges and Xiluodu hydropower stations.

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