The 16 GW Baihetan hydropower station, now the second largest hydro project in the world in terms of total installed capacity, went fully operational Dec. 20.
The last of Baihetan’s 16 hydro-generating units completed a 72-hour trial operation Dec. 20.
The Baihetan hydropower station straddles the provinces of Yunnan and Sichuan in southwest China and is located on the Jinsha River in the upper section of the Yangtze River. It is owned and operated by China Three Gorges Corporation.
“Baihetan signifies a major breakthrough in China’s high-end equipment manufacturing, as it is equipped with 16 home-grown hydro-generating units, each with a capacity of 1 million kilowatts, the largest single-unit capacity in the world,” said Lei Mingshan, chairman of China Three Gorges Corporation.
