Three Gorges to generate 30b kwh of electricity in 2004
( 2004-01-10 14:49) (Xinhua)
The China Yangtze River Three
Gorges Project Development Corporation said Friday that the Three Gorges
hydropower plant is expected to generate 30 billion kwh of electricity in 2004.
Four more generators, with an installed capacity of 700,000 kw each, are
expected to be installed and go into operation in 2004, which will help ease the
shortage of electricity across the country, especially in the central and
eastern regions.
The gigantic water-control project will have 26 generators and will have an
annual generating capacity of 84.7 billion kwh of electricity when it is
completed in 2009.
Six generators have been installed and put into operation since construction
of the project began in 1993.
By the end of 2003, the hydropower plant had generated 8.6 billion kwh of
electricity, which was transmitted to areas in central, eastern and southwestern
China.
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