Energy

World’s Second-Biggest Hydro Plant Starts in China – Yicai

 

The 16-gigawatt Baihetan dam – the world’s second largest hydropower plant after the Three Gorges Dam – began generating clean energy on Tuesday, according to a report by Yicai Global, which said the giant dam was located on the Jinsha river, an upstream branch of the Yangtze in southwestern China.

Baihetan has 16 generator units, each with a capacity of 1 million kilowatts, and will relay power to Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces in the country’s east, the report said, adding that it is expected to go into full operation in 2023, “when it will reduce carbon dioxide emissions by about 51.6 million tons a year”.

Read the full report: Yicai Global.

 

ALSO SEE:

China Planning Huge Water Projects to Counter Drought, Floods

 

China Plans Mammoth Tunnel To Ship Water to Beijing – SCMP

 

Power Plants in Three Gorges Sold to China Yangtze For $12bn

China Seeks Better Adaptation to Climate Change As Risks Rise

 

China Frets on Cost of Climate Change

 

 

Jim Pollard

Jim Pollard is an Australian journalist based in Thailand since 1999. He worked for News Ltd papers in Sydney, Perth, London and Melbourne before travelling through SE Asia in the late 90s. He was a senior editor at The Nation for 17+ years and has a family in Bangkok.

Recent Posts

VW Vows to Stay Ahead as China EV Revolution Gathers Pace

Volkswagen executive Stefan Mecha said the firm is committed to investing $16.26 billion in the…

15 hours ago

China Developer Sunac Posts $2 Billion 2022 Core Loss

The real estate firm was among many Chinese developers that defaulted last year as the…

16 hours ago

China’s Huawei Claims ‘Crisis is Over’ After Revenue Rise

The firm said it was now "out of crisis mode” following years of painful US…

17 hours ago

China to Check US Chip-Maker Micron Products in Security Review

The Cyberspace Administration of China said the move was aimed at protecting supply chains and…

2 days ago

Elon Musk Seen Hoping to Meet China PM on Next Visit

Musk met Li Qiang in 2019 when he was party secretary in Shanghai. Sources say…

2 days ago

Russia Wants All India Trade in Rupee-Ruble – Firstpost

Increasing oil deals between the two countries have already begun to corrode the US dollar’s…

2 days ago