China's electricity output at the world's biggest hydropower
project rose about 25 percent this year after new generators were
installed.
The Three Gorges station generated 60.86 million megawatt-hours
of electricity so far this year with output until the end of the
year expected to touch 61.6 million, the State-owned Assets
Supervision and Administration Commission said in a statement on
its Website yesterday, according to Bloomberg News.
China Three Gorges Project Corp, the parent of Shanghai-listed
China Yangtze Power Co, is developing the Three Gorges Dam on the
Yangtze River, Asia's longest. Located in central Hubei Province,
the project is slated by 2009 to generate 84.7 million
megawatt-hours of power a year and is part of the government's plan
to end electricity shortages in the world's fastest-growing major
economy.
China added 5,000 megawatts of new capacity at Three Gorges this
year, bringing the total capacity to 14,800 megawatts, the
commission said. Water flow at the power station increased 36.4
percent by Sunday, compared with last year, it said.
Power demand and supply will generally be balanced this year in
China, the world's second-biggest energy consumer, Wang Yeping,
vice-chairman of the State Electricity Regulatory Commission, said
in April of this year.
(Shanghai Daily December 26, 2007)
