Another generator of China's Three Gorges hydroelectric project began a 72-hour trial operation on Sunday, marking the completion of the right bank part.

The No. 15 generator was the last one on the right bank part of the project on the Yangtze River.

The 22.5 billion US dollar project was launched in 1993. Originally, its plan called for the 26 generators, 14 on the left bank and 12 on the right, to produce 84.7 billion kwh of electricity annually upon its completion. It was expanded further to include six more turbines by 2012.

The electricity generated by the project fuels 15 provinces in central, eastern and southern China, easing a severe power shortage in industrial regions.

(Xinhua News Agency October 27, 2008)