Three Gorges to raise power output target
23/11/2005 10:07
The Yangtze River Three Gorges Project Development Corp announced
yesterday it would raise the power production output target during the 2006-2010
period to 360 billion kilowatt-hours.
That will represent an increase of 45.8
billion kwh of electricity over the original plan, said Bi Yaxiong, the
company's deputy general manager.
Launched in 1993, the project, including a
185-meter-high dam and 26 generators on both banks, is being built in three
phases on the middle reaches of China's longest river, the Yangtze.
The
gigantic project is estimated to cost 180 billion yuan (US$21.7 billion) and
will have a total generating capacity of 18.2 million kw.
The project will be
able to generate 84.7 billion kwh of electric power annually on completion in
2009.
So far, construction has been focused on the northern bank of the
Yangtze, where 14 turbo-generators started power generation as of September
16.
Twelve more turbo-generators will be installed on the southern bank of
the Yangtze. The first generator on the southern bank is expected to begin power
production in 2007. All 12 generators on the southern bank will begin power
production in 2008, one year ahead of schedule, the corporation said.
The
Three Gorges Project, together with the Gezhouba power plant, is now capable of
generating between 240 million kwh and 250 million kwh of electricity daily,
equivalent to 1/20th of the country's daily power consumption.
By year's end,
the project will have generated 100 billion kwh of electricity, including 50
billion kwh in this year.
Xinhua
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