--- SEARCH ---
WEATHER
CHINA
INTERNATIONAL
BUSINESS
CULTURE
GOVERNMENT
SCI-TECH
ENVIRONMENT
LIFE
PEOPLE
TRAVEL
WEEKLY REVIEW
Learning Chinese
Learn to Cook Chinese Dishes
Exchange Rates
Hotel Service


Hot Links
China Development Gateway
Chinese Embassies

First Generating Units Installed at Three Gorges Dam
The installation of the first batch of generating units is under way at the Three Gorges Hydro-electric Station on China's Yangtze River, contractors said Sunday.

Engineers with Gezhouba Group Co., which was contracted to install the units, said two generating units were scheduled to come into operation in August and two more in October, with a designed generating capacity of 700,000 kw.

They are expected to produce 5.5 billion kwh this year. And 22 more units will be installed from 2004 to 2009.

Construction of the Three Gorges project began in 1993 and is expected to be completed in 2009, when a total of 26 power generating units with a combined capacity of 18.2 million kw will go into operation.

Actual investment in the project is expected to reach 180 billion yuan (22 billion US dollars), 20 billion yuan (2.43 billion US dollars) less than the total budget for the project.

(Xinhua News Agency May 17, 2003)

Three Gorges Project Gears Up for Power Generation
Three Gorges Reservoir to Be Filled as Scheduled
Clean-up Campaign Urged for Three Gorges Reservoir
Sluice Gate to Close for Water Storage at Three Gorges
Residents Make Way for Reservoir
Print This Page
|
Email This Page
About Us SiteMap Feedback
Copyright © China Internet Information Center. All Rights Reserved
E-mail: webmaster@china.org.cn Tel: 86-10-68326688