Four electricity generators will be installed each year from
2004 to 2009 at the Three Gorges Project, the world's biggest water
conservation project, on the middle reaches of the Yangtze
River.
Liu Kuanghua, chief accountant with the Yangtze River Three
Gorges Project Development Corporation, disclosed the information
at an on-going national meeting on water control and power
generation, in Guiyang, capital of southwest China's Guizhou
Province.
Five power generators have gone into operation at the Three
Gorges Project and another is expected to be connected to the power
grid before the end of this year, Liu said.
Begun in 1993 and expected to be completed in 2009 at an
estimated total cost of 180 billion yuan (US$21.8 billion), the
Three Gorges Project will have 26 generators, each with a capacity
of 700,000 kw.
The Three Gorges Project began to pay dividends this year, also
playing an important role in flood control, power generation,
navigation, water diversion and environmental protection.
This year alone, it is expected to supply 6,130 million kwh of
electricity to southwest China's Chongqing
Municipality and the central China and east China power
grids.
(Xinhua News Agency November 23, 2003)