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Three Gorges generates 59 billion kwh

YICHANG: The Three Gorges Power Plant, China’s largest hydropower project, has generated 59 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity so far this year, about 10 billion kwh more than last year, the Three Gorges Project Corporation has said.

The hydroelectric station is expected to produce 63.7 billion kwh in 2007, which is equivalent to the total electricity consumption of Beijing, said the company.

Currently, 19 turbines have been put into production with an installed capacity of 13.3 million kilowatts. Four of them were commissioned this year. The project has produced 205 billion kwh of electricity since the first turbine began operation in July 2003.

Its 26 turbo-generators are designed to eventually produce 84.7 billion kwh of electricity a year after its scheduled completion in 2008. — Xinhua

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