The “best” hydroelectric construction in China
The first hydroelectric power station, the Yunnan Shilongba Hydroelectric Power Station, installed two 240 kilowatt hydroelectric generators. Construction began in 1908 and was completed in 1912.
The first cascade hydroelectric power station, the Fujian Gutianxi Level 1 Hydroelectric Power Station, with an installed capacity of 62,000 kilowatts, was commissioned in March 1951.
The Shangyoujiang Hydroelectric Station in Jiangxi, the oldest power station built inside a dam, has an installed capacity of 60,000 kilowatts. The first unit was put into operation in October 1957.
The first self-designed, built and installed hydroelectric power station - Zhejiang Xin'anjiang Hydroelectric Power Station, with a total installed capacity of 662,500 kilowatts, began construction in April 1957 and the first unit produced electricityity in 1960.
The first million-kilowatt hydropower station, Liujiaxia Hydropower Station in Gansu, has a total installed capacity of 1.16 million kilowatts and 5 domestic units. The first unit was commissioned in March 1969.
The Lubuge hydroelectric plant was the first large-scale hydroelectric plant built with loans from the World Bank. In 1984, the diversion tunnel was put out to international public tender for the first time and the project was completed in August 1988.
The Three Gorges Hydroelectric Power Station, the world's largest hydroelectric power station, has a total installed capacity of 18.2 million kilowatts and 26 hydroelectric generator sets of 700,000 kilowatts. Construction officially began in 1994. In 2003, it realized water storage. , navigation and the first batch of units to produce electricity. Three objmajor workforce.