3,962 hydropower plants
Sichuan has 3,962 hydropower plants, which can provide electricity to 300 million people. Sometimes 10 billion kilowatt hours of electricity will be released in a year. but no one expected that this summer, Sichuan would run out of electricity. Unprecedented high temperatures and drought have caused a serious imbalance between electricity supply and demand in Sichuan. 70% of Sichuan's electricity is produced by hydropower. The drought has halved the water volume and power generation capacity has fallen sharply. Lights in shopping centers and subways are turned off to save electricity, and factories “rest” to provide electricity to the population.