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China's Baihetan hydropower station generated over 100 TWh of electricity as of 3:38 a.m. on October 12, China Three Gorges Corporation reported.
The amount was equivalent to saving about 30.07 million tonnes of standard coal and reducing approximately 82.4 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions.
With a total installed capacity of 16 GWh, the station on the upstream branch of the Yangtze River is the second-largest hydropower facility in the world, following the Three Gorges Project in China.
Baihetan hydropower station can provide over 60 TWh of clean electricity annually, and its maximum daily power generation can meet the needs of 148 million people. The station is equipped with sixteen 1-GW turbines, the largest single-unit hydraulic turbine generator units in the world.
The first batch of units of the station started generating electricity on June 28, 2021, and all units were put into operation on December 20, 2022. Since its operation, it has delivered 100 TWh of clean electricity to the Yangtze River Delta region.
The station played an active role in assisting post-epidemic economic recovery, meeting peak electricity demand, and ensuring power supply for the Asian Games, and made significant contributions to achieve "dual-carbon" goals and promote comprehensive green transmission in socio-economic development.
Baihetan hydropower station, together with other five mega hydropower stations including Wudongde, Xiluodu, Xiangjiaba, Three Gorges Dam and Gezhouba, has formed the world's largest clean energy corridor on the Yangtze River. These six stations comprise 110 hydroelectric units, with a combined installed capacity of 71.70 GW, which is akin to three times the capacity of the Three Gorges Dam.
(Writing by Riley Liang Editing by Emma Yang)
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