The Three Gorges Project Sets A World Record For Annual Power Generation From A Single Hydropower Station

China Three Gorges Group Co., Ltd. announced on the 18th that the power generation capacity of the Three Gorges Project in 2020 will reach 103.1 billion kWh at 8:20 on November 15 with the full use of comprehensive benefits such as flood control, shipping, and water resources utilization. , Breaking the previous world record of annual power generation capacity of a single hydropower station of 103.098 billion kilowatt-hours created and maintained in 2016 by Itaipu Hydropower Station in South America.
During this year’s flood season, there were 5 numbered floods in the Yangtze River Basin, with the largest flood peak reaching 75,000 cubic meters per second, which is rare in history. With the strong support and help of the Yangtze River Water Resources Commission of the Ministry of Water Resources, the State Grid, China Southern Power Grid and other units, the Three Gorges Group has fully implemented various risk control measures for the Three Gorges Project during the flood season, optimized the operating conditions of the Three Gorges power plant units, and improved the ability to accurately forecast water and rain conditions in the basin. Joint dispatch capability of cascade power stations. The Three Gorges Project is always in a safe and stable state, and the units and equipment are controllable.
As the world’s largest water conservancy and hydropower complex, the Three Gorges Project has installed a total of 32 sets of 700,000 kilowatts and two sets of 50,000 kilowatts of hydro-turbine generators, with a total installed capacity of 22.5 million kilowatts and an annual design power generation of 88.2 billion kilowatt-hours. The backbone power point for “power transmission from west to east” and “mutual supply between north and south”.