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China's highest-altitude mega hydropower plant goes operational

Xinhua | Updated: 2021-09-29 13:25
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A view of the Lianghekou hydropower plant on the Yalong River in Tibetan autonomous prefecture of Garze, Sichuan province. [Photo/Chinanews.com]

CHENGDU - A mega hydropower plant built at an average altitude of 3,000 meters, the highest one of its kind in China, went into operation on Wednesday.

The first two 500,000-kW power generation units went operational at the Lianghekou hydropower plant on the Yalong River in Tibetan autonomous prefecture of Garze, Sichuan province, marking the operation of the plant with a planned total installed capacity of 3 million kW.

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