Hydropower on a roll in Tibet

The Zam Hydropower Station, the largest hydropower installation in Tibet autonomous region reached the 10 billion kilowatt mark on Tuesday, China Huaneng Group said.

As of Tuesday, the station had logged safe operations for 1,976 days, since the first of the six power units entered service in November 2014. Over the years, it has helped the region to ease its electrical power shortage.

Located in Gyatsa county of Tibet's Lhokha city, the Zam station is the region's main source of power. Currently, it accounts 14.9 percent of the region's total power generation.

With an investment of 9.6 billion yuan ($1.3 billion), it took China Huaneng Group eight years to complete construction of the hydropower station. The station's six power units can generate a combined total of 510,000 kilowatts.

The station has raised the region's installed capacity from 100,000 kilowatts to the present 500,000 kilowatts, and it has greatly eased power shortages during winter in some of the region's rural areas.