China's second largest hydropower station with a capacity of 770,000 kilowatts came into operation on July 15.
The No. 13 generating unit at the Xiluodu hydropower station began providing electricity to the China Southern Power Grid, said its operator China Three Gorges Corp.
With a total generating capacity of 13.86 gigawatts, the station is the world's third largest after the Three Gorges and Brazil's Itaipu hydroelectric project.
Construction of the Xiluodu hydropower station, located at the Jinsha River, a major headstream of the Yangtze River in southwest China's Yunnan and Sichuan provinces, started in 2005. It is expected to be completed in 2015 with 18 power-generating units. |