The Three Gorges Dam, the world's largest hydropower
project, started working at full capacity Wednesday as the last of its
32 large turbine generators was put into operation.
The last generator, or the dam's No. 27 generator, is one of six generators that make up the dam's underground power plant. The other 26 units are situated inside the mountain on the left and right sides of the riverbank.
"With a combined generating capacity of 22.5 million kilowatts, the full operation of the generators makes the Three Gorges Dam the world's largest hydropower project and largest base of clean energy," Zhang Cheng, general manager of China Yangtze Power Co. Ltd., the operator of the generators, said at a Wednesday ceremony held in Yichang in central China's Hubei province.
The last generator was designed and manufactured by China Dongfang Electric Machinery Co. Ltd. and was installed by the China Gezhouba Group Mechanical and Electrical Construction Co. Ltd.
Workers began installing the generator in late January of last year. The generator successfully passed a 72-hour power grid trial in May this year.
"Its operation demonstrates that China's technology related to designing, manufacturing, installing and adjusting large evaporative air cooling units has become mature. We have full intellectual property rights for certain cooling technologies," said Zhang Chengping, director of the Mechanics Engineering Bureau under the China Three Gorges Corporation.
Read more: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2012-07/04/c_131695355.htm
The last generator, or the dam's No. 27 generator, is one of six generators that make up the dam's underground power plant. The other 26 units are situated inside the mountain on the left and right sides of the riverbank.
"With a combined generating capacity of 22.5 million kilowatts, the full operation of the generators makes the Three Gorges Dam the world's largest hydropower project and largest base of clean energy," Zhang Cheng, general manager of China Yangtze Power Co. Ltd., the operator of the generators, said at a Wednesday ceremony held in Yichang in central China's Hubei province.
The last generator was designed and manufactured by China Dongfang Electric Machinery Co. Ltd. and was installed by the China Gezhouba Group Mechanical and Electrical Construction Co. Ltd.
Workers began installing the generator in late January of last year. The generator successfully passed a 72-hour power grid trial in May this year.
"Its operation demonstrates that China's technology related to designing, manufacturing, installing and adjusting large evaporative air cooling units has become mature. We have full intellectual property rights for certain cooling technologies," said Zhang Chengping, director of the Mechanics Engineering Bureau under the China Three Gorges Corporation.
Read more: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2012-07/04/c_131695355.htm
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