Baihetan Hydropower Station on Jinsha River
Source: hengfengyou electric Author: Martin
Baihetan Hydropower Station is located in Ningnan County, Liangshan Prefecture, Sichuan Province and Qiaojia county, Zhaotong City, Yunnan Province. It is the second level of the four cascade hydropower stations invested and constructed by China Three Gorges group in the lower reaches of the Jinsha River. It is the largest hydropower project under construction in the world and the most technically difficult hydropower project in China A major national project to build a clean, low-carbon, safe and efficient energy system is a landmark project to promote the western development in the new era, form a new pattern and build a well-off society in an all-round way.
Baihetan Hydropower Project is composed of barrage, flood discharge and energy dissipation facilities, water diversion and power generation system and other main buildings. The normal pool level of the reservoir is 825 meters, with a total storage capacity of 20.627 billion cubic meters and a flood control storage capacity of 7.5 billion cubic meters. It is an important part of the flood control system of the Yangtze River. Baihetan Hydropower Station is a ten million kilowatt giant hydropower project approved and started since the 18th CPC National Congress. The main project was fully constructed in August 2017, the gate was lowered in April 2021 for water storage, and the dam was poured to the top in May 2021,
The total installed capacity of Baihetan Hydropower Station is 16 million KW, second only to the Three Gorges project, ranking second in the world; The single machine capacity is 1 million KW, ranking first in the world. Hengfengyou electric produces the required medium and low voltage complete sets of equipment for it. Power is mainly transmitted to Jiangsu and Zhejiang, helping the economic development of the Yangtze River Delta. After Baihetan Hydropower Station is put into operation, it will form the world's largest clean energy corridor together with the Three Gorges Project and Gezhouba project, as well as Wudongde, Xiluodu and Xiangjiaba hydropower stations on the Jinsha River. It is of great significance to improve the energy structure and promote the realization of the goal of "carbon peak and carbon neutralization". It is China Three Gorges group based on the new development stage and implementing the new development concept Build a new development pattern and build another great power and important weapon for the Republic.
