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2012-07-03 14:47:31(Beijing Time) SINA.com
YICHANG, July 3 -- All 32 generators of China's Three Gorges Dam, the world's largest hydropower project,
went into production on Monday evening as flood season arrived.
It is the first time all 32 generators -- including the last turbine , which passed a trial operation in May -- started
up at the same time, said Zhang Chengping, head of the machinery and electronic engineering bureau of the
China Three Gorges Corporation.
The outbound flow rose to 34,000 cubic meters per second on Monday evening due to floodwater from the upper
reaches of the Yangtze River and was sufficient for the operation of the 32 generators, which has a full load of
700,000 kw each, he said.
The 32 generators of the 180-billion-yuan Three Gorges project, which was launched in 1993, have a combined
generating capacity of 22.4 million kw.
2012-07-03 14:47:31(Beijing Time) SINA.com
YICHANG, July 3 -- All 32 generators of China's Three Gorges Dam, the world's largest hydropower project,
went into production on Monday evening as flood season arrived.
It is the first time all 32 generators -- including the last turbine , which passed a trial operation in May -- started
up at the same time, said Zhang Chengping, head of the machinery and electronic engineering bureau of the
China Three Gorges Corporation.
The outbound flow rose to 34,000 cubic meters per second on Monday evening due to floodwater from the upper
reaches of the Yangtze River and was sufficient for the operation of the 32 generators, which has a full load of
700,000 kw each, he said.
The 32 generators of the 180-billion-yuan Three Gorges project, which was launched in 1993, have a combined
generating capacity of 22.4 million kw.
