China builds the highest water conservancy dam, surpassing the Three Gorges and becoming the world's largest! Electricity generation available for several provinces

China's bridge-building technology is in a leading position in the world, and is known as the "infrastructure madman". Various miracle projects are emerging. Compared with the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge and Sidu River Bridge introduced to you in previous issues, The Three Gorges, the high-speed railway project, etc., then today I will show you the hydropower station, which is also one of the many projects, the Lianghekou Hydropower Station.

Lianghekou Hydropower Station is located on the main stream of the Yalong River in Yajiang County, Sichuan Province. The project officially started construction in 2014 and cost 66.4 billion yuan. The project has a dam height of 295 meters and will surpass the Three Gorges Project in one fell swoop, becoming the highest earth and rock in China The dam has also become the largest in the world.

Lianghekou Hydropower Station is the largest comprehensive hydropower station in China. It is expected that the first unit will generate electricity in 2021, and the project will be completed in 2023. The total installed capacity of the power station will reach 3 million kilowatts and the average annual power generation will reach 11 billion kilowatt hours. It has advanced flood discharge facilities. Electricity can be generated for several provinces, and it is also the largest hydropower station in Tibetan areas. The construction of this project is a power station for China to implement power transmission from west to east.

The construction of Lianghekou Hydropower Station plays an important role in the development of cascade hydropower stations on the entire Yalong River, and also has a positive and important impact on the development of the lower reaches of the Jinsha River, and plays a certain role in reducing the flood control burden in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. After the power station is completed to generate electricity, China will reduce coal consumption by 13.3 million tons every year.

The construction of Lianghekou Hydropower Station also marks the continuous breakthrough and innovation of China's hydropower industry, and also drives the economic development of the eastern and western regions, improves economic efficiency, greatly reduces the air pollution caused by coal burning, and contributes to the ecological construction of the Yangtze River Basin. made an important contribution.