2. The Baihetan hydropower plant,China's second largest hydropower facility on the upstream branch of the Yangtze river,was(1)
(formal) completed on Tuesday after the last generating unit was connected.
The plant is estimated to generate 62.44 billion kilowatt-hours annually,(2)
could save about 90 million tons of coal a year and cut annual carbon dioxide emissions (排放) by about 248 million tons.
Baihetan is one of six huge hydropower(3)
(station) along the Yangtze river,China's longest.The Three Gorges Corporation,the project's developer,has described the 289-meter dam (大壩) and(4)
(it) associated facilities as one of the country's biggest and(5)
(challenging) engineering projects.
Construction began in 2017,with a total investment(6)
(estimate) at 170 billion yuan.As(7)
major project in China's west-east power transmission (輸送) program,it will deliver electricity across the country(8)
cities in the east.
China goes on(9)
(construct) hydropower plants in the southwest,despite a long and severe drought in the summer of 2022 that saw generation volumes drop,forcing regions(10)
(limit) power consumption.