China Yangtze Power

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Not to be confused with Power Assets Holdings, the subsidiary of Cheung Kong Group (长江集团).

Yangtze Power
TypePublic
IndustryHydroelectricity
Founded2002
Headquarters
Beijing
,
China
Area served
China
Key people
Li Yongan (Chairman)
ParentChina Three Gorges (61.92%)
Websitecypc.com.cn
China Yangtze Power Co., Ltd.
Simplified Chinese中国长江电力股份有限公司
Traditional Chinese中國長江電力股份有限公司
Literal meaningChina Yangtze Electricity Joint-Stock Limited Company
Yangtze Power
Simplified Chinese长江电力
Traditional Chinese長江電力

China Yangtze Power Co., Ltd. (CYPC), known as Yangtze Power is a Chinese utilities company, headquartered in Beijing. The company is a component of SSE 180 Index. A controlling share is held by the parent company China Three Gorges Corporation (CTG, Chinese: 中国长江三峡集团公司), a state-owned enterprise under State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council.

The enterprise produces and sells energy to customers. China Yangtze Power was founded on 4 November 2002 and was brought on 18 November 2003 to the Shanghai Stock Exchange. China Yangtze Power originated from a cooperation of Chinese enterprises: Huaneng Power International, China National Nuclear Corporation, China National Petroleum Corporation, as well as the .

Three Gorges Dam Hydroelectric Plants[]

The Three Gorges Dam above ground hydroelectric plant became fully operational in 2010 and has an installed capacity of 18.2GW (26 x 700MW). These units have been progressively acquired from the majority owner China Three Gorges Corporation as they have been built. A final underground hydroelectric plant is expected to be transferred by 2012.

Other Hydroelectric Plants[]

The company is the operator of other Yangtze hydroelectric plants - Xiluodu Dam (13,860 MW), Xiangjiaba Dam (6,448 MW) and Gezhouba Dam (2,715 MW).[1] Two other are under construction - Baihetan Dam (16,000 MW) and Wudongde Dam (10,200 MW).

Marketing[]

The company sells its electricity via China State Grid Corporation mainly to Central China (Hubei, Hunan, Henan, Jiangxi and Chongqing), East China (Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui) and Guangdong Province.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ "Three Gorges Hydropower Station". en.cypc.com.cn. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
  2. ^ CYPC website Archived 3 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine

External links[]

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