Jiacha Hydropower Station

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Gacha Hydropower Station
加查水电站
CountryChina
Locationon the middle reaches of the Brahmaputura downstream of Zangmu
PurposePower, irrigation
Construction beganDecember 2015
Construction cost¥7.83 billion[1]

The Jiacha Hydropower Station (Chinese: 加查水电站), also named Gacha Hydropower Station,[2] is the second largest hydropower station built in Tibet,[3] located in Gyaca County on the middle reaches of the Brahmaputra,[4] with a total installed capacity of 360 MW and a designed annual generation capacity of 1.705 billion kWh.[5]

History[]

Jiacha Hydropower Station was approved by the National Development and Reform Commission in 2015,[6] its official construction started in December. On August 11, 2020, its first unit was put into operation for electricity generation.[7]

The hydroelectric power plant is currently the largest power station in Tibet in terms of single-unit capacity,[8] which is 120,000 kilowatts.[9]

The project is one of the three hydro dams on the Brahmaputra River,[10] which State Council of China announced in January 2013 as part of its New Energy Development Plan.[11]

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References[]

  1. ^ "The Jiacha Hydropower Station with a total investment of 7.83 billion yuan will be put into operation this year". People's Daily. Mar 17, 2020.
  2. ^ "Brahmaputra dams: A China-India political quagmire". Asia Times. July 29, 2020.
  3. ^ "The first unit of the Jiacha Hydropower Station was officially connected to the grid for power generation". CCTV.com. 12 August 2020.
  4. ^ Dechen Palmo."Tibet's Rivers Will Determine Asia's Future". The Diplomat. November 1, 2019.
  5. ^ "Jiacha Hydropower Station is put into operation". Xinhuanet.com. 2020-08-12.
  6. ^ "National Development and Reform Commission Approved Jiacha Hydropower Station Project". Xinhuanet.com. 13 July 2017.
  7. ^ "First unit of the Jiacha Hydropower Station was put into operation for power generation". People's Daily. 11 August 2020.
  8. ^ "Tibetan electricity gets rapid development". China Radio International. 11 August 2020.
  9. ^ "The single unit capacity of this hydropower station in Tibet reaches 120,000 kilowatts". Sina. 12 August 2020.
  10. ^ "Tibet gradually resumes work and production". Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy. 11 August 2020.
  11. ^ "Brahmaputra/Yarlung Tsangpo". International Rivers. Retrieved 12 August 2020.


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