The cumulative power generation of the Three Gorges Power Station exceeds 160 billion kilowatt hours, reducing carbon dioxide emissions by about 1.32 billion tons of units | Three Gorges Power Station | Emissions
CCTV News: Three Gorges Group News: The world's largest hydroelectric power station with installed capacity, the Three Gorges Power Station, has produced over 160 billion kilowatt hours of clean electricity since its first unit was put into operation for 20 years, equivalent to the total amount of electricity directly consumed by Chinese residents in 2022.
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The Three Gorges Power Station is equipped with 34 hydroelectric generator units, with a total installed capacity of 22.5 million kilowatts and an annual designed power generation of 88.2 billion kilowatt hours. It is the backbone power source of China's "West East Power Transmission" and "North South Mutual Supply", and electricity is continuously sent to East China, Central China, Guangdong and other places.
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On July 10, 2003, the first unit of the Three Gorges Power Station was put into operation for power generation. In July 2012, 34 units of the Three Gorges Power Station were fully put into operation for power generation. Over the past 20 years, the annual power generation of the Three Gorges Power Station has exceeded 100 billion kilowatt hours three times in 2018, 2020, and 2021, respectively. Among them, in 2020, the Three Gorges Power Station produced a total of 111.8 billion kilowatt hours of clean electricity throughout the year, setting a world record for the annual power generation of a single hydropower station.
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Over the past 20 years, the Three Gorges Power Station has produced over 160 billion kilowatt hours of clean electricity, which is equivalent to replacing more than 480 million tons of standard coal and reducing carbon dioxide emissions by about 1.32 billion tons, helping China build a clean, low-carbon, safe and efficient energy system.
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