The world’s largest single-unit capacity power station-Baihetan Hydropower Station's No. 16 hydro-generator runner was successfully hoisted in place on December 23. This is the Baihetan Electromechanical Project Department of China Energy Construction Gezhouba Electromechanical Company completed the installation within 5 months of Baihetan Hydropower Station The third million-kilowatt unit runner of the Baihetan Hydropower Station is also the sixth "heart" installed in place.
The No. 16 runner that was hoisted this time has a diameter of 8.87 meters, a height of 3.79 meters, and a total weight of 338 tons. It is one of the core components of the whole unit and the first large part officially hoisted during the installation of the hydro-generator unit. The hoisting process lasted nearly 60 minutes, spanning more than 230 meters across the plant, and finally fell into the pit 16 accurately and steadily.
The successful placement of the runner will provide another guarantee for the scheduled commissioning of the first batch of units next year.
Located in Ningnan County, Liangshan Prefecture, Sichuan Province and Qiaojia County, Zhaotong City, Yunnan Province, the Baihetan Hydropower Station is the world's largest hydropower project under construction and a major project for China’s “West-East Power Transmission” project.
The total installed capacity of the power station is 16 million kilowatts, and 8 units with the world's largest single-unit capacity of 1 million kilowatts are installed on the left and right banks.
After completion, its single hydro-generator can generate 24 million kWh of electricity per day.
It is expected that the power station will achieve the goal of connecting all units to the grid in July 2022.
(Edited by Zhang Dongmei, Liu Meiyu, Zhang Lang, Lu Huiqian)
Editor in charge: [Ji Xiang]