On December 19, the runner of the No. 9 million kilowatt generating unit of Baihetan Hydropower Station, which was undertaken by the China Energy Construction Gezhouba Mechanical and Electrical Company, was successfully hoisted in place.

So far, the "heart" of the Baihetan Hydropower Station's 16 million-kilowatt generating units have all been installed.

  At 9:08 in the morning, following an order from the commander of the China Energy Construction Gezhouba Mechanical and Electrical Company, the runner of Unit 9 was slowly hoisted nearly 8 meters from the ground under the traction of the 1,300-ton bridge crane at the right bank plant, from the main installation room of the plant After moving 67 meters in the direction of pit 9 at a constant speed, it slowly fell into pit 9 and took 60 minutes.

The successful hoisting of the runner marks that Unit 9 has entered the final assembly stage of the turbine, laying the foundation for the realization of the goal of safe and punctual commissioning of all units in July next year.

(Zhang Dongmei, Liu Meiyu, Zhang Lang produced Sui Zhiyuan)

Editor in charge: [Li Ji]