[Explanation] According to the Three Gorges Group, as of 24:00 on December 31, 2020, on the premise of ensuring that the Three Gorges Project can fully utilize the comprehensive benefits of flood control, shipping, and water resources utilization, the Three Gorges Power Station will generate a total of 111.8 billion kWh in 2020, breaking In 2016, the Itaipu Hydropower Station in South America created and maintained the world record for the annual power generation (103.098 billion kWh) of a single hydropower station.
[Concurrent] Jiang Dezheng, Chief Engineer of Three Gorges Power Plant
111.8 billion kilowatt-hours is equivalent to Beijing’s annual electricity consumption. Everyone knows that the city (area) is very large. energy used.
[Concurrent] Jiang Yu, duty director of the Three Gorges Power Plant
This is also very coincidental. Looking back on March 1, 2017, the cumulative power generation of the Three Gorges Power Station exceeded 1 trillion (kWh). At that time, I was also in the central control room of the Three Gorges Power Station. After more than three years, I can still remember the scene at that time.
(Our) ordinary work is also very ordinary, but on this ordinary stage, it is precisely because of the (Three Gorges Power Station) platform that we can witness one history after another.
[Explanation] At the beginning of 2020, in the critical stage of the prevention and control of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the Three Gorges Power Station continued to increase its power output and peak shaving capacity, and the clean power sent to East China, Central China, and southern provinces and cities reached the highest value in the same period in history. He resumed work and production to provide basic energy guarantee.
[Explanation] In the 2020 flood season, there will be 5 numbered floods in the Yangtze River Basin, with the largest flood peak reaching 75,000 cubic meters per second.
The Three Gorges Group strictly implements various risk control measures for the Three Gorges Project during the flood season, optimizes the operating conditions of the Three Gorges Power Station units, and the unit equipment is controllable. The Three Gorges Project is always in a safe and stable operation.
[Explanation] Since December 2020, in response to the cold wave, the Three Gorges Power Station has increased its power supply during peak hours.
From December 12th to 30th, the Three Gorges Power Station urgently adjusted the operation mode, reasonably arranged the overhaul of the generating units, and added 8 units during the peak period, with a maximum output of 14.11 million kilowatts. The average daily output increased by a maximum of 3.29 million kilowatts compared with before the cold wave. The cumulative power generation was More than 3.7 billion kilowatt-hours has filled the electricity gap in time.
[Explanation] 111.8 billion kilowatt-hours of clean electricity, compared with coal-fired power generation, can replace about 34.39 million tons of standard coal, reduce carbon dioxide by about 94.02 million tons, 22,400 tons of sulfur dioxide, and 21,200 tons of nitrogen oxides, which is equivalent to planting 37 Ten thousand hectares of broad-leaved forest.
[Explanation] The Three Gorges Power Station is the backbone of China’s “West-to-East Power Transmission” and “North-South Mutual Supply”. A total of 34 hydro-generator sets have been installed with a total installed capacity of 22.5 million kilowatts. It is the world’s largest hydropower station with installed capacity. 88.2 billion kilowatt-hours of power generation.
The first batch of units of the power station was put into operation in 2003, and the current cumulative power generation is about 1.4 trillion kilowatt-hours.
Reporter Dong Xiaobin reports from Yichang, Hubei
Editor in charge: [Liu Xian]