Guandi Hydropower Station Begins Reservoir Impounding

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources China (Beijing, China)--Following the successful closing of the gates for the diversion tunnel, the gates for the middle level outlets of the Guandi Hydropower Station on the Yalong River were successfully closed for reservoir impounding on February 9, according to Sinohydro Corporation (Beijing), which is the contractor for the project.

Reservoir impounding is an important step prior to the commissioning of a hydropower station. The successful reservoir impounding will pave a firm foundation for the project's achieving the objective of having the first unit commissioned in March 2012.

Guandi Hydropower Station, located at the boundary between Xichang City and Yanyuan County on the Yalong River, a major tributary of the Changjiang River in southwest China's Sichuan Province, is one of the five major hydropower stations in the cascade development scheme for the downstream river section from Kala to the river mouth of the Yalong River, and also a symbolic project in the nation's "west development" strategy."

The project is mainly comprised of a 168-meter-high rolling compact concrete (RCC) dam and an underground powerhouse furnished with four 600-megawatt (MW) hydraulic turbine generating units, together with other common and support facilities. The project is developed by Ertan Hydropower Development Company Limited (Chengdu, Sichuan), a joint venture of State Development and Investment Corporation (Beijing) and Sichuan Investment Group Company Limited (Chengdu, Sichuan).

Through public bidding, six subsidiaries of Sinohydro Corporation, namely the Sinohydro No.4, No.6, No.7, No.8, No.11 and No.11 engineering bureaus, are responsible for the underground powerhouse, dam, unit installation, diversion tunnel, as well as the sand and aggregate preparation system of the project. The dam main works is being performed by the consortium formed by Sinohydro No. 4 Engineering Bureau and Sinohydro No.11 Engineering Bureau.

According to the schedule, all units of the project will begin operation in 2013. Upon completion, the project will have a total installed capacity of 2,400 MW and an annual average output of 11.769 billion kilowatt-hours.

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