Feasibility Study Approved for 1,800-Megawatt Longkaikou Hydropower Station

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--A feasibility study for the 1,800-megawatt Longkaikou Hydropower Station was approved at a meeting held earlier this month, HydroChina Huadong Engineering Corporation (Shanghai) announced on January 20. HydroChina Huadong designed the project.

The plant, which would be located within Heqing County in Yunnan province, is the sixth project of eight cascade power stations planned around the middle reaches of the Jinsha River. According to the feasibility study, the project will have a 119-meter-high roll compacted concrete gravity dam, a spillway integrated with the dam and a riverbed-type powerhouse. The project will be built and invested by Yunnan Jinsha River Hydropower Development Company Limited (Kunming, China), a joint venture of China Huadian Corporation (Beijing), the China Huaneng Group (Beijing), China Datang Corporation (Beijing), Huarui Investment Group (Beijing) and Yunnan Development and Investment Company Limited (Kunming, China).

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