Jiacha Hydropower Station

The Jiacha Hydropower Station (Chinese: 加查水电站), also named Gacha Hydropower Station,[2] is the second largest hydropower station built in Tibet,[3] located in Gyaca County on the middle reaches of the Brahmaputra,[4] with a total installed capacity of 360 MW and a designed annual generation capacity of 1.705 billion kWh.[5]

Gacha Hydropower Station
加查水电站
CountryChina
Locationon the middle reaches of the Brahmaputura downstream of Zangmu
PurposePower, irrigation
Construction beganDecember 2015
Construction cost¥7.83 billion[1]

History

Jiacha Hydropower Station was approved by the National Development and Reform Commission in 2015,[6] its official construction started in December. On August 11, 2020, its first unit was put into operation for electricity generation.[7]

The hydroelectric power plant is currently the largest power station in Tibet in terms of single-unit capacity,[8] which is 120,000 kilowatts.[9]

The project is one of the three hydro dams on the Brahmaputra River,[10] which State Council of China announced in January 2013 as part of its New Energy Development Plan.[11]

See also

References
  1. "The Jiacha Hydropower Station with a total investment of 7.83 billion yuan will be put into operation this year". People's Daily. Mar 17, 2020.
  2. "Brahmaputra dams: A China-India political quagmire". Asia Times. July 29, 2020.
  3. "The first unit of the Jiacha Hydropower Station was officially connected to the grid for power generation". CCTV.com. 12 August 2020.
  4. Dechen Palmo."Tibet's Rivers Will Determine Asia's Future". The Diplomat. November 1, 2019.
  5. "Jiacha Hydropower Station is put into operation". Xinhuanet.com. 2020-08-12.
  6. "National Development and Reform Commission Approved Jiacha Hydropower Station Project". Xinhuanet.com. 13 July 2017.
  7. "First unit of the Jiacha Hydropower Station was put into operation for power generation". People's Daily. 11 August 2020.
  8. "Tibetan electricity gets rapid development". China Radio International. 11 August 2020.
  9. "The single unit capacity of this hydropower station in Tibet reaches 120,000 kilowatts". Sina. 12 August 2020.
  10. "Tibet gradually resumes work and production". Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy. 11 August 2020.
  11. "Brahmaputra/Yarlung Tsangpo". International Rivers. Retrieved 12 August 2020.


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