Woka River-I Hydropower Station

Woka River-I Hydropower Station
沃卡河一级水电站
CountryChina
LocationSangri County, Shannon City, Tibet
PurposePower, irrigation
Construction beganApril 1996
Construction cost¥861.1 million

The Woka River-I Hydropower Station (Chinese: 沃卡河一级水电站), [1] also spelled Wokahe First-cascade Hydro Station,[2] is a water conservancy project in Tibet, [3] located in Sangri County, Shannon City.

Woka River-I Hydropower Station is one of the "Sixty-two Aid-Tibet Projects" (62项援藏工程)[4] identified by the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.[5] The hydropower station is mainly for hydroelectric power generation and has a small-scale irrigation function, [6] and the construction was undertaken by the Third Corps of Armed Police Hydropower Troops (武警水电第三总队).[7]

History

The construction of the project started in April 1996 with an investment of ¥861.1 million by the China Development Bank[8] and was completed on 12 October 2000[9] with a total installed capacity of 20,000 kilowatts.[10] It has an annual power generation capacity of 73 million kilowatt hours.[11]

References

  1. ^ "30 years of Chinese Army Supporting the Local". China News Service. Nov 29, 2008.
  2. ^ "Foundation treatment of the fore bay of the Wokahe First-cascade Hydro Station". December 13, 2000. S2CID 111539703. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  3. ^ Chinese Nationalities Yearbook: 2000 (General Sixth Issue). Publishing House of Minority Nationalities. 2001. ISBN 978-7-105-04664-5.
  4. ^ Biography Literature. Cultural and Art Publishing House. 2004.
  5. ^ "Woka River-I Hydropower Station and "Eighth Five-Year Plan"". People's Daily. Aug 3, 2008.
  6. ^ "Woka River-I Hydropower Station completes". CNKI. 2000-12-01.
  7. ^ "The final projects of 62 national aid projects to Tibet were completed and handed over". Sohu. Aug 19, 2001.
  8. ^ "Supporting Tibet's economic construction China Development Bank invested 2.4 billion to support major projects". Sina. 2004-03-11.
  9. ^ "The Woka River-I Hydropower Station was completed". CNKI. 2006-06-14.
  10. ^ National Support for Tibet. Tibetan People's Publishing House. 2002.
  11. ^ "Records of Armed Police Hydropower Troops Supporting Power Construction in Tibet". CCTV.com. Mar 11, 2009.


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