A technician monitors the situation of the No.7 generator unit at the Xiangjiaba hydropower station located in the southwestern Yunnan and Sichuan provinces on Oct 26, 2012. (Xinhua Photo) |
KUNMING- China's third-largest hydropower station became operational Monday with the world's largest power generating unit officially starting work.
The No.7 generator with a capacity of 800,000 kw, at the Xiangjiaba hydropower station, started working at 4:30 p.m. after a three-day test run, its operator China Three Gorges Corporation said.
The other of the first batch of generators to be put into use, the No.8 unit, is still being tested.
The station, designed with eight 800,000-kw generators, has a total generating capacity only after the Three Gorges and Xiluodu hydropower stations.
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