Geheyan Hydropower Station
Geheyan Hydropower Station is located in the People's Republic of China Hubei Province Changyang Tujia Autonomous County in the Qingjiang River. Installed capacity of 151.1 million kilowatts, the annual generating capacity of 3.04 billion kilowatt hours. Built in November 1994. Geheyan Hydropower Station is the start of the Qingjiang cascade development project. The hub project consists of dam, power plant and ship lift three buildings. Dam for the concrete gravity arch dam, the largest dam 151 meters high, the roof length of 653.5 meters, crest elevation of 206 meters, the normal water level of 200 meters, the total capacity of 3.4 billion cubic meters. Power plant for the water-based power plant, the installation of four sets of 300,000 kilowatts of hydroelectric generating units generating 3.04 billion kwh, navigable buildings for the two vertical lift, the maximum lifting height of 122 meters, through the 300-ton ship, To the capacity of 1.7 million tons. Geheyan hydropower station by the state and Hubei Province joint venture construction, project in January 1987 began preparatory construction, in December 1987 to achieve closure of the project, in January 1988 began the main project construction, the first unit in June 1993 power generation, 1994 November 4 units all put into operation, in April 1998 the whole project in addition to the ship, the completion of acceptance by the state. Geheyan hydropower station in the Yangtze River in 1998, played a huge role. The sixth flood of the Yangtze River made the water level of the city.