Lawa Hydropower Station

Lawa Hydropower Station
拉哇水电站
CountryChina
Locationin the upper reaches of the Jinsha River[1]
PurposePower, flood control
Construction beganMarch 2017
Construction cost¥30.969 billion[2]

The Lawa Hydropower Station (Chinese: 拉哇水电站)[3] is a hydropower station along the Jinsha River in the junction of Sichuan Province and Tibet Autonomous Region.[4] It is located in the upper reaches of the Jinsha River.[5] The Lawa Dam is a rock-fill dam with a maximum height of 234 meters. The total investment of this project is ¥ 30.969 billion, [6] and the total installed capacity is 2 million kilowatts.[7]

History

In March 2017, the preparatory construction of Lawa Hydropower Station started.[8] In January 2019, the National Development and Reform Commission approved the construction of the Lawa Hydropower Station.[9]

Lawa Hydropower Station is a major project that is prioritized in the "12th Five-Year Plan" and "13th Five-Year Plan".[10]

References

  1. ^ "华电金沙江上游拉哇电站获核准 在建装机达619万千瓦". State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission. 2019-01-22.
  2. ^ "Information". People's Daily. January 21, 2019.
  3. ^ "Approval Process for Large Hydropower Projects & Analysis of their Stakeholders: A Case Study of the Nu River" (PDF). International Rivers. January 13, 2016.
  4. ^ Zheng Yiran."Hydropower plant gets NDRC green light". China Daily. 2019-01-16.
  5. ^ "昌都市建设国家"西电东送"接续基地再加速". People's Daily. 2020-03-17.
  6. ^ "China begins building major new power station in Tibet". Tibetan Review. April 2, 2019.
  7. ^ "Lawa Hydropower Station Launches". Radio Free Asia. 2019-01-21.
  8. ^ "Construction of Lawa Hydropower Station officially started". hydropower.org.cn. Mar 7, 2017.
  9. ^ "Reply of the National Development and Reform Commission on the Approval of the Jinsha River Lawa Hydropower Station Project". National Development and Reform Commission. 2019-01-15.
  10. ^ "Inventory of hydropower stations in Tibet". International Campaign for Tibet. May 30, 2019.


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