Laohuzui Hydropower Station
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The Laohuzui Hydropower Station (Chinese: 老虎嘴水电站), also called as Laohuzui hydropower project,[2] is a hydropower station in Tibet[3] located in Gongbo Gyamda County of Nyingchi Prefecture,[4] about 343 km from Lhasa.[5] The "Laohuzui" in the phrase "Laohuzui Hydropower Station" refers to the "tiger's mouth".[6]
| Laohuzui Hydropower Station 老虎嘴水电站 | |
|---|---|
| Country | China |
| Location | on the main stream of Ba River[1] |
| Purpose | Power |
| Construction began | September 2007 |
| Construction cost | ¥1.288 billion |
Approved by the National Development and Reform Commission, the construction of the project started in September 2007[7] with a total investment of ¥1.288 billion[8] and was completed on 17 June 2011[9] with a total installed capacity of 102 megawatts.[10] On March 30, 2008, the hydroelectric station dammed the river.[11]
The project was constructed with the participation of the Third Corps of Armed Police Hydropower Troops (武警水电第三总队),[12] and is one of the key construction projects in the "Eleventh Five-Year" power development plan of the Tibet Autonomous Region.[13]
- ^ "Qinghai-Tibet power line recently launched". People's Daily. May 13, 2008.
- ^ "Tibet produced 1.5 million megawatt hours of electricity in 2006". Phayul.com. Jan 22, 2007.
- ^ Dong, Hongkai; Ye, Fei; Fu, Wenxi (3 Feb 2019). "Stability reliability of a cutting slope in Laohuzui Hydropower Station in Tibet of China". Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk. 10 (1): 935–957. Bibcode:2019GNHR...10..935D. doi:10.1080/19475705.2018.1554604. S2CID 134261411.
- ^ "APF builds Tibetan highest dam". China News Service. 2011-06-27.
- ^ "New hydropower station operates in Tibet". China Daily. 2011-06-17.
- ^ "Green Tibet 2011" (PDF). Central Tibetan Administration. October 22, 2014.
- ^ "Tibet's largest single-capacity hydropower generating unit connected to the grid". China News Service. Jun 18, 2011.
- ^ "Workers of Laohuzui Hydropower Station are concerned about the 17th National Congress of the CCP". Sina. Oct 16, 2007.
- ^ "The Laohuzui Hydropower Station was completed". NetEase. 2011-06-17.
- ^ "New hydropower station begins operation in Tibet". China Daily. 2011-06-18.
- ^ "The Laohuzui Hydropower Station dammed the river". State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission. 2011-06-17.
- ^ "Third Corps of Armed Police Hydropower Troops constructed 23 hydropower projects for Tibet in 20 years". China News Service. Jul 2, 2011.
- ^ "Tibet's 180 "Eleventh Five-Year" key construction projects are progressing smoothly". Sohu. Dec 25, 2008.