Three Gorges Dam Benefits – Power Generation

total installed power generation capacity of Three Gorges Hydropower Station is 18.20 million KW, and annual power generation capacity is 84.7 billion KWH. It has giant power generation benefits.

Three Gorges Dam Benefits - Energy Supply Areas of Three Gorges Dam

The energy generated by Three Gorges Hydropower Station mainly supply to Central China Electric Network (Hubei, Henan, Hunan), East China Electric Network (Shanghai, Jiangsum Zhejiang, Anhui), Guangdong and Chongqing. The Three Gorges Hydropower Station will lead out 15 EHV lines with 500,000 V; separately switch-in East China Electric Network, Central China Electric Network.

The Three Gorges Hydropower Station connected the power station groups in Central China and East China which have been completed, are under construction and plan to be built together, making the West-East electricity transmission project and North-South coal transportation combine together, which will effectively solve the power shortage in Central China and East China and greatly improve the economical efficiency and reliability.

Three Gorges Dam Benefits – Giant Power Generation Benefits

The location of giant Three Gorges Hydropower Station is very good, which will become the hydropower Station with largest power generation benefits in China until now. As one of the most important Three Gorges Dam benefits – power generation benefits mainly perform as following:

Support the Development of Central China, East China and Guangdong

The total installed capacity and annual power generation capacity of Three Gorges Hydropower Station is equal to 13 giant fuel electric plants with 1,400,000 KW. So, the power generation benefit of Three Gorges Dam is very great. The construction of Three Gorges Dam plays an important role in solving the large power requirement of Central China, East China and Guangdong, promoting the development in these areas.

Helpful for National Electrical Interconnection

The Three Gorges Hydropower Station is located on the conjunction place of east and west of China, less than 1000 kilometers away from its supplement areas.

After the Three Gorges Hydropower Station fully put into operation, it can connect the electrical networks in East China and Central China together, form a giant electrical system.

Create Considerable Economic Benefit

If count the price of electricity of Three Gorges Hydropower Station based on 0.18 to 0.21 KWh, the income of sale electricity will reach 18.1 billion to 21.9 billion RMB. It not only can pay the debt, but also can pay large amount of tax.