Apr. 27, 2011 (Xinhua News Agency) -- Huadian Group to build four 10-mln-kw hydropower bases in 2011-15
BEIJING, Apr. 27 (Xinhua) ?C China Huadian Group, one of China's leading power giants, is planning to build four 10-million-kil owatt hydropower bases in China during 2011-2015, said the company in a report on sustainable development of hydropower.
According to report, the four bases will be located in up stream and midstream of Jinsha River, Wujiang River, and Nujiang River , all of which are in the southwestern part of China.
The four hydropower bases are expected to increase total hydropower installed capacity of the company by 10-26 million kilowatt s by 2015, accounting for 8 percent of China's total hydropower instal led capacity.
By the end of 2010, hydropower installed capacity of Huad ian reached 15.38 million kilowatts, about 17 percent of total install ed capacity of the company and 7.3 percent of China's total hydropower
installed capacity.
The report pointed out that hydropower installed capacity
would have to reach 330 million kilowatts by 2020 to meet the target to increase the proportion of non-fossil energy consumption to 15 perc ent of total energy consumption in China. (Edited by Li Xiaohui, lixh@ xinhua.org)