(TibetanReview.net, Mar02’26) – China has just switched on a new giant hydroelectric power station in eastern Tibet that could generate about 11 billion kilowatt hours of electricity every year. The Lianghekou hydropower plant now ranks as the PRC’s highest-altitude mega hydropower station, with a dam almost as tall as the Eiffel Tower and a power output of 3,000 megawatts, reported the scmp.com Mar 1.
The hydropower plant is also part of an ongoing, 4.2-GW hybrid project, the world’s largest pumped hydro energy storage facility which China is about to complete. The final aim is to combine large dams, solar farms, wind parks and pumped storage for a new demonstration zone in the area.
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