Guanting Hydropower Station

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Guanting Hydropower Station
官厅水电站
CountryChina
Locationon the upper reaches of the Yongding River[1]
PurposePower
Construction beganApril 1954[2]

Guanting Hydropower Station (Chinese: 官厅水电站), [3] also spelled Guanting Hydropower Plant, is the first automatic power station designed and built by China, [4][5] located on the upper reaches of the Yongding River in the western suburbs of Beijing.[6] The source of power for the hydropower station is Guanting Reservoir,[7] which generates electricity equivalent to more than 100,000 tons of coal per year.[8]

History[edit]

Guanting Hydropower Station started construction in April 1954. [9] On December 27, 1955, it was completed to generate electricity.[10]

On December 26, 1955, Peng Zhen cut the ribbon for the commissioning of the first unit of the Guanting Hydropower Station.[11] He pointed out that, "Guanting Hydropower Station not only generates electricity, but also trains and transports cadres".[12]

Guanting Hydropower Station has 3 units.[13] On December 27, 1955, its first unit generated electricity.[14] In May 1956, the second and third units were put into operation, with a total installed capacity of 30,000 kilowatts, accounting for 14.2% of the installed capacity of the Beijing-Tianjin-Tangshan power grid at that time.[12]

References[edit]

  1. ^ China Economic Geography. People's Education. 1958. pp. 139–.
  2. ^ "The first astronauts in science and technology history to orbit the moon return on Dec. 27". NetEase. 2016-12-27.
  3. ^ "Valuation of river ecosystem services of Yongding River (Beijing section)". ResearchGate. 23 November 2010.
  4. ^ New China Chronicle, 1949-1984. Northeast Normal University Press. 1986. pp. 159–.
  5. ^ "Guanting Hydropower Station starts to generate electricity". Sohu. Dec 27, 2008.
  6. ^ The Long History of the People's Republic of China: 1957-1965. Guangxi People's Publishing House. 1994. pp. 129–.
  7. ^ Fang Ling (1956). Guanting Hydropower Station. Popular Reading Publishing House. pp. 3–.
  8. ^ China Centennial Portraits. Jilin People's Publishing House. 1996. pp. 652–. ISBN 9787206024115.
  9. ^ "December 27: PLA liberated Chengdu "South-to-North Water Transfer" project started". Xinhuanet.com. 2012-12-27.
  10. ^ New China Chronicle, 1949-1984. Northeast Normal University Press. 1986.
  11. ^ Beijing History. Beijing Publishing House. 2001. pp. 10–. ISBN 9787200043594.
  12. ^ a b People's Republic of China Electric Power Industry History: Beijing Volume. China Electric Power Press. 2004. pp. 163–. ISBN 978-7-5083-2512-5.
  13. ^ "December 27: IMF was established". Xinhuanet.com. December 27, 2012.[dead link]
  14. ^ Dai Qingzhong (1 January 2016). History of Electric Machines. Tsinghua University Press. pp. 331–. ISBN 978-7-302-42632-5.

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