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]
| Guanting Hydropower Station 官厅水电站 | |
|---|---|
| Country | China |
| Location | on the upper reaches of the Yongding River[1] |
| Purpose | Power |
| Construction began | April 1954[2] |
History
editGuanting 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]
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- ^ The Long History of the People's Republic of China: 1957-1965. Guangxi People's Publishing House. 1994. pp. 129–.
- ^ Fang Ling (1956). Guanting Hydropower Station. Popular Reading Publishing House. pp. 3–.
- ^ China Centennial Portraits. Jilin People's Publishing House. 1996. pp. 652–. ISBN 9787206024115.
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- ^ Beijing History. Beijing Publishing House. 2001. pp. 10–. ISBN 9787200043594.
- ^ 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.
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- ^ Dai Qingzhong (1 January 2016). History of Electric Machines. Tsinghua University Press. pp. 331–. ISBN 978-7-302-42632-5.