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dam-l LS: China to build hydropower station in Yunnan



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>>Thursday, August 12 1999 - 14:54
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>>                CHINA TO BUILD HYDROPOWER STATION IN 2002
>>                                     IN YUNNAN
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>>     KUNMING, Aug 12 Asia Pulse - China will build a large 
>>     hydropower station on the Lancang River in Yunnan province.
>>     The project is to be built jointly by the China National 
>>     Power Industrial Corporation and the Yunnan provincial 
>>     government from 2002.
>>     Per the plan, the hydropower station will have a designed 
>>     installed capacity of 4.2 million kilowatts and an annual 
>>     output of 18.89 billion kilowatt-hours.
>>     It will have a 292-metre-high dam and a reservoir with a 
>>     storage capacity of 15.132 billion cu m of water.
>>     It is expected to play a big role in power generation, 
>>     flood control and irrigation when it goes on stream.
>>     (XIC)
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International Rivers Network
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