Gacha Hydropower Station 加查水电站 | |
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Country | China |
Location | on the middle reaches of the Brahmaputura downstream of Zangmu |
Coordinates | 29°08′25″N 92°32′47″E / 29.1403°N 92.5464°E |
Purpose | Power, irrigation |
Construction began | December 2015 |
Opening date | August 2020 |
Construction cost | ¥7.83 billion [1] |
The Jiacha Hydropower Station ( Chinese: 加查水电站), also named Gacha Hydropower Station, [2] is the second largest hydropower station built in Tibet, [3] located in Gyaca County on the middle reaches of the Yarlung Tsangpo, [4] with a total installed capacity of 360 MW and a designed annual generation capacity of 1.705 billion kWh. [5]
Jiacha Hydropower Station was approved by the National Development and Reform Commission in 2015, [6] its official construction started in December. On 11 August 2020, its first unit was put into operation for electricity generation. [7]
The hydroelectric power plant is currently the largest power station in Tibet in terms of single-unit capacity, [8] which is 120,000 kilowatts. [9]
The project is one of the three hydro dams on the Yarlung Tsangpo, [10] which State Council of China announced in January 2013 as part of its New Energy Development Plan. [11]