Guazhi is a 150MW hydro power project. It is located on Qing river/basin in Guizhou, China. The project is currently active. It has been developed in single phase. The project construction commenced in 2005 and subsequently entered into commercial operation in 2007.

Project Type Total Capacity (MW) Active Capacity (MW) Pipeline Capacity (MW) Project Status Project Location Project Developer
Hydropower 150 150 Active Guizhou, China Wuling Power

Description

The project is developed and owned by Wuling Power.

Guazhi is a run-of-river project. The hydro reservoir capacity is 54.9 million cubic meter. The project generated 402.1 GWh of electricity. The project cost is $148.2m.

Development Status

The project construction commenced in 2005 and subsequently entered into commercial operation in 2007.

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Power Purchase Agreement

The power generated from the project is sold to China Southern Power Grid under a power purchase agreement.

Contractors Involved

ZHEFU Holding Group was selected as the turbine supplier for the hydro power project. The company provided 3 units of kaplan turbines, each with 50MW nameplate capacity.

About Wuling Power

Wuling Power Corporation, Ltd. is a China based hydro power generation company. Presently, it owns and operates 72 MW Hunan Dongping hydropower project, located in Hunan province, China.

Methodology

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