Big East River generating station is a 520MW hydro power project. It is located on Leshui river/basin in Hunan, China. According to GlobalData, who tracks and profiles over 170,000 power plants worldwide, the project is currently active. It has been developed in a single phase. The project construction commenced in 1958 and subsequently entered into commercial operation in 1987. Buy the profile here.

Description

The hydro reservoir capacity is 9,150 million cubic meter. The gross head of the project is 157m.

The hydro power project consists of 3 turbines, each with 125MW nameplate capacity.

The hydro power project consists of 1 turbine with 145MW nameplate capacity.

Development status

The project construction commenced in 1958 and subsequently entered into commercial operation in 1987.

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