Lawa Hydropower Station

Lawa Hydropower Station
拉哇水电站
CountryChina
Locationin the upper reaches of the Jinsha River
PurposePower, flood control
Construction beganMarch 2017
Construction cost¥30.969 billion

The Lawa Hydropower Station (Chinese: 拉哇水电站) is a hydropower station along the Jinsha River in the junction of Sichuan Province and Tibet Autonomous Region. It is located in the upper reaches of the Jinsha River. The Lawa Dam is a rock-fill dam with a maximum height of 234 meters. The total investment of this project is ¥ 30.969 billion, and the total installed capacity is 2 million kilowatts.

History

In March 2017, the preparatory construction of Lawa Hydropower Station started. In January 2019, the National Development and Reform Commission approved the construction of the Lawa Hydropower Station.

Lawa Hydropower Station is a major project that is prioritized in the "12th Five-Year Plan" and "13th Five-Year Plan".

References

  1. ↑ "华电金沙江上游拉哇电站获核准 在建装机达619万千瓦". State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission. 2019-01-22.
  2. ↑ "Information". People's Daily. January 21, 2019.
  3. ↑ "Approval Process for Large Hydropower Projects & Analysis of their Stakeholders: A Case Study of the Nu River" (PDF). International Rivers. January 13, 2016.
  4. ↑ Zheng Yiran."Hydropower plant gets NDRC green light". China Daily. 2019-01-16.
  5. ↑ "昌都市建设国家"西电东送"接续基地再加速". People's Daily. 2020-03-17.
  6. ↑ "China begins building major new power station in Tibet". Tibetan Review. April 2, 2019.
  7. ↑ "Lawa Hydropower Station Launches". Radio Free Asia. 2019-01-21.
  8. ↑ "Construction of Lawa Hydropower Station officially started". hydropower.org.cn. Mar 7, 2017.
  9. ↑ "Reply of the National Development and Reform Commission on the Approval of the Jinsha River Lawa Hydropower Station Project". National Development and Reform Commission. 2019-01-15.
  10. ↑ "Inventory of hydropower stations in Tibet". International Campaign for Tibet. May 30, 2019.