India’s water runs dry … China This time builds a triple hydroelectric power station at the Sansha Dam

China plans to build a hydroelectric plant three times the size of the world’s largest hydroelectric plant, Sanxia Dam, reported Hong Myungbo on April 29, China Neungwonbo, a newspaper specialized in Chinese energy issues. Informed citing recent reports from

China will build a hydroelectric power station three times the size of the Sansha Dam on the lower reaches of the Yalujangbu River in Tibet, in accordance with the fourteenth five-year plan that will start next year and the goal for power generation in 2035, the Chinese newspaper Neungwon that deals with the Chinese energy problem. [중국 중신망 캡처]

According to Myungbo, on the 40th anniversary of the establishment of the China Hydroelectric Engineering Society held on the 26th, Yan Ziyong, director of the China Electric Power Construction Group, said, “In the 14th Five-Year Plan and the proposed goal of development 2035, Presented the development of the river hydroelectric plant ”.

“This is the first recorded in the party’s central document, and it is said to be ‘implemented’ very clearly,” he said. “It will be a great historic opportunity for the hydroelectric power station industry.” The Yalu Jangbu River originates from the Tibet, China, passes through India and Bangladesh and enters the sea through the Bay of Bengal.

The 2,057 km-long Yalujangbu River begins in Tibet, China, passes through India and Bangladesh, and enters the sea from the Bay of Bengal. It is said to be called the Brahmaputra River in India and the Jamuna River in Bangladesh. [중국 바이두 캡처]

The Yarujangbu River, which Tibetans consider the “cradle” or “mother river”, is called the Brahmaputra River in India, with a total length of 2,057 km and a basin area of ​​246,000 km2. Hydropower reserves rank second in China after the Yangtze River.

China’s hydroelectric resource reserves are the largest in the world at 670 million kilowatts, of which Tibet’s reserves are 200 million kilowatts, accounting for about 30%. However, the degree of development is very low and currently only about 1% has been developed.

Yan Ziyung said that if a hydroelectric power plant is built downstream of the Yalujiangbu River, it will supply 300 billion kilowatts of clean, renewable and carbon-free electricity every year, exceeding three times the annual output of the Sansha Dam, 98 , 8 billion kilowatts.

China plans to build a hydroelectric power plant three times the size of the Sansha Dam on the downstream side of the Yalujangbu River. The reaction is expected from India, located below the river. [중국 바이두 캡처]

The exact timing and timing of the power plant’s construction has yet to be revealed. He argued that the construction of the Yalujangbu River Hydroelectric Power Station was not just a giant power station, but was one of the top five projects. The first is a green project, and the construction of a hydroelectric power plant will play a major role in achieving China’s goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2060.

The second is the national security project, which he said has the effect of simultaneously achieving the security of water resources and the security of the country. The third is the public welfare project, and he said that when the power plant goes online, it will give Tibet an annual tax revenue of 20 billion yuan (about 3.36 trillion won).

Built in 2009 in Yichang, Hubei Province, China, the Sanxia Dam was considered the largest civil engineering work since the Great Wall at that time. [신화사=뉴시스]

It was argued that this would bring the effect of heaven and earth to the development of Tibet. The fourth is the energy project, which supplies 300,000 million kilowatts of electricity per year, and the fifth is the international cooperation project, which said that the construction of the plant will allow closer cooperation between China and South Asian countries. .

But Myungbo said China’s plans would raise concerns for India. The conflict between the two countries is expected to deepen as India cannot take any counterattack against China, which is located upstream of the river, to adjust the amount.

When China built its first hydroelectric plant on the Yalujiangbu River in November 2014, India also complained. At that time, the construction of a hydroelectric power station greatly damaged the ecological environment, and India was concerned that the river water level in Assam would drop.

Beijing = Yoo Sang-chul, correspondent [email protected]