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China's first 100-megawatt solar-thermal power plant comes online
China Plus Published: 2018-12-27 19:13:48

China's first 100-megawatt solar-thermal power plant successfully connected to the national grid on Thursday.

The 100-megawatt solar-thermal power plant in Dunhuang City, Gansu Province during its construction on May 17, 2018. [Photo: VCG]

The plant in Dunhuang City, Gansu Province is powered by 12,000 mirrors that concentrate sunlight onto a receiver at the top of a solar tower. The heat collected is used to create steam that turns a turbine and generator like a traditional thermal power plant.

The new power station can generate 390 million kilowatt-hours annually. It can generate power at nighttime using heat stored in the form of molten salt.

The plant covers an area of 7.8 square kilometers, which is equivalent to 1,120 standard football fields.

First molten salt solar thermal power plant runs at full capacity
chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2019-06-18 15:09

An aerial view of the 100-megawatt molten salt tower solar thermal power plant in Dunhuang, Northwest China's Gansu province, on Dec 25, 2018. [Photo/IC]

The country's first 100-megawatt molten salt solar thermal power plant in Dunhuang, Northwest China's Gansu province, has successfully generated power while operating at full capacity on Monday morning, Chinanews.com reported.

Nearly 20 hours of operating records on Monday show the systems at the power plant have been normal and stable. The facility also set a new record by generating over 1.8 million kilowatt-hours of power day and night, with all indicators suggesting it has reached or exceeded its designed values. This marks another important step after the plant created 1.67 million kWh of power over 34 hours of continuous operations in mid-April.

Huang Wenbo, vice-chairman of Beijing Shouhang, said the power plant has withstood the test of running under the harshest environmental conditions in different seasons, which means it can be widely used in northwestern areas.

The power station is among China's first batch of solar thermal power generation demonstration projects. With an investment of 3 billion yuan ($433.1 million), it was built by Beijing Shouhang IHW Resources Saving Technology Co Ltd, which wholly owns the power station's intellectual property rights.

The power plant, also called the "super mirror power plant", works by using 12,000 mirrors that concentrate the sunlight onto a receiver at the top of a solar tower, which then heats the molten salt. It is designed to generate 390 million kWh of power annually, which can reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 350,000 metric tons per year. That's equivalent to the annual environmental benefit derived from 667 hectares of forested land.

According to the report, the power station, which can supply 24 hours of continuous power at full capacity, has provided a strong technical foundation for the development of domestic companies, both at home and abroad. It has also allowed China to become one of the few countries in the world to master the core technology of megawatt molten salt thermal power stations.

 

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Chinese Silk Road Fund acquires 49% stake in Saudi ACWA Power
By Business Reporting Desk - June 24, 2019

Saudi ACWA Power has signed a deal with Chinese Silk Road Fund, introducing it as a partner and shareholder in ACWA Power Renewable Energy Holding Ltd (ACWA Power RenewCo), ACWA Power’s renewable energy platform that currently owns a number of its existing renewable energy projects.

Under the deal, Silk Road Fund will acquire a 49% stake in the company, according to ACWA Power’s statement on Sunday.

ACWA Power, the leading developer, owner, and operator of power generation and water desalination plants, noted that the transaction is subject to customary consents.

“ACWA Power and Silk Road Fund’s further collaboration is a mirror image of the robust and strategic ties between Saudi Arabia and China that is strengthened year after year,” Paddy Padmanathan, President and CEO of ACWA Power, commented on the agreement.

Padmanathan added that signing the deal is a testament of the commendable goals that the company will achieve with Silk Road Fund that will enhance regional connectivity and embrace a brighter future in renewable energy deployment.

“As a leading developer of power and water assets in the region, and being based in a Belt and Road country, welcoming Silk Road Fund on board as a shareholder further cements our position of being able to support both the economic transformation envisioned by the Belt and Road initiative as well as Saudi Arabia’s forward-looking Vision 2030,” Rajit Nanda, Chief Investment Officer at ACWA Power, said.

ACWA Power did not give further details regarding the transaction’s total cost.

It is worth noting that the Silk Road Fund is a medium-to-long term development and investment fund established in Beijing under the framework of “Belt and Road Initiative”.


Chinese Silk Road Fund acquires 49% stake in Saudi ACWA Power - Belt & Road News

 

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China Focus: China's plateau province sets new record of surviving solely on clean energy
Source: Xinhua| 2019-06-25 00:12:47|Editor: Yang Yi

XINING, June 24 (Xinhua) -- Northwest China's Qinghai Province completed a 15-day all clean energy power supply trial, setting a new record following a successful nine-day trial last year, the State Grid Qinghai Electric Power Company announced on Monday.

Nearly 6 million people in the province, which borders Tibet Autonomous Region, only used electricity generated from wind, solar and hydro power stations, from June 6 to 23.

During the 15 days, Qinghai achieved zero carbon emission in power use.

This is the third province-wide clean energy trial in Qinghai. It relied solely on renewable energy for nine and seven consecutive days in 2018 and 2017.

Qinghai is the source of China's three major rivers, the Yellow, Yangtze and Lancang, and has strong hydro and solar-power facilities.

During the trial, the whole province consumed a total 2.84 billion kwh, with the maximum load hitting 8.47 million kw, said Fang Baoming from the company.

The province's cumulative capacity during the period reached nearly 4 billion kwh, with new energy taking a large share of 34.7 percent.

Power generated by thermal power plants only accounted for 1.8 percent of the gross generation in Qinghai during the period, and was all transmitted out of the province on demand of the market.

"The 15-day all clean energy power supply reduced coal burning of up to 1.29 million tonnes, and carbon dioxide emission of 2.32 million tonnes," Fang said.

Qi Taiyuan, general manager of the company, said Qinghai's electric grid has been expanded this year, with an installed capacity of 2.4 million kilowatts, up 50 percent from last year's trial.

Qinghai's installed capacity of new energy has reached 13.9 million kw, accounting for 46.7 percent, surpassing hydropower as the province's largest power source.

According to the provincial 13th five-year plan, Qinghai will expand its solar and wind capacity to 35 million kilowatts by 2020 and supply 110 billion kilowatt hours of clean electricity every year to central and eastern parts of China, preventing the burning of 50 million tonnes of coal.

China's enthusiasm for clean energy is pushing the world to transition toward a low-carbon future, with plans to invest 2.5 trillion yuan (370 billion U.S. dollars) in renewable energy by 2020, creating more than 13 million jobs, according to the National Energy Administration.

 

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CGN enters South America's lucrative clean energy market
By Zheng Xin | China Daily | Updated: 2019-06-26 09:10

Photo taken on July 15, 2017 is the logo of CGN. [Photo/VCG]

China General Nuclear Power Corp, one of the country's largest nuclear power companies, has signed an agreement with Italian energy giant Enel for a 100 percent equity purchase of its Gamma new energy project in Brazil, a sign that CGN is entering the clean energy market in South America.

The Gamma project, located in the northeastern part of Brazil, has a total installed capacity of 540MW, including two solar energy projects totaling 450MW and one 90MW wind power project, said the company.

With another clean energy project to be agreed soon, which the company has not revealed the details of so far, CGN is expected to become the fifth-largest clean energy power generator in Brazil, it said.

The company will further expand its presence in South America including Mexico, Argentina and Chile in the future, to further facilitate the clean energy industry in the region, said He Yu, chairman of CGN.

According to He, the company currently sees its business abroad expanding to more than 20 countries, with overseas business accounting for 18 percent of the company's total assets.

New energy has always been the major business for CGN, including wind power, solar power and biomass. Since 2010, the company has started expanding its clean energy business abroad in countries like France, South Korea, Egypt and countries in Southeast Asia. It has become the biggest independent power generator in Malaysia and Egypt and the fifth-biggest clean energy operator in France, it said.

An analyst said the agreement is a milestone for the company as it has entered the Brazilian clean energy market while it is also in accordance with the trend that Chinese power producers are very keen to develop clean energy at home and abroad.

"With more advanced solutions, we expect companies like CGN New Energy will continue to seek more advanced new energy cooperation abroad in the coming years," said Joseph Jacobelli, an independent energy analyst and Asia-Pacific CEO of clean energy producer Joule Power.

Chinese clean energy companies are likely to continue expanding abroad, as many companies are stepping up their participation in overseas markets, and investing in assets abroad buoyed by the China-led Belt and Road Initiative, he said.

According to Jacobelli, China has risen from a nuclear energy novice to being a world leader in nuclear plant development after years of development, and is expected to become a major supplier on the global stage.

 

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NEWS RELEASE 27-JUN-2019
Solar energy could turn the Belt and Road Initiative green
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This visual abstract summarizes how with huge and imbalanced regional solar potential, cooperation and interconnection by way of the BRI offers an opportunity to decouple future economic growth from increasing carbon emissions. CREDIT: Zhan Wang

The region covered by the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has significant potential to be powered by solar energy, researchers report June 27 in the journal Joule. Less than 4 percent of the maximum solar potential of the region could meet the BRI's electricity demand for 2030. The research suggests a possible solution to reduce BRI countries' need for fossil fuels as they develop. This is the first time the renewable energy potential of the region is quantified.

The Chinese government launched the BRI in 2013, aiming to promote regional development and connectivity. "Belt" represents the Silk Road Economic Belt that echoes the ancient Silk Road, which linked Asia to Europe. "Road" refers to the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road that connects China to South East Asia, South Asia, and North Africa. So far, more than 120 countries in Asia, Europe, Africa, North America, South America, and Oceania are involved.

Constructing hard infrastructure, such as railways, buildings, and power plants, is a main focus of the initiative. However, most of the projects use large amounts of energy, resulting in high emissions. In addition, most countries involved in the BRI are developing countries. A proportion of their population doesn't have access to electricity. As the region develops under the initiative, the need for power is projected to increase.

"If we continue to rely on fossil fuels for energy, it can add significantly more CO2 to the atmosphere, not just this year, but for the next few decades," says co-author Xi Lu at Tsinghua University. "This is not sustainable. If we want to achieve the emission reduction goal set by the Paris Agreement, we need renewable energy."

Many BRI countries, especially those in West and South Asia, have high sun exposure, so Lu and his colleagues decided to assess the region's solar resource. The team selected 66 BRI countries that are connected geographically and built an integrative spatial model to calculate their solar power potential with high-resolution data.

The team first identified areas suitable for building solar farms. These areas would receive sufficient solar radiation and have lower land value otherwise--places like forests and agriculture land are excluded. Then they computed the spacing and packing density of solar panels, which absorb sunlight and generate energy, that would maximize power yield for each area. Finally, they calculated the areas' energy outputs in each hour after considering limiting factors like shading and temperature, which affects the performance of solar panels.

"Our model provides a comprehensive analysis of the region's solar energy potential by taking into account many influencing factors," Lu says. "We also calculated the solar energy outputs on an hourly basis, which is more accurate than previous estimates that use monthly data."

The team found that these countries can generate as much as 448.9 petawatt hour of energy, which is about 41 times the demand for electricity in these countries in 2016. Their 2030 electricity need could be satisfied by converting only 3.7 percent of the region's solar energy. To achieve this, it would require an investment of $11.2 trillion and a land area of 88,426 square kilometers.

"The money is very large," says co-author Michael McElroy at Harvard University. "but if you make that commitment, the energy is free. Plus, the cost of building solar farms is coming down very dramatically because of the technological advances. We project it to become similar to fossil fuels within a decade."

The analysis also reveals a mismatch between the energy potential and the electricity demand. Countries with 70.7% of the potential consume only 30.1% of regional electricity. Therefore, cross-border power transmission grids can be utilized to maximize the benefits from solar energy through exporting surpluses of solar electricity to meet shortages in supplies of electricity elsewhere. To put such a project in action, international cooperation is essential.

"It would be challenging, because different countries have different priorities when it comes to development," Lu says. "But the BRI is an opportunity as it sets up a framework for collaborations between countries, associations, and industries to happen. There are also funds and banks committed to promoting green development of the BRI, which provides financial support."

Because BRI countries span multiple time zones and various climate conditions, such cross-border grids would also help reduce the impact when sunlight isn't available in certain areas.

"This advantage coincides with the 'Facilities Connectivity' concept, which is one of the five cooperation priorities of the BRI," says the first author Shi Chen at Tsinghua University. "In the context of Global Energy Interconnection (GEI), solar power generation is bound to usher in a new development opportunity in the wave of trans-national and even trans-regional power interconnection."

"The solar potential and cooperation opportunities revealed in this analysis is a chance for the BRI countries to leapfrog from their carbon-intensive trajectories to low-carbon futures," says co-author Jiming Hao at Tsinghua University. "The opportunity to decouple future economic growth from increasing carbon emissions does exist."

"Our hope here is that this paper can influence the greening of BRI, so we can try to do the initiative in a better way," says McElroy. "And I'm optimistic about that."



Solar energy could turn the Belt and Road Initiative green | EurekAlert! Science News

 

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Offshore wind farm in SE China boasts powerful generator units
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Published on Jun 30, 2019

An offshore wind farm in Putian of Fujian use China's most commercially advanced generator units with the biggest capacity. How much power does a turbine generate per round? Click to get the answer.

 

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Chinese Solar Cell Maker Longi to Build USD380 Million Plant
TANG SHIHUA
DATE : JUL 01 2019/SOURCE : YICAI

Chinese Solar Cell Maker Longi to Build USD380 Million Plant​

(Yicai Global) July 1 -- Global solar-energy equipment giant Longi Green Energy Technology will invest CNY25.5 billion (USD3.72 billion) to build a solar monocrystalline battery project whose output will approach 5 gigawatts.

The plant, which will go up in China's northwestern Shaanxi province, will drive the company's continuing production expansion, the single crystal maker headquartered in Xi'an, capital of the same province, announced yesterday.

Longi penned a project investment agreement with the nearby Xianyang High-Tech Industrial Development Zone Management Committee and the local government on June 28, and they will grant a 10-year lease contract for the factory, per the announcement.

The company will set up a subsidiary to conduct the project's investment, equipment installation, plant purification and operation. Construction is set at 10 months, with the plant to start production gradually from 2020, per the announcement, which offered no provide further details about the unit.

Longi also will build a monocrystalline solar module project with an annual production capacity of five gigawatts in Taizhou, eastern Jiangsu province, for CNY2.4 billion, it announced in mid-June this year.

The firm is the world's largest maker of single-crystal silicon wafers, with a market share of around 40 percent and it is able to provide an abundance of cells for downstream monocrystalline solar module projects.

The company's annual production capacity of solar modules will reach 16 gigawatts this year, 25 gigawatts in 2020 and 30 gigawatts in 2021, which will help to entrench its lead within the industry, according to a capacity expansion plan it has released.

Monocrystalline solar panels are distinguishable by their black outside color.

Made from cylindrical silicon ingots cut into wafers, they have higher efficiency than other types. The purity of the element enables them to better capture the Sun's irradiation.

 

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Vietnam Powers Up Asia-Pacific's Biggest Solar Farm Built by Chinese Firms
LIAO SHUMIN
DATE : JUL 11 2019/SOURCE : YICAI

Vietnam Powers Up Asia-Pacific's Biggest Solar Farm Built by Chinese Firms​

(Yicai Global) July 11 -- The Asia-Pacific's single largest solar power plant, built by Chinese contactor Power Construction, has started generating electricity in Vietnam.

Located in the northern part of the country's Binh Thuan province, the 325-megawatt photovoltaic plant was jointly contracted by Beijing-based PowerChina International Group and Guiyang-based PowerChina Guiyang Engineering, China News reported today.

The project will rebalance the energy mix in Vietnam, boosting the amount of electricity than comes from clean energy. It can provide 520 million-kilowatt hours of energy to the local power grid, saving 175,000 tons of standard coal and cutting 43.9 tons of carbon dioxide emissions every year, according to the project's manager.

The solar farm has nearly one million photovoltaic panels and covers an area of 6,000 acres. The PV panels are supported by about 160,000 reinforced concrete precast piles and are linked by about 2,200 kilometers collector lines.

The contract for the project was signed at the end of last August. The installation and commissioning of all PV equipment in the main contract was completed in May.

 

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In only five years, #SPIC has transformed the Tala Shoal in NW #China’s Qinghai from a vast wasteland into a massive solar power plant, where green pastures grow and sheep flocks roam.

SPIC creatively plants pastures and feeds sheep under the photovoltaic panels, and reuses water to irrigate pastures under the panels after cleaning work. This photovoltaic + poverty alleviation + ecological demonstration project presents a beautiful picture of nature and technology.

This project covers 54 square kilometers and has a total installed capacity of 850,000 kilowatts. 20 poor local households have signed contracts to take care of the sheep and pastures. Now they have all shaken off poverty.

 

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Air-Con Maker Gree Moves Into Geothermal Power
DOU SHICONG
DATE : JUL 17 2019/SOURCE : YICAI

Air-Con Maker Gree Moves Into Geothermal Power​

(Yicai Global) July 17 -- Gree Electric Appliances, the world's biggest maker of home air-conditioners, is linking arms with Henan Wanjiang New Energy Development to enter the geothermal energy field.

The two companies signed a cooperation agreement in Zhuhai, Gree's hometown, the Securities Times reported today, citing an executive at Wanjiang New Energy. Details such as project costs have yet to be finalized.

Gree's new partner developed the first pilot for geothermal central heating in China's Henan province and has many projects in its cities, including the capital Zhengzhou. Wanjiang New Energy was set up in 2008 by Chen Zemin, founder of well-known Henan frozen-food brand Sanquan Food.

China has started to focus on geothermal energy, a clean source of power, in recent years. According to a national plan, geothermal projects will cover a total 1.6 billion square meters by 2020, equal to 70 million tons of coal use. They covered 150 million sqm at the end of 2017.

In 2017, Gree inked a CNY15 billion (USD2.2 billion) deal for a smart manufacturing industry base with the city government of Luoyang in Henan. The same year, Yinlong Energy, which counts Gree Chairwoman Dong Mingzhu as an investor, agreed a CNY15 billion deal on a new energy vehicle industrial park in the city.

 

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China-invested wind power project in Kazakhstan starts construction
July 17, 2019

Abstract : Invested by China Power International Development Limited, a wind power station in Kazakhstan, started construction recently with its first wind turbine installed, reported Xinhua News Agency.

BEIJING, July 17 (Xinhua) -- A wind power station in Kazakhstan, invested by China Power International Development Limited, recently kicked off construction and has completed installation of its first wind turbine.

The project was included as key project of the China-Kazakhstan capacity cooperation list in 2018. With a total investment of about 160 million U.S. dollars, the project is designed to build 40 sets of 2.5-megawatt wind turbines with total installed capacity of 100 megawatt.

It is expected to generate 350 million kilowatt-hours of electricity annually after commissioning. It will satisfy the electricity demand of the region and plays an important role in environment protection and renewable energy advancement.

Besides, the project will reduce remission of 289,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide each year.

The project is an example of steady improvement of bilateral economic and trade cooperation between China and Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan will continue to actively participate in the construction of the Belt and Road, and further promote the development of the bilateral relation, said a Kazakhstan local official.

Kazakhstan has good prospects for new energy development. China Power International Development Limited will cooperate with local enterprises to build it into a high-standard wind power station, said Tian Jun, general manager of China Power International Development Limited.

(Edited by Bao Nuomin, baonuomin@xinhua.org)

 

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China's Chuantou Starts Building USD872.2 Million Yinjiang Hydropower Station
DOU SHICONG
DATE : JUL 22 2019/SOURCE : YICAI

China's Chuantou Starts Building USD872.2 Million Yinjiang Hydropower Station​

(Yicai Global) July 22 -- China's Chuantou Energy has begun the construction of the Yinjiang Hydropower Station, a rare waterpower project nearby an urban area in China, in southwestern Sichuan province.

The investment for the Yinjiang Hydropower Station on the Jinsha River, located in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, will reach CNY6 billion (USD872.2 million), the National Business Daily reported.

The plant will generate energy for the city of Panzhihua and a local industrial park. The construction period will be six years and the annual capacity will be 1.6 billion kilowatt hours.

In March, Chuantou acquired a 60 percent stake in the project from state-owned energy giant China Resources for CNY108.8 million (USD15.8 million).

At the end of last year, Chuantou had a total installed capacity of 38.9 million kWh. Its net profit rose 9.4 percent to CNY3.6 billion in 2018, according to the Chengdu-based firm's financial report.

 

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Chinese, Nepali companies to jointly develop hydropower project
Source: Xinhua| 2019-07-25 21:23:46|Editor: ZX

Zhou Shaowu (L, Front), General Manager of Shanghai Investigation Design and Research Institute (SIDRI), Zhang Jing (C, Front), Senior Vice President of Yunnan Energy Investment Group (YEIG), and Bhaban Bhatta (R, Front), Chairman of Total Business Institute (TBI) Group, attend the signing ceremony of the joint venture development framework agreement for the Tamakoshi III Hydropower Station Project in Kathmandu, Nepal, July 25, 2019. Two Chinese companies have joined hands with a Nepali company to develop the Tamakoshi III hydropower project with an investment of around 500 million U.S. dollars in Nepal. (Photo by Sunil Sharma/Xinhua)

KATHMANDU, July 25 (Xinhua) -- Two Chinese companies have joined hands with a Nepali company to develop the Tamakoshi III hydropower project with an investment of around 500 million U.S. dollars in Nepal.

A joint venture development framework agreement was signed between China's YEIG International, Shanghai Investigation, Design and Research Institute Co. Ltd. and Nepal's TBI Holdings Pvt. Ltd at a ceremony in Kathmandu on Thursday.

The signing ceremony was witnessed by Nepali Minister of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation Barsha Man Pun and Zhang Guohua, vice governor of southwest China's Yunnan Province, among other officials and stakeholders.

Expressing best wishes to the joint venture, the Nepali energy minister said the cooperation can bring experiences achieved by Yunnan in the field of hydropower to Nepal.

"This project can work as a symbol of friendship and cooperation in the hydropower sector between the two countries," he said.

Noting that Yunnan Province is an important green energy base and electricity relay hub, Vice Governor Zhang believed that as a key hub in the Belt and Road Initiative, Yunnan has achieved fruitful results in cooperation with Nepal.

"The signing of cooperation document today will encourage more cooperation and exchanges in hydropower," Zhang said, adding that in 2018 alone, trade between Yunnan Province and Nepal amounted to 10 million U.S. dollars, a growth rate of 341 percent.

According to TBI Holdings, the 200-MW hydropower project will be started in early 2020 and will be completed in three and half years.

TBI Group Chairman Bhaban Bhatta said, "The project can be a milestone in the Sino-Nepal relations."

The hydropower project will be developed in Tamakoshi River, a part of Koshi River system, which flows through Dolakha and Ramechhap districts.

 

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PowerChina Unit Pens USD969 Million Tanzania Hydro Contract in Third Big Deal This Year
ZHANG YUSHUO
DATE : AUG 02 2019/SOURCE : YICAI

PowerChina Unit Pens USD969 Million Tanzania Hydro Contract in Third Big Deal This Year​

(Yicai Global) Aug. 2 – A unit of Power Construction Corporation of China has inked a USD969 million subcontract with the joint venture between Egypt's Arab Contractors and Elsewedy Electric for a Tanzanian hydropower project, PowerChina said in a statement yesterday.

This is the third major engineering contract Beijing-based PowerChina's Sinohydro unit has landed this year. It earlier signed the Guinea-Kukutanba Hydropower Project with a contract value of CNY5.4 billion and the Indonesian Kayan Hydropower Project in a deal worth CNY9.2 billion.

This project mainly includes design and construction of the main dam, water diversion system, temporary roads, and 50 percent of the construction camp buildings under the Egyptian prime contractors. Construction will take 42 months to complete.

The completed facility is for the benefit of benefit Dodoma-based Tanzania Electric Supply, industry news portal Hydroworld reported. Tanzania's government green-lighted construction of the facility in January. Arab Contractors won the bid in October to design and build the 134-meter high dam and power plant, which has a projected reservoir length of 100 kilometers, and will inundate around 1,350 square km. The dam height is about 134 meters. The project will more than treble Tanzania's current 562-megawatt installed hydropower capacity.

The power station will cost more than double the government's USD3 billion forecast and may go as high as USD9.85 billion, per the Hydroworld report.

The Tanzanian Rufiji hydropower plant lies in the lower reaches of the Rufiji River in Stiegler's Gorge, about 230 kilometers west of the waterway's confluence with the Indian Ocean and about 35km from the Fuga Station along the TAZARA Railway that links the key Tanzanian port of Dar es Salaam with Zambia's Central province.