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Article: NEW POWER GENERATING UNIT IN OPERATION ON CHINA'S LANCANG RIVER.
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- AsiaPulse News
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- December 5, 2002
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KUNMING, Dec 5 Asia Pulse - The fourth generating unit of the Dachaoshan hydroelectric power plant, a key project in China's west-to-east power transmission scheme, has gone into operation.
The power plant, in the country's southwestern Yunnan province, is the second of the eight hydroelectric plants China had mapped out on the middle and lower reaches of the Lancang River, the upstream tributary of the Mekong river.
The construction of the plant started in August 1997 with an estimated investment of 8.87 billion yuan (US$1.06 billion). The plant is designed to have six generating units with a combined designed capacity of 1.35 million kilowatts upon ...