Article: China to build more hydroelectric power plants

China to build more hydroelectric power plants

BEIJING, August 10 (Xinhua) -- China will develop more hydroelectric-power-plant projects to reduce the proportion of thermal power generation, the State Development and Reform Commission (SDRC) said Wednesday.

Zhang Guobao, vice-minister of SDRC, said in 2005 China Electric Power Forum that the installed capacity of hydro-electric generators will reach 165 million kilowatts in five years, and 246 million kilowatts in fifteen years, 23.7 percent and 25.9 percent of the total installed electricity generating capacity. The present installed capacity of hydro-electric ...

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