Tag: hydropower
China’s first hydropower station still operating 110 years later
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube China’s Shilongba hydropower plant has been operating in Yunnan province for 110 years. It began operations on May 28, 1912, and was the country’s first hydropower plant, marking a nationwide transition to clean energy. Following seven expansions over the past century, the plant now has four workshops, with a total installed capacity of 7,360 kilowatt. In…
China-funded hydropower station set to sharply reduce Pakistan’s carbon emissions
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Pakistan’s Karot Hydropower Station has begun storing water since construction started six years ago, helping to cut the country’s carbon emissions by 3.2 million tonnes every year. Sitting along the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), the project is the first to be financed by the Silk Road Fund, which is part of China’s Belt and Road Initiative….