Woka River-I Hydropower Station

The Woka River-I Hydropower Station (Chinese: 沃卡河一级水电站), [1] also spelled Wokahe First-cascade Hydro Station,[2] is a water conservancy project in Tibet, [3] located in Sangri County, Shannon City.

Woka River-I Hydropower Station
沃卡河一级水电站
CountryChina
LocationSangri County, Shannon City, Tibet
PurposePower, irrigation
Construction beganApril 1996
Construction cost¥861.1 million

Woka River-I Hydropower Station is one of the "Sixty-two Aid-Tibet Projects" (62项援藏工程)[4] identified by the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.[5] The hydropower station is mainly for hydroelectric power generation and has a small-scale irrigation function, [6] and the construction was undertaken by the Third Corps of Armed Police Hydropower Troops (武警水电第三总队).[7]

History

The construction of the project started in April 1996 with an investment of ¥861.1 million by the China Development Bank[8] and was completed on 12 October 2000[9] with a total installed capacity of 20,000 kilowatts.[10] It has an annual power generation capacity of 73 million kilowatt hours.[11]

References
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  3. Chinese Nationalities Yearbook: 2000 (General Sixth Issue). Publishing House of Minority Nationalities. 2001. ISBN 978-7-105-04664-5.
  4. Biography Literature. Cultural and Art Publishing House. 2004.
  5. "Woka River-I Hydropower Station and "Eighth Five-Year Plan"". People's Daily. Aug 3, 2008.
  6. "Woka River-I Hydropower Station completes". CNKI. 2000-12-01.
  7. "The final projects of 62 national aid projects to Tibet were completed and handed over". Sohu. Aug 19, 2001.
  8. "Supporting Tibet's economic construction China Development Bank invested 2.4 billion to support major projects". Sina. 2004-03-11.
  9. "The Woka River-I Hydropower Station was completed". CNKI. 2006-06-14.
  10. National Support for Tibet. Tibetan People's Publishing House. 2002.
  11. "Records of Armed Police Hydropower Troops Supporting Power Construction in Tibet". CCTV.com. Mar 11, 2009.


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