The combined power generation from the world's largest clean energy corridor, consisting of six mega hydropower stations on China's Yangtze River, rose 9.4 percent year on year in the first quarter of 2025, the stations' operator said Thursday.
The six mega hydropower stations generated 57.68 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity in the first three months of the year, according to data from China Yangtze Power Co., Ltd.
This is equivalent to the power generated by burning around 17 million tonnes of standard coal, which would have emitted nearly 42 million tonnes of carbon dioxide.
The six mega hydropower stations on the Yangtze work together to transmit electricity from China's resource-rich west to energy-consuming regions in the east. Their total installed capacity is around 71.7 million kilowatts, according to China Yangtze Power.
The Wudongde, Baihetan, Xiluodu, and Xiangjiaba stations are located on the Jinsha River on the upper section of the Yangtze River, while the three Gorges Dam and Gezhouba are on the middle section of the Yangtze.
The six stations account for about one-fifth of China's total installed hydropower capacity, forming a 1,800-km-long clean energy corridor that also plays a major role in flood control, shipping, water resources utilization, and ecological security in the Yangtze River Basin.
World's largest clean energy corridor sees electricity generation grow by 9.4 pct in Q1
