Construction of the Xunwu pumped-storage power station in east China’s Jiangxi Province began Sunday morning, with a total investment of 7.967 billion yuan (about 1.11 billion U.S. dollars).
Once completed, the facility is expected to generate 1.5 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity annually, sufficient to meet the yearly power needs of approximately 750,000 households.
The project is scheduled to be fully operational by 2031.
Construction of new pumped-storage power station starts in China's Jiangxi
The U.S. naval blockade against Iran "continues be to fully enforced", U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said on Saturday, while an Iranian Foreign Ministry official said one of Iran's top priorities is preventing "American maritime piracy".
As of Saturday, American forces "have redirected 58 commercial vessels and disabled 4 since April 13 to prevent the ships from entering or leaving Iranian ports", CENTCOM said in a post on X.
The same day, Ali Safari, advisor to the Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson, said in an interview with local media that Iran's top priorities are stopping the ongoing conflict, reopening the Strait of Hormuz for normal passing, and preventing American maritime piracy.
Iran has responded to all provocative U.S. actions in the Strait of Hormuz, Safari said.
He emphasized that the United States cannot be allowed to use the Strait of Hormuz again to attack Iran and other nations in the region.
U.S. naval blockade against Iran continues as Iranian official slams American maritime piracy
