Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index closes 1.1 pct lower

Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index market ended lower Tuesday with the benchmark Hang Seng Index down 1.1 percent to close at 25,652.82 points.

The Hang Seng China Enterprises Index fell 1.09 percent to end at 8,528.1 points, the Hang Seng Tech Index fell 1.93 percent to end at 4,824.42 points.

A generator rotor was installed on Tuesday at the Datang Zala Hydropower Station in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, which is being equipped with the world's largest impulse hydropower units in terms of single-unit capacity.

The milestone marks China's entry into the world's leading ranks in innovating core technologies for ultra-high-head, large-capacity impulse hydropower equipment, which will support the development of clean energy in southeastern Xizang.

The station, a key project designed to transmit electricity generated in Xizang to other parts of China, will be equipped with two 500-megawatt impulse turbine-generator units.

The project incorporates high-altitude, ultra-high-head, and large-capacity hydropower technologies. The latest milestone demonstrated China's progress in developing core technologies for large impulse hydropower equipment.

Weighing about 840 tons, roughly the combined weight of 560 passenger cars, the rotor is a core component of the generator and plays a key role in converting energy into electricity. Its installation means the project has entered the final stage before commissioning.

Once fully operational, the hydropower station is expected to generate nearly 4 billion kilowatt-hours of clean electricity per year, saving about 1.3 million tons of standard coal and reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 3.42 million tons annually.