{"id":25578,"date":"2006-11-24T19:19:00","date_gmt":"2006-11-24T19:19:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-05-14T18:34:16","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T18:34:16","slug":"578-china-to-start-building-6-gw-hydro-plant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/uncategorized\/578-china-to-start-building-6-gw-hydro-plant\/","title":{"rendered":"China to start building 6 GW hydro plant"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><span><span>About 88,900 local people would have to make way for the 6 gigawatt, $3.68 billion Xiangjiaba project, to be built on the lower reaches of the Jinshajiang River, a main tributary of Yangtze River, said the report. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>China<span>, wary of its mounting dependence on imported oil, is keen to boost energy to be generated from renewable sources.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div> <\/div>\n<div>Hydropower, which now makes up nearly a quarter of China&#8217;s installed generation capacity, is designated as a key area for such development.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><span>When completed in 2015, Xiangjiaba will generate about 31 billion kilowatt hours of electricity a year, Xinhua said.<\/p>\n<p>see<a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetark.com\/dailynewsstory.cfm\/newsid\/39141\/story.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> full story<\/a><\/span><strong><\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong><span><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.planetark.com\/dailynewsstory.cfm\/newsid\/39141\/story.htm\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China will start building one of its largest hydropower plants on Sunday in the country&#8217;s southwest, the official Xinhua News Agency reported, almost a year behind an earlier 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