Three Gorges project power output tops 200 bln kwh(1/3)

File photo taken on July 24, 2012 shows flood water discharging from the Three Gorges Dam, a gigantic hydropower project on the Yangtze River, in Yichang City, central China's Hubei province. Total electricity output of the world's largest hydropower project--the Three Gorges Project, has exceeded 200 billion kilowatt hours (kwh) this year, the China Three Gorges Corporation (STGC) announced on Dec 29, 2014. The 200 billion kwh is the equivalent of saving 100 million tonnes of coal and preventing the emissions of carbon dioxide and sulfur dioxide by 200 million tonnes and 2 million tonnes respectively, the company said in a press release. The Three Gorges project is a multi-functional water control system consisting of a huge dam, a five-tier ship lock and 26 hydropower generators. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)